Who’s That Bee: Alissa Silber
Name: Alissa Silber
Title: Full-Time Features Reporter
Duties: The weekly Snapshot profile and Bee Lines column, For Your Dining Pleasure, the Business Buzz, obituaries, weekend coverage, Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission coverage, and feature stories like the “Longtime Residents of Newtown” series and the recent “Digging into DNA — Newtown Residents Discover Their Ancestry” series.
Fun Fact: After unknowingly being nominated by The Newtown Bee’s editor, Nancy K. Crevier, Ms Silber received a special kindness award by Ben’s Bell founder Jeannette Maré on October 22, 2018. Ms Maré flew in from Arizona to hand-deliver the “belling” award, which was one of only three bells to have been awarded in this area at the time.
Contact: 203-426-3141 or [naviga:u]alissa@thebee.com[/naviga:u]