Community Corner
Redefining "local"
It's not clear how Patch can make good on its promise of hyper-local news without having any local news professionals on the payroll.
Rex, Healey, Dudiak and other estimable veterans no longer are around, and their on-the-street expertise particularly is missing at the onset of the holiday season when so much community news is happening, right where you live and work.
There are happy occasions, sad events and serious public safety stories around us all the time.
"Local Observer," though unpaid, is professional, and will attempt fill some of the news hole competently and objectively.