Winners of the NEAPNEA design awards

BUSINESS PAGE

Class I

First Place: The Republican, Springfield, Mass.; Patricia Thompson; "Outlook 2010: Job Growth Awaits return of Confidence"

Second Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; Don Landgren Jr.; "Sea of Forms"

Third Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; James Warren; "Beware of Smurfs"

Class II

First Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Jonathan Darling; "How Sweet It Is!"

Second Place: Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; Lucy Pickett; "New Faces"

Third Place: Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; Lucy Pickett; "Rebound"

FEATURE/PERSPECTIVE PAGE

Class I

First Place: The Hartford (Conn.) Courant; Amy Duncan; "CTLiving"

Second Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Patti Bangert; "Rethinking Pizza"

Third Place: Bangor (Maine) Daily News; Joel Crabtree; "Bringing life to Avatar"

Class II

First Place: Concord (N.H.) Monitor; Clay Wirestone; "Go fish"

Second Place: The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.; Jessica Kosowski; "Ireland calling"

Third Place: The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.; Jessica Kosowski; "Whatta cuppa"

Class III

First Place: The Newport (R.I.) Daily News; Staff, "Winging it"

Second Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Adam Orth; "Peach of an ice cream"

Third Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Adam Orth; "Lighting the way"

ILLUSTRATION: FINE ART ILLUSTATRATION

Class I

First Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; James Warren; "Why we like to be scared"

Second Place: The Republican, Springfield, Mass.; Bob Rich; "Psst - teens keep secrets but that can be OK if ..."

Third Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; James Warren; "Ronald Reagan"

Class II

First Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Zach Giallongo, Jonathan Comey; "Superstars"

Second Place: The Advocate, Stamford, Conn.; Jen Cahill; "A River Runs Wild"

Third Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.; Anzell Jordaan; "Finding the Army"

INFORMATIONAL GRAPHIC

Class I

First Place: Portland (Maine) Press Herald; Mike Fisher; "2009 Portland Weather"

Second Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; James Warren; "Making electricity smarter"

Third Place: Portland (Maine) Press Herald; Jeff Woodbury; "Pushing 100 -- Dempsey challenge"

Class II

First Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Nate Silva; "Searching for Answers"

Second Place: Concord (N.H.) Monitor; Charlotte Thibault, Daniel Barrick; "State economy by the numbers"

Third Place: The Telegraph, Nashua, N.H.; Andrew Toland; "Stimulus funds may speed up finish of airport access road"

LOCAL/REGIONAL PAGE

Class I

First Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; Lisa Newby; "SWAMPED"

Second Place: Boston Herald; Jeff Walsh, News staff; "Payroll Bloated"

Third Place: The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.; Bob Monahan; "A BUZZ IN THE AIR"

Class II

First Place: The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.; Craig Borges; "City & Town"

Second Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; David Humphrey; "Under review"

Third Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Rebecca Coleman; "Through the years"

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION

Class I

First Place: Boston Herald; Gustavo Leon; "Meet Duke-Val!"

Second Place: Boston Herald; Gustavo Leon; "Final Sale!"

Third Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Patti Bangert, Paul Blackmore; "Worn down"

Class II

First Place: The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.; Mark Stockwell; "The clean truth"

Second Place: The Herald News, Fall River, Mass.; Jack Foley, Jon Root; "Fourth of July"

Third Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Nelson Borges, Jonathan Darling; "Entering Wareham"

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Class I

First Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Dhyana Sancoucie; "The Lion Rests"

Second Place: The Hartford (Conn.) Courant; Greg Harmel; "June 21 - 2009"

Third Place: Bangor (Maine) Daily News; Becky Bowden, Eric Zelz; "Mountainside Monument"

Class II

First Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; David Humphrey; "Risky Business"

Second Place: The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.; Jessica Kosowski; "Beat up, broken down"

Third Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Harold Hanka; "A Singular Soaking"

Class III

First Place: The Newport (R.I.) Daily News; Jon Zins; "Spanning the years"

Second Place: The Herald, New Britain, Conn.; Megan Golrick; "Lost and Found"

SPORTS PAGE

Class I

First Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Barbara Tierney; "Sea Worthy"

Second Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; Elizabeth Russell; "Jim Rice"

Third Place: Portland (Maine) Press Herald; Sally Tyrell; "Outdoors - Higher Education"

Class II

First Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Harold Hanka; "UConn Huskies"

Second Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Jonathan Couture; "V-Day"

Third Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Jonathan Couture; "The Year in SouthCoast Sports"

Class III

First Place: Taunton (Mass.) Daily Gazette; Steve Sanchez; "CHAMPIONS"