SHERBURNE – Bob Tenney, President of The Mid-York Press, Inc., in Sherburne, has announced year-end retirement plans for long-time employee Lawrence Blackman.

Blackman joined Mid-York Press, Inc. right after graduation from Norwich High School, working first at the company’s location on Front Street in Norwich. Except for a two-year hiatus in the mid-60’s when he was drafted by the Army, his entire career has been with Mid-York Press. While he took a brief break from Mid-York, Blackman did not take a break from printing. His career in the service was behind a press in Japan where he printed propaganda leaflets that were dropped over Korea and Vietnam.

During his 46 year career in printing Blackman has run and repaired virtually every piece of equipment required to produce the commercial printing, labels and cartons Mid-York Press has produced over the years. In the first half of his career his expertise supplied the printing needs of the Norwich Pharmacal Company and its successor, Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals.