I am absolutely thrilled with the Marysville Globe and Arlington Times taking the progressive step of delivering their excellent newspapers free to our community. I am a long-time Marysville resident, mother, grandmother, public school teacher and community activist and have long appreciated the excellent news coverage of the papers as well as their dedication to community building. I was gratified to read Bob Graefs excellent and tolerant piece on the Ruckus over Illegal Immigrants and was so excited that it would be read by many more people because of this bold move for free subscriptions by our home-town newspapers.
I am one of the co-founders of the Marysville Youth Action Network (MYAN) dedicated to youth engagement in our community and Matt Doran, Globe reporter, has been wonderful in his coverage and participation in our network. He also did an excellent story last May when we had our first annual Cinco de Mayo celebration. There are some wonderful things going on in our community, people working to build respect and understanding and Matt and the Globe have been there all the way. Scott Frank, managing editor, has also demonstrated his commitment to our community in many ways; one of my favorites is his open meeting for community input at the Globe office on State Avenue every week.
Hometown newspapers have had a traditional role in educating and connecting people and leading the way for social change. I applaud the Marysville Globe and Arlington Times for continuing this tradition and for doing it one better with their courageous move for free newspapers.
Marjorie Serge
Arlington