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Appreciation: Arthur Gustafson was an American original

By | December 20, 2020
Arthur Gustafson liked to draw attention to the issues he believed in. (Janice Jarosz)
The picture of Arthur Gustafson you see here is certainly indicative of the Arthur I knew. When I saw it, the face jumped off the screen. It’s Arthur doing what Arthur did best: stirring up a little passion for town issues in his own inimitable way.  I’d never met Arthur until the first time I…
Steve Krause
Steve Krause Steve Krause is the Item’s writer-at-large. He joined paper in 1979 as a copy editor and later created a music column, called Midnight Ramblings, which ran through 1985. After leaving the paper for a year, he returned in 1988 as a reporter and editor in sports. He became sports editor in 1998; and was named writer-at-large in 2018.

Krause won awards for writing in 1985 from United Press International; in 2001 from the Associated Press; and again in 2020 from the New England Newspaper & Press Association. He is a member of the Harry Agganis Foundation Hall of Fame, a past winner of the Moynihan Lumber Scholar-Athlete Community Service Award, and was the 2012 recipient of the Jack Grinold Media Award for MasterSports, an organization that conducts high school and college coaches’ clinics. He lives in Lynn, is active on Facebook, and can be found on Twitter @itemkrause.

Steve Krause can be reached at skrause@itemlive.com

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