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-mappatjannocR J8eto$Established 1877 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Thursday ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL, PUBLISHER Anita L. Sherman, Editor Peter W. Arundel, President John T. Toler, Executive Vice President Jan Clatterbuck, Office Manager To Subscribe Phone (540) 675-3338 BY MAIL: $21 a year in Rappahannock County $27 a year elsewhere in the United States Back Copies: Recent 2 months, 50 cents _ Older copies to 1960, $5 (as available) Office: 249 Main Street, Washington, Va. Mailing address: P.O. Box 59 Washington, Va. 22747-0059 Telephone (540) 675-3338 Fax: (540) 675-3088 e-mail: asherman@timespapers.com Hours: 8:30 am. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations • www.TimesCommunity.com
ft THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2005
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This week, we are reporting the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the Fauquier Times-Democrat, our sister paper in Fauquier County, as well as for journalism in Fauquier. On Jan. 1, 2006, Times Community Newspapers, Owner of the Rappahannock News, Fauquier TimesDemocrat and 16 other newspapers in Northern Virginia, will assume ownership of The Fauquier Citizen — published in Warrenton since 1989 by Lou and Ellen Emerson — and its sister paper, The Culpeper Citizen, started in 2003. Over the past nearly two decades, The Fauquier Citizen has been a strong and fair competitor to the ' Fauquier Times-Democrat, both on the n’ews and advertising fronts. Each week, the staffs and management of both newspapers have gone out into the community to. fight for the hearts, minds and opinions of readers, and to defend its First Amendment free press. Through it all, including economic downturns, they have maintained a spirit of mutual respect. A quick phone call between top managers stopped rumors, or solved small problems before they became big ones. When he first started the Citizen, Lou Emerson noted that there would be room in Fauquier County for two local newspapers, since our residents loved to read about themselves and their neighbors. There are always new stories to be told, and as community journalists, it is our responsibility to get out and find them. After these papers join forces, there will still be two strong community newspapers in Fauquier serving the people of the county. No changes are planned.
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