VALLEYNEWS.COM HARKENS BACK TO THE GOOD `OL DAYS.Byline: -- Jason Kandel In the beginning, few people knew about valleynews.com, this bold new effort our newspaper was undertaking to connect with more people on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . It's a new forum to give a voice to people who might not have had one before, or whose story ideas and messages to media outlets fell on deaf ears. Well, nearly six months has passed since we launched, and the buzz continues. Folks have not only heard about the site but are inspired to get their word out through it. Some are discovering the wonderful art of writing for the first time. It's a beautiful thing and we encourage more of it in 2007. Valleynews.com, and this accompanying weekly print edition you hold in your hands, has been quite incredible. People have been calling us, wanting to know how they can post their stories online and get the print edition delivered to their houses. Some people have been calling, saying they have been longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective subscribers to the newspaper and this new print edition reminded them of the good 'ol days when the Daily News was the Valley News and Green Sheet. People have been logging on and sharing their lives with the world. We've heard emotional stories from, Roni Razankova, whose cancer- stricken mother is struggling to get the treatment she needs to live a better and longer life. We've heard from Richard Colon colon, in anatomy colon, in anatomy: see intestine. colon, in punctuation colon, in writing: see punctuation. colon Segment that makes up most of the large intestine. , a sports fanatic who -- with all the passion of a seasoned sports beat reporter -- files colorful stories about his daugher's amateur softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' team, the Crushers. We've gotten a front-row seat to all the twists and turns taking place at the beleaguered be·lea·guer tr.v. be·lea·guered, be·lea·guer·ing, be·lea·guers 1. To harass; beset: We are beleaguered by problems. 2. To surround with troops; besiege. cemetery cemetery, name used by early Christians to designate a place for burying the dead. First applied in Christian burials in the Roman catacombs, the word cemetery came into general usage in the 15th cent. , Grand View Memorial Park, from an intrepid citizen journalist named Lisa Burks. To everyone who has contributed -- a big thank you. Happy New Year. |
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