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Mark Kolier's avatar

Nice work Will. Local news is so important. Patch.com was sort of on the right track but its low-pay approach is not easy to make work. Local school sports, arts, and accomplishments are what people like to read about and a way to engage younger readers.

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Michael Steele's avatar

Our local paper always had good detail about high school sports. As the players I coached as thirteen- and fourteen-year-olds made varsity debuts, I’d cut the mini-boxscores out and make little cards for them.

When I finished college, the paper dropped any coverage of HS sports—not even the football line scores. I’m aware of how annoying inputting that info must have been, but I felt that moment when the paper ceased to be about our community rather than a vehicle for advertisement using AP articles or pieces borrowed from nearby cities.

I miss opening the paper. Nothing replicates that feeling.

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