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Many communities publish a newspaper, which is distributed free to residents. In these days where even radio is available by subscription, it’s nice to get some free entertainment.

My free community paper is The Northern Light. Compared to the L.A. news, where violent happenings are common, the Police Blotter lists such things as “Woman reported her car stolen. Car found a few blocks away. Woman remembered where she had actually parked her car.” Sure, there are DUI reports, thefts, and the occasional meth lab; but it’s cute that the blotter includes such mundane things as misplaced cars and lost kittens.

This week’s issue includes an article on a Jazz Festival, plans to renovate the depressed town of Blaine, and a water skiing contest among other things.

“I’ve never been to Blaine before,” said Blaine Jazz Festival faculty member Vijay Singh, “but what a gorgeous place!”

So let’s see your free community rag.

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For UF students: Alligator- Biweekly during summer, weekdays during the semester.

One Gainesville monthly: The Gainesville Iguana

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Our local paper (not free) just printed a front-page story titled “Radioactive diaper found in PI Trash.” (PI = Plum Island) Apparently it was from an adult who is undergoing radiation treatment. I wish the story were online!!!

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p.s. – When I first moved up here, the cover story was about a frozen ball of poop that fell through the roof of someone’s greenhouse, apparently from an airplane…

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The alternative paper in Seattle is The Stranger.

And then there’s the Seattle Weekly, for rich middle-aged white people who like to think they’re alternative.

And then there are any number of tiny neighborhood papers and zines, but I don’t have any links offhand.

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KarlGrenze: Spongebob looks like a perv, and the little girl looks nervous! :eek:

The father looks guilty. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Polk County Itemizer-Observer

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http://www.peacearchnews.com/ :lead story is about a reptile refuge seizing a python’s eggs; farther down is a bit about un-Canadian types having to give up a fingerprint to get across the US border at the depressed town of Blaine, WA.

Sorry, Jim: unless you start handing out free pizza and Buds to the folks in the 60 minute lineups, the border crossing is never going to cross over to the ‘positive’ column. Enjoy the photo of Jim, who looks like a cross between Rod Steiger in
In the Heat of the Night and Opie.