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Emerald Greene Parsons ECB Publishing, Inc. Local news plays a vital role in American civic life as a trusted source of critical information. It is a fact that local newspapers serve this vital role by uniting communities and serving as government watchdogs. That is why it is important to remember that as newspapers are frantically trying to report on small businesses and are reminding their readers of the importance of small businesses in the community; that the community also remembers th