Thirty years! Seems impossible to believe, but it was 30 years ago Monday, March 1, when I took a deep breath, clicked the ballpoint pen in my hand and signed on the line where the lawyers said I was supposed to sign. In seconds, I became the new publisher/owner of The Franklin Times -- and completed my escape from "Corporate America" that had been my newspaper career for two decades.
Last year at this, time, this was the headline on the front page of The Franklin Times: "As Coronavirus Spreads, is Franklin County Ready?" The subheads noted that county health officials were relying upon previous efforts to help them navigate COVID-19. The other said the school system was vigilant and ready to act if necessary. Man, if we only had a crystal ball.
Dear editor: As you know, our mission is to revitalize northeastern Franklin County, especially economically. In doing so, we hope our efforts will ripple throughout the entire county. In recent years, the need for more water in the county has been well documented, studied, written about and discussed many times.
