Happy
Birthday to The Windham Eagle! When we started this paper we had specific goals
for ourselves and the newspaper. I’m happy to report that we’ve met most of
those goals and have exceeded others.
Starting
a newspaper is a scary endeavor. Our question when we at The Windham Eagle
began looking at the big blank pages of our paper, was what can we offer the
community? How can we be different from the competitors?
If
anyone has met Kelly Mank, the publisher of The Windham Eagle, they would know
there was only one way to go…positive. Reporting about the tragic happenings in
a community is not easy. I hated calling the family members after their loved
ones died in an accident or killed someone after driving the wrong way up the
highway, but when people in our community want to see this type of news they
turn to the evening news on one of the three “local” stations. We have had the
opportunity to report on serious accidents, unfortunate mistakes made by some
in the pubic eye, but we have chosen not to.
The
Windham Eagle is a newspaper that any child, student or grandparent could pick
up and read. (Of course those first few weeks, we tried to squeeze all the info
in by having smaller type…didn’t work so well for some eyes.) We have learned
so much and have grown like any newborn over the first year.
We
are so happy to celebrate our first birthday with our fabulous writers, staff,
readers and advertisers. The team we now have in place is strong and committed.
We are always looking for local business
owners who see the value in The Windham Eagle and are willing to support us.
Going forward we would love to hear from our readers. Write to us and tell us
what’s on your mind and what you’d like to see covered.
Thank
you for reading.
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