The issue of Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW that you're holding in your hands has a different look - and a different feel - than last week's paper.
After listening to our readers about how we cover the community, we're introducing some improvements to the newspaper. We've added new features designed to provide more local information and to boost interaction between you and us.
Among the new additions you'll see:
• "Ask Now," a column that answers readers' questions about problems or issues in the community;
• "Just a Minute," an at-a-glance look at what local government is up to;
• "What'd It Sell For," a listing of recent home sales;
• "Business Spotlight," a regular feature on interesting area businesses;
• "Someone You Should Know," a look at people who are making a difference; and
• "Grab a Bite," a monthly column that profiles area restaurants.
Sports reworked as well
We also have added a couple of new features in our Sports section. Veteran sports writer Tom "Sky" Skibosh will give his weekly perspective on the Elmbrook sports scene in his "Sky's Take" column. Those involved in athletics who don't normally get their names in the paper will be the focus of the "Away from the Limelight" feature.
In addition, there is a new Opinion page that will include local editorials, guest columnists and - most important - your chance to weigh in on key issues.
We also think it's important to have a little fun with our readers and to get them involved in the newspaper as much as possible. That's why we've added a Mystery Photo Contest in which you can win prizes by figuring out where our photographers have been. And there's a "Top This" feature - kind of a Brookfield-style "Guinness Book of World Records."
But while the look and some of the content of the newspaper is changing, there is one thing that isn't: Our commitment to providing readers with the best possible coverage of what's happening in local government and in the schools.
NOW is everywhere
Perhaps as important as the new look and the new features of Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW is the fact that starting today, the paper will be readily available throughout the city.
From Brennan's Market to Sendik's to your local Walgreens and Pick 'n Save stores, you can now purchase a copy of Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW at nearly 40 local outlets.
If you already receive NOW in your Thursday Journal Sentinel, you will continue to do so as part of your subscription. But if you don't receive the Thursday Journal Sentinel but want to receive NOW, our circulation department can make that happen. Give them a call at (414) 224-2222.
If you have suggestions for how we can improve the paper, I'd like to hear from you. Call me directly at (262) 446-6630 or send an e-mail to mmaley@cninow.com.
Or you can meet our staff from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday at Grasch Foods, 13950 W. North Ave.
Meat and greet
• Members of the NOW staff - including Editor in Chief Mark Maley and photographer C.T. Kruger - will hand out newspapers and greet the public from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday at Grasch Foods, 13950 W. North Ave.
• The first 250 people who clip out the coupon on Page 13 and bring it with them will receive either their choice of 1 pound of Grasch's famous brats or 1 pound of ground chuck.
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I couldn't agree more. Not until we submit to complete censorship by the bloggers themselves will we have anything worth reading. After all aren't the bloggers properly vetted so as to prevent delusional yahoos from plying their trade in our midst? And isn't their work product always beyond reproach?
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I have to agree with Cindy's comments above. I rarely read the blogs now, and it seems most have become inactive. I'm surmising that the drop in activity may be due to the persistent stupid remarks by several of the peanut gallery. If the blogger had the ability to manage comments, the blogs would be far more interesting and perhaps become more active again.
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I know this is entirely a for-what-it's-worth comment, but you guys realize
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Back to topSantas Elf - Aug 29, 2010 9:52 AM - Report Abuse
I've also noticed that we have a particular pair of local political luminaries commenting who seem to be joined at the keyboard. One cannot post a comment without an immediate negative response from the other. With the knee jerk reactionaries we have out there, absolute control can only improve blog quality.
There is no reason why free speech should be this free!
WG - Aug 27, 2010 1:55 PM - Report Abuse
I also dislike and skip over the overwhelming numbers of local school sporting events. The results of all these numerous events are of interest to the participants and their families, not to a wider audience. If this is the most interesting news we have going on in Brookfield, why publish anything?
Cindy K - Aug 25, 2010 3:09 PM - Report Abuse
you lost most of the website's community interactivity when you took away a
blogger's right to manage comments, don't you? It was hard to watch. Some
of those bloggers making the effort are worth listening to now and then, but
most people don't bother because of the troll static in the comment sections.
Good debate was never shut down with blogger control. Perhaps if you really
want the NOW sites to rebound, you'll consider reinstating the option.