Editor’s note: Former SandPaper Arts Editor Pat Johnson retired in January, after 26 years with the weekly newsmagazine. As her successor, it was my honor to interview her about her experiences and learn how she’s keeping busy these days. —V.F.
(Artwork by Pat Johnson)
Pat Johnson, born in Tuckerton and now a resident of Little Egg Harbor, embarked on her SandPaper career in the mid-’90s, when the paper was starting its Leaders, town-specific newspapers mailed to households monthly, and needed local mainland coverage.
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