Do you have a good local newspaper? The value of a good newspaper

“No one really knows how the game is played The art of the trade How the sausage gets made We just assume that it happens But no one else is in the room where it happens,” — “In the Room Where it Happens,” from “Hamilton” by Lin-Manuel Miranda In 1860s New York City nothing happened without William “Boss” Tweed’s blessing. His Tammany Hall political machinery got a cut of the p...

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 ...