Congratulations to Times editorial cartoonist Peter Menice, who was recognized with a third-place award in the New England Newspaper and Press Association’s 2024 Better Newspaper Competition.

Menice was up against the best of the best in a combined category across all six New England States. His winning entry, “Bottleneck,” skillfully illustrated the difficulties that local businesses faced during a particularly busy beach day, when traffic bottlenecks brought the town to a standstill, and prevented merchants from cashing in on the beachgoers crowding into Hull.

As a NENPA judge noted in making the award at during the association’s annual convention in Portland, Maine, Menice’s entry was a “well-drawn cartoon that doesn’t even need a text explanation. I got it right away.”

The Hull Times has won 17 NENPA awards over the years, including six cartooning awards honoring Menice’s work. His artistry has been in our pages since 1991.

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