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“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...

This is National Newspaper Week, a celebration of the role that papers and their online platforms play in our society. Candidly, it’s a tough sell. There are no parades, stores don’t have big sales and no one gets a holiday off from work or school. Besides, it’s hard to generate a lot of hoopla around a product introduced to America in 1690.But that longevity cuts both ways. Those 336 years ...

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 ...