Newmarket Public Library Digital History Collection

The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), March 30, 1977, A03

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The Era Newmarket Aurora Keswick Ont Wed March 30 i J While the high and the mighty strut and stamp across the worlds stage six women go out to visit the elderly A small boy scores the winning goal in a hockey game An amateur theatre group produces a smash hit A town council passes an important new law The real lives of real people People who dont start wars who dont build empires who dont go into the history books But whose stories are exciting interesting vital and important Stories that should be told J And I tell these stories every week Because I am a community newspaper I am a community newspaper My arena is not Parliament the White House the UN it is the neighbourhood The community But what I have to say about it touches my readers lives every bit as much as that larger drama Maybe even more I am a community newspaper I am welcomed into hundreds of thousands of homes every week Not as an intruder shrieking out the harshness violence and complexity of the world But as a friend A mirror of my readers lives Their joys sorrows accomplishments I am a community newspaper I am proud tough independent I know when to smile when to grumble how to chide how to help I am a community newspaper in a great community And Im proud of it I

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