GateHouse has a new hyperlocal competitor

Most local papers for small towns just plain suck. My hope is that some of these websites do more then just hyperlink and actually cover whats happening in the town. Its amazing how much work someone has to put into getting information at the town/city level in some areas. Its so much work that only the elected officials and business leaders know whats going on and anyone who spends the time to figure out whats going on they tend to just become one of those elected officials or business leaders anyway. So you end up with the average person not getting any info because that truth seeker just joins the system and you have to start from scratch. Speaking of joining the system its been my obeservation that most local journalists for these rinky dink papers just end up either having no clue because they have to cover so many towns, or they end up being sucked into the system anyway.