We met on a beautiful, sunny afternoon that would have been a great day to deliver papers.
Maureen is one of four children and the paper route was passed down from one kid to the next. It’s the first time I’ve really been back since my father sold the house almost a year ago. But it is a little bittersweet being back. If you ever wanted a game or anything, all you had to do was walk out your front door and there were tons of kids to play with. 'My parents bought the house, I guess in 1965, and it was supposed to be their starter house, but was such a great neighborhood, they ended up staying there,' she said. 'I always put that on my resume: 'From Little League opening days to World Series games.'' Maureen Mullen To this day, I can still remember the details of the route: the houses, the staircases I had to climb, people who took a few weeks to pay their bills. My route paid for a new bike and my first computer – a then state-of-the-art Apple II-C. It was my first job, and for a 10-year-old, it was good money. When I was about 10 years old, I got a paper route and delivered the Bergen Record. (Doug Tribou/Only A Game)įor most of the 1980s my family lived in the suburban town of Fair Lawn, New Jersey. Facebook Email After covering Major League Baseball for years, Maureen Mullen is back at work for the same paper she delivered as a kid.
