There's no doubt community newspapers still matter

Sure, big city media printing the same diatribe you see on television is declining. (That's because the city media moguls have forgotten their place in society.) And sure, with the Googles of the world, cellphones and social media have impacted our advertising, which, by the way is how we pay our bills.

But in our community newspapers, we haven't forgotten our place.

Our reporters shop in the same stores, eat in the same restaurants and attend the same community functions as you. Our reporters are "professional observers," not self-proclaimed "fact-checkers" scouring the internet trying to mak...