Changes coming soon...

The editors of the North Jersey Bowling Blog would like to apologize for giving the appearance that we forgot about the start of high school bowling season in these parts. We are, in fact, fully aware that the 2009-10 season already has gotten underway... we just haven't officially acknowledged it. Until today.

Moreover, we regret to inform you that there are no more editors of the North Jersey Bowling Blog. Well, maybe "regret" isn't the proper word. There are no more editors for that blog because it no longer exists — that's right, say hello to the NEW Jersey Bowling Blog, as it is now so labeled in the header of this page. (Those same editors have returned and did feel the phrase "New New Jersey Bowling Blog" was redundant. But I snuck it through in that last sentence anyway).

Starting this season, we shall attempt to expand our coverage beyond the ever fuzzily-defined "North Jersey" area and into other parts of the Garden State where bowling is equally - if not more - respected, detected and selected (apologies to Arlo Guthrie). Our home-base area will still be in the Bergen/Passaic region (first assignment: tomorrow's FDU Holiday Team Challenge!) but our founder has decided it's time to start living up to the nickname "Mr. New Jersey," so ideally, we'd like to post items on bowling counties from Sussex to Salem as the winter goes along.

Finally, it is with heavy hearts that we must retire the moniker North Jersey Bowling Reporter Guy, a.k.a. the NJBRG. Certainly, it was befitting of both our man's quirky personality and inclination toward wordiness (both written and spoken), but it was a heck of a mouthful to say and didn't fit well on business cards. Not sure yet what we're going to do about the e-mail address, but figuring that out is all part of the re-branding process.

Our new reporter/alter ego shall be deployed for the FDU tournament, and his [trademark-pending] identity shall be unveiled in his first post. We encourage you to greet him the same quizzical looks and eye rolls that you would give to all employees of the NJBB. Yes, we will still use acronyms to refer to the blog itself.