Joe Amarante named Arts and Entertainment editor at New Haven Register

Joe Amarante, a 30-year veteran editor, reporter and columnist, has been named Arts and Entertainment Editor at the New Haven Register.

Joe Amarante

He succeeds Donna Doherty, who retired late last year after eight years in the position.

After graduating from the University of New Haven, Amarante started his career at the New Haven Journal-Courier in the 1970s. He has more than 28 years experience covering television, radio and other media, and is a former member of the Television Critics Association.

He was TV Editor at the New Haven Register for years, and most recently has served the paper as a general assignment reporter, columnist and editor. His column writing has been recognized with awards by SPJ, the New Haven Committee on Italian Migration and the Hamden Unitas Club. He is married to Sue and has four children.

Amarante can be reached at jamarante@21st-centurymedia.com. Follow him on Twitter at @joeammo.

Dr. Mel will do live chat on Hurricane Irene, days after retiring

Dr. Mel Goldstein on his East Haven deck.

Beloved Connecticut weather man Dr. Mel Goldstein announces his retirement, and Connecticut faces potentially one of the biggest weather events of the century. So the New Haven Register convinced Dr. Mel to come out of retirement for a little while on Friday morning. He’s agreed to do a live chat with readers of the Register, Middletown Press and New Haven Register at 11:30 a.m. Friday. For more on the career and retirement of Dr. Mel, check out Register TV Editor Joe Amarante‘s recent column about him.