Bill Newell, one of the area’s most versatile broadcasters in a long while, has finally stepped away from the myriad of activities in which he was engaged for nearly 40 years.

Newell, 70, of Nahant (but who lived in Lynnfield for nearly 30 years), took leave recently of his final duty for the North Shore sports scene: working on the MooreStuffOnline (MSO) website.

If you were heavily into high school and college sports in the last four decades. Newell was a soothing presence on your ears. He broadcast football, basketball, hockey and even some baseball, first for WESX-AM in Salem, where he was sports director until the station was sold. From then on, it was “have microphone will travel.”

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