CONWAY — Conway Daily Sun Publisher Mark Guerringue recently sat down with John Tanzman of Jackson to talk about Tanzman’s two famous uncles, the late photo archivist Michael Ochs and Sixties folk icon Phil Ochs.
Tanzman moved to Jackson full-time with his wife, Bridget, four years ago. He works remotely for a New Jersey-based toy company, running their Amazon business. Both Bridget and John are active in the tennis community and on the board of the North Conway Tennis Association, which is renovating the Glen Warehouse for tennis and pickleball. His brother, Dave, is a retired New York City firefighter.
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