A town without a newspaper loses more than news
Rob Hicks, Newspaper Resurrectionist During National Newspaper Week, we should all ask what would happen if our local newspaper suddenly disappeared. Our community would lose more than headlines. We would lose the public record of who voted for what, how tax dollars were spent and which promises were kept. We would lose the watchdog that asks the hard questions. We would also lose the chronicle of daily life: obituaries, births, honor rolls,…