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The first issue of the North Grenville Times, published on November 21, 2012 by David Shanahan Hard as it may be to believe, but this issue marks the ten years of the North Grenville Times, an anniversary that will bring, perhaps, a mixed reaction among the residents of the municipality. I must say, I find it hard to credit too, there have been
times (many, many times!) when I doubted we would ever reach such a landmark. But here we are, thanks to you, the readers, and thanks to the many advertisers who have kept faith with us over the decade, and the writers of letters, articles, and op-ed pieces in which the people
of North Grenville have had their say on numerous issues, both humble and grand. To be accurate, this is the tenth anniversary for the Times, but it was built on the foundation of the NG Community Newsletter, a monthly publication that
had been operating for eight years before 2012, which makes it almost twenty years that I’ve had this forum to meet and chat with friends and neighbours. Not all of them were friendly friends, I must say, and especially over the past year some of them have been most unfriendly, but they are a tiny minority: the people of NG are not nearly as bitter and angry as some keyboard crusaders. In the very first Editorial, way back in November, 2012, I wrote about our vision for this paper: “There is room in the Times for reporting, for opinion, for analysis, for information, for news and for fun. You don’t have to agree with everything you read in these pages. It has to reflect so many aspects of North Grenville life that it will be impossible to keep everyone happy all the time. But that is the great potential of an independent voice: you can join in. If you don’t like something, write about it. If you love something, if you want to publicise something, write about it. You will be published because you are part of this community and deserve to be heard. We have no party political bias. We want to see all shades of opinion free to speak through these pages, and leave it to the people of this community to make up their own minds.” I hope, and believe, we have lived up to this vision cont'd on page 2
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