Up and Coming Weekly is a weekly publication in Fayetteville, NC and Fort Bragg, NC area offering local news, views, arts, entertainment and community event and business information.
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WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM MARCH 7-13, 2018 UCW 9 Dear Editor, Great article about our local newspaper. I will become a regular Up & Coming Weekly reader to get my news. Now maybe you need to do an expose' on Cape Fear Valley Hospital and how they are buy- ing up all our doctors offices. Several people that I come across are going to First Health of Moore County to avoid CFV. Again, great story. Best regards, Lynn Sippel Dear Editor, Having worked for a year at the Fayetteville Observer, I really enjoyed reading your article on private equity media and its dismantling of small town newspapers. It's a travesty. Thank you for bringing it to light!! It is a true shame what has happened to our local journalistic institution, the Fayetteville Observer. In the article "Eulogy of the Fourth Estate" (Up & Coming Weekly Febru- ary 21) Bill Bowman, Robert Kuttner and Hildy Zenger have done a fantastic job bringing to light how private equity media companies erode and undermine communities when they purchase and dismantle local newspapers. Citizens absolutely need these local, and often long-time and family owned, newspapers to ensure journalistic integrity and to serve as a significant tie to the community. I fear, as media and journalism continues to consis- tently be ostracized, these large conglomerates will only exacerbate the problem. Local newspapers like Up & Coming Weekly are exceptional assets to our community and provide an amazing service to its citizens. John Kistler Regarding Colin Kaepernick Dear Editor, I truly enjoyed watching Colin Kae- pernick throw and run with the football in college. Under coach Chris Ault, that Wolfpack no longer needs to include their Reno location in the school's name. Game film from then showed Kaep to be a very respectful student of coach (and eventually) A.D. Ault. Colin does not represent every NFL player any more than my childhood neighbor Wally Hilgen- berg years before. Wally's stor y is also interest- ing and there are articles concerning him and his death. Wally might disagree, if he could, with Colin. As you state (in the Jan. 31 publishers pen), we all have rights to voice our opinion. Our actions can affect the opinions of others, as Colin now should realize. Randy Steffens Conglomerates stink LETTERS TO THE EDITOR FREE F&B PUBLICATIONS Feb. 21-27, 2018 VOLUME 23 ISSUE 7 Cumberland County's Community Newspaper Fourth Estate 1923 - 2016 R.I.P. family owned est. 1816 Oldest Newspaper G a t eH ou s e M ed i a T M EULOGY FOR THE FOURTH ESTATE ? North Carolina's Running to fight hunger: American Warrior Run celebrates women Hope Mills to honor small businesses Colin Kaepernick For More Information: Call Today 910.391.3859 Better Business Bureau of Coastal Carolina | bbb.org/myrtle-beach Add Trust To Your Brand Get Accredited 1,500 new families move into Fayetteville and Cumberland County every month. Many depend on the Better Business Bureau to recommend local "trustworthy" businesses and services. Are you an Accredited BBB Business?