'Daily Rags' are Community Treasures

To the Editor:

Never has there been more information available at our fingertips. Given a computer and an internet connection, anyone can read and produce material for the world to view. Amidst that sea of oftentimes contradictory information, we have our steadfast local newspapers.

Historically, print media in the United States – mostly local – has been the reliable lifeline of how we’ve communicated events and happenings dating back to pre-Revolutionary War era. Local journalists, editors and publishers have humbly been “on the beat” to provide us with the “daily rag” for ce...