Joe Halberstein, Longtime Newspaperman, Dies at 83

Joe Halberstein, who earned a reputation as a calm, unflappable man willing to get personally involved in the story throughout his long career in the newspaper business, died Monday. He was 83.

Halberstein's death was reported by the Bucks County Courier Times, where Halberstein worked as the local columnist from 1975 to 2003.

""Joe was just a throwback to the golden days where it was OK for a reporter to get involved. He spoke the voice of the average reader. He touched a lot of people,"" former Courier Times publisher Arthur Mayhew said. ""He was a hard worker and did so many things so well over such a long period of time. To many readers of our newspaper, he was the newspaper.""