Rob Frank (left) hands out a prize to Michael Deasy during the 1997 Easter Egg Hunt.

Rob Frank was the editor of the Brookline News (1993-1995) and the South Pittsburgh Journal (1996-1997), the two local publications that followed the Brookline Journal (1933-1982) and The Journal (1983-1988). Although Mr. Frank's efforts only lasted a few years, his was the only paper to come along after Dale Noah's Brookline Journal that focused solely on the Brookline community.

In 1999, Rob made an unsuccessful bid for the newly elected County Council. That same year he also sponsored a Brookline Little League baseball team. Since the county elections, Rob has been the administrative aide to Councilman Gene Riccardi, and in March, 2000, he accepted a position as the community news reporter for the Tribune-Review. In his new job we will hopefully be seeing Mr. Frank again covering local news, a community service task he knows quite well, especially from a Brookliner's point of view.