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

This time of the year is when National Newspaper Week is observed by publications across the country. Sadly, the amount of publications keeps decreasing year after year. It’s about to the point where people should call it “thank goodness we have a community newspaper week.” It’s a sad situation, but fortunately there are some leaders who are still devoted to giving the news to their

When the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago, newspapers throughout the colonies shared the life-changing news with their readers. With all of the enormous changes in this country and media since 1776, it’s noteworthy that more than 5,000 newspapers are still informing their communities about what their leaders are doing and how those actions affect them. Often, newspaper

Dolly All The Time by Annabel Monaghan is a new contemporary romance that takes place in Whitfield, Rhode Island. Dolly Brick is a hard lady to keep down! She has no problem-solving problems, even when she was just a young girl and her mom left. Or now, when she must return to Whitfi eld with her son to help her family keep from losing the family estate! When she makes her way into town, she