Chief Executive Officer Tony Allegretti, 67, has officially taken the helm as publisher of the Gilroy Dispatch and its sister papers, the Morgan Hill Times and Hollister Free Lance. Â
In my 15 or so years in the newspaper business - the last seven with South Valley Newspapers - I've seen a lot of faces come and go. Some were in the "stepping stone" stage, and moved on to larger communities. Others, having gotten a taste of the industry and found it bitter, returned to school or moved on to completely different fields.