Ashlee in an e-mail: Some Mike Levine teachings have trickled their way into my dailies. A co-worker and I just completed a profile of a man who died in a mysterious house fire.

Ashlee Clark:
The smell that floats from the back of the Stop and Go diner dwarfs the tiny building from which it begins.
A slight breeze is enough to lift the hickory barbecue smoke from the ribs and pulled pork that marinates and cooks all day behind the eatery.
The scent, reminiscent of summer cookouts and holiday weekends, [...]

Meghan Murphy, Adam Bosch and Christian Livermore are here from the Times Herald-Record here in New York’s always gorgeous mid-Hudson Valley. David Filkins, Scott Waldman and Pete Iorizzo are here from the Times Union in Albany. Tim Bontemps is here from the New York Post. Lee Hill Kavanaugh is here from the Kansas City Star. [...]