Category: default || By jt3y

I haven't seen this widely reported, but the owners of the Daily News have purchased the 51 Corridor, the fledgling weekly newspaper serving the Brentwood-Baldwin-Pleasant Hills area. An old classmate of mine, Brian Krasman, has been named the editor.

Congratulations to Brian and the News staff are in order, and I hope the News is able to make it a roaring success. The addition of new content (much of it repackaged News stories, but some of it exclusive to the Corridor) has already improved what had been a fairly motley looking paper.

I've also noticed the News is picking up stories about Westmoreland County from its sister paper, the Latrobe Bulletin. I can only say that's a good move, too, especially if the News wants to hold onto --- and expand --- its sales in North Huntingdon, West Newton, and elsewhere.

Anything that ensures the News' long-term survival is a good thing for Our Fair City and the Mon-Yough area.

One suggestion which may or may not be worth the newsstand price of a 51 Corridor: The mailing address is now the same as the Daily News', zip code and all. That is not going to fly with people from Brentwood, Baldwin, etc., who think they're Pittsburghers. They (foolishly, say I) want nothing to do with Our Fair City.

So, I would strongly recommend that the News at the very least open a post-office box in Brentwood. Better yet, they should put some "drop boxes" for community announcements, ad copy, etc., at each of the local businesses along Brownsville Road, and put a small sales office in a prominent location along Route 51.

Ditto for the phone number ... call the number now listed in the 51 Corridor, and a pleasant voice answers, "Thank you for calling The Daily News." Smarter to get a Pittsburgh phone number and, at the very least, have it forwarded to McKeesport, where it can be answered appropriately "51 Corridor, may I help you?"

It's free advice, and worth every penny!

What can I say ... I nag because I care. Is that so wrong?