Fiscal Note
No fiscal impact.
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Congratulating Eastside News on their 100th anniversary.
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WHEREAS, Eastside News is a community newspaper covering the east side of Madison; and,
WHEREAS, Eastside News is published six times each year by Goodman Community Center, providing super-local news and information about events, issues, resources, and programs at Goodman and in the east side of Madison; and,
WHEREAS, in 1912, A.W. Larson first published two issues of The East Side News, before Marshall Browne officially started regularly publishing East Side News on December 4, 1924, from his print shop near Schenk’s Corners; and,
WHEREAS, ownership was passed through multiple publishers since Marshall Browne created the first modern issue of Eastside News before pausing sometime in the latter half of the 1960s or 1970s; and,
WHEREAS, in February of 1981, the Atwood Community Center - which is now known as the Goodman Community Center - relaunched the publication of Eastside News; and,
WHEREAS, the Goodman Community Center, formerly the Atwood Community Center, has since been producing the Eastside news continuously for 43 years; and,
WHEREAS, more than 12,000 copies of the Eastside News are mailed directly to households in the Goodman Community Center’s service areas, as well as 5,000 more to subscribers throughout Madison; and,
WHEREAS, copies of the Eastside News can be found at several area businesses, as well as the Goodman Community Center; and,
WHEREAS, December 4, 2024, marks the 100th anniversary of the Eastside News;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Madison congratulates Eastside News on their 100th anniversary.