Joel Hack, who created The West Marin Citizen four and a half years ago with a handful of local residents infuriated with the then publisher of this newspaper, retired last month, citing age and fatigue. “There’s only so many years left and I want to do something else,” Joel, 67, said. Linda Petersen, formerly the newspaper’s advertising director, has assumed ownership.
Joel formed The Citizen along with former Point Reyes Light managing editor Jim Kravets,…