We live in an era where global news is delivered to our pockets in seconds, yet some are increasingly unaware of what is happening in their own neighborhoods. We can track international elections in real time, but many of us couldn’t name our own local representatives. As we observe National Newspaper Week (Oct. 4-10), it is time to confront a sobering reality: when a town loses its local newspaper, it doesn’t just lose a business—it loses its h…