User:Milowent/Marilyn Hagerty

For other people named Marilyn Hagerty, see Marilyn Hagerty (disambiguation).

Marilyn Hagerty is a newspaper columnist for the Grand Forks Herald. She writes several different columns for The Herald, including 'Eat Beat', 'That Reminds Me', and 'Dear Shirley'.

Eat Beat

Eat beat is a restaurant review column published in the Wednesday edition of The Herald. Marilyn has reviewed numerous local restaurants, including McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, and the Red River High School cafeteria. Her reviews generally include critiques of the quality of the napkins, the luster of the condiment containers and the demeanor of the employees.

That Reminds Me

That Reminds Me is a column in which Marilyn reminisces about events of the past. Previous installments discussed subject matter such as the weather in 1908, local shopping locales in 1957, farming practices in 1906, and the installation of Grand Fork's first escalator in 1956.

In 1994, a collection of Hagerty's columns, Echoes: A Selection of Stories and Columns by Marilyn Hagerty, was published.