Cox was a schoolteacher before buying the paper, and to honor that tradition we’re going to partner with local schools this year to use our operation as a laboratory for their students to learn about civic engagement and the role of the media in our democracy.
There will be a special event that will give our subscribers the opportunity to meet and speak with our entire newsroom.
This Sunday, we will publish a special section recounting our history and looking at how we covered key moments in our region’s history.
Our business team is reaching out to local businesses that have also shared our journey. If you are a business that has operated for a century or more in our region, please contact Business Editor Rich Gillette.
And all year, we’ll be republishing historic front pages on our websites, looking into how our newspaper and our community grew and changed over the past 120 years.
This region and this newspaper have shaped each other for more than a century, and we look forward to working together to face — and to cover — the challenges ahead.
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