Loose Ends: We need a local news meter

Recently one of the readers of this newspaper called the editor to report that people were complaining about too much of a focus on local news. He was perplexed by the request, as other town residents requested that the Herald Times include more local news and feature more community members. A version of that complaint has probably been heard by more newspaper editors across the country, with the juxtaposition switched in the more urban areas…