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Good news: Cermak is back
May 25, 2012 at 2:29 pm by Mike Spain

A familiar voice returns to the Times Union Tuesday. Longtime reporter and columnist Marv Cermak resumes his column after a 12-month hiatus while recovering from a spinal injury.

On Memorial Day 2011, Marv had an accidental fall at his Schenectady home, which landed him at Albany Medical Center Hospital for three months. His rehab continued at a facility near home. In November, just as he was about to be released from rehab, his wife, Patty, had a sudden illness that required emergency surgery. Now they’re both home recovering and adjusting to the new normal. A few months ago, Marv quietly marked his 80th birthday.

When he was hospitalized last year and had to halt his column, Marv told me he had not missed a single weekly communique since retiring as a full-time reporter in 2002. He started his column 50 years ago, when he was a sports writer for the Schenectady Gazette. At left is the logo from his column from his many years writing for the Knickerbocker News.............

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