One of the most exciting things to happen in our region was the founding, five years ago, by a group of local residents of The Forum, our local on-line and print newspaper. Staffed by volunteers, it covers Candia, Deerfield, Northwood and Nottingham, which happen to be the towns in our state rep district, Rockingham One. While Northwood had some coverage by the Suncook Valley Sun, a weekly out of Pittsfield, most of the towns had spotty, if any, news coverage, being in the middle between Foster's Daily Democrat, The Concord Monitor, and the Union Leader. As the budgets of regular newspapers have decreased, there are fewer and fewer reporters to cover the small towns on the fringes of their areas.
The Forum publishes a print edition which goes to every household in the four towns, free, three times a year. They make the sure the print editions correspond to every election, municipal, state or national, where there are local candidates running. They depend on grants and donations, plus advertising, to keep the site and the print editions available to us all.
It has been my pleasure and privilege to report from Northwood for The Forum, as my time allows, and to voice my opinions, submit many pictures and the occasional poem, and I am a faithful reader.
