New is a very important part of the word news. Several stories have dominated the pages of The SandPaper over the past few years, and some are likely to continue to do so for the next few as well.

They are important stories, for sure, but they are getting repetitive, with people on both sides of issues offering the same old arguments again and again. And when that happens, readers can get bored. How many letters to the editor that basically say the same thing do you want to read?