I’m talking like the local paper that gives out free copies at every coffee shop and corner store.

See, I got a new neighbor, two doors down, and he’s a RSO.

But the only articles about his arrest and conviction are in a small town newspaper, and they want $83/yr for me to be able to read this article. From two years ago.

I know that sometimes RSO lists can be bullshit. Is this guys charge bullshit? I have no way of knowing. Nor do I have any way of knowing if my kids are his target demographic.

The only other thing I could find was his sister and parents sueing him for custodial rights over his kids following a DV call…Which makes me think his victims were his own kids (so statistically unlikely to attack a neighborhood child, especially once everyone is onto him), or that it’s all made up family drama.

I just want to know what I’m dealing with. Wtf. Why does everything need to be paywalled?

  • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    14 days ago

    $83 subscription for online access to a free local paper is insane.

    Check with your local library. They often maintain subscriptions or have an archive of local newpapers.

    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      7·
      14 days ago

      You just brought me back in time to honors history in highschool where I needed to go to the historical society library and had to use their microfilm to get stuff from an old newspaper.

      I wonder if they still have microfilm now, or even put new papers onto it. It seems so archaic nowadays.

      • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        13 days ago

        I remember a librarian telling me they were slowly moving from microfiche to network storage, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised to find that there’s plenty of microfiche left collecting dust.

    • huppakee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      13 days ago

      Imo it is either a $83/year local paper or a free local newspaper. They can’t have it both ways if you ask me.

  • Malica@lemmy.zipEnglish
    6·
    13 days ago

    Journalists need to be paid, same as everyone else. Especially in small towns with small resources. These are the kinds of things to support imo.