From the reporters on the ground who know their turf, we learn what local issues, politics, concerns, and proposals are at play. By reading local news regularly, we can peruse the reporters’ news articles, the opinion writers’ opinions, and we can read and write letters to the editor.
On this first day after the July 4th celebration of our nation’s freedom, consider this: Whatever reputable national news you subscribe to, ensure that you also subscribe to your local newspaper so it can do the democracy- and civilization- supporting job that it does.
Sign up for a print or digital subscription to your local newspaper and find out (and continue to have the ability to find out) what’s going on in your neighborhood.
— MRM
Michael Maddox Conservation 
Thanks Mike. I enjoy reading your thoughtful essays and observations. Gene
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Thanks, Gene. I enjoy reading your experiences and thoughts in the many places you write them.
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