The following is from the Digital North Carolina Blog:
15 more years of the Raeford News-Journal are now available on DigitalNC! With this addition, more than 1,000 issues of the paper are now online, dating back to 1943.
Local newspapers served an important role in the life of small communities, detailing happenings in town, including milestones in the town’s growth and development. For example, the issue pictured below from October 1972 describes the plans for a new shopping center in the area. Researchers interested in genealogical research or community development over several decades of the twentieth century will find these local papers useful. Check out all of our digitized community newspapers browsing the North Carolina Newspapers Collection.
Read the full article at: http://www.digitalnc.org/blog/15-years-of-the-raeford-news-journal-now-available-on-digitalnc/
Thanks to ResearchBuzz for the heads-up.
