John J. ‘Jack’ Ginnetti Jr.

John J. “Jack” Ginnetti Jr., 80, of Marlboro, Mass., died Oct. 31 at Marlboro Hills Health Center in Marlboro after a time of declining health.

Ginnetti wrote for several local newspapers, including the Marlboro (Mass.) Enterprise, and what are now the Telegram & Gazette of Worcester, Mass., and the MetroWest Daily News of Framingham, Mass.

He also wrote for the Harness Racing newspapers, based in Lexington; Ky. He once served as president of the Harness Writers Association, and in in 2006, he was named to the U.S. Harness Writers Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y.

He leaves a brother, Richard; a sister-in-law, Janet; a daughter-in-law, Traci; several nieces and nephews.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Sophie Cannon, Jenna Ciccotelli, Nico Hall, Joshua Leaston, Georgeanne Oliver, Julia Preszler and Thomas Ward, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.