Last week, after being so worried about layout, I had a lot of compliments on the paper. It was a big edition, with 40 pages of news. We covered so much! My heart is full when people stop me to say ‘Thank you.”
When I started at the paper in 2006, I had no newspaper experience. I wrote stories for the school newspaper, way back when. Otherwise, I had not done anything newspaper related. I started in classifieds.
I have now done every single position at the paper. My favorite remains layout, but I also love interacting with people and talking about the paper and life in general. I guess you would call that socialization, but it is much more than that. It’s connecting to the roots of each community we cover. Finding the stories that would otherwise go untold.
When I bought the paper in 2007, my goal was to maintain it and keep it alive. That is still my goal.
There have been phenomenal years, and there have been rough years. The last few have been rough. As people change their habits of how they consume news, we are constantly changing our habits of how we produce and share the news. We will continue to do that.
The Mountain-Ear wants to get YOUR information out to the entire community! To share information about upcoming events, please submit your event to info@themountainear.com. You can submit a flier, which we can share in print and online. We have the lowest ad rates in the entire region and offer discounts for nonprofits and schools too!
To have an event covered, send in a request so we can assign a reporter. IF you have a parent, teacher or community member who can cover events, even better! We LOVE community journalism coverage from members of the school, local organizations, and even from Town or County government. It helps us stay connected to every aspect of the Peak to Peak region. And, we pay for this coverage. We currently have several paid positions open at The Mountain-Ear (see our classified ad on page 30).
We’d love to attend a meeting of your school or organization. Please send us info on the time and place of the next few meetings.
Online subscriptions are currently just $50 per year. That’s less than $1 per week. Print subscriptions range from $70 to $100 per year (in-state local to out-of- state). Subscriptions will go up January 1, 2023. You can subscribe online here: https://www.themtnear.com/register/ summer-special-1-year-online-for-40/.
If you are already a print subscriber to The Mountain-Ear, email us and we will get you set up for a free online subscription (included in your print subscription).
If you’re not a subscriber, we’ll get you set up for a FREE 30 day trial. Trial subscriptions are sponsored by local people and businesses that support The Mountain-Ear and want to make sure you have access to the ONLY locally owned and operated newspaper that covers the entire Peak to Peak region. We are working hard to get you your news. And, we don’t want you to miss a thing!
Friends, in case you’re thinking of eating out… check out this link for info about local dining and drinking establishments. We cover the entire Peak to Peak region with a bit of information on where to be and what to see at https:// www.themtnear.com/articles/peak-to- peak-dining-drinks-and-entertainment/. We continue to be the ONLY print publication that shares this full list, and we keep it online and updated year- round for you, for free. If your listing needs to be updated, email us at info@themountainear.com and we’ll take care of that before our next print of this local list.
We welcome thoughtful comments and letters to the editor. Letter submission information is above, on this page.
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The Mountain-Ear is YOUR locally owned and operated source for news, covering everything you love in the entire Peak to Peak region, since 1977. As always, my door is open (in Nederland and Black Hawk), my phone is on and my email gets checked regularly. Contact me at info@themountainear.com or call 303-810-5409.
