Local View: Extra! Extra! Read all about it — before it’s too late

Local View: Extra! Extra! Read all about it — before it’s too late

When I was growing up, a household without a newspaper was about as rare as a kitchen without a coffee pot. There was a morning paper, an evening paper, and sometimes a Sunday edition the size of a cinder block. Everyone had their section — the comics, sports, classifieds, news — and when you were done, you traded with someone else at the table. By the time breakfast was over, you’d had your daily dose of current events, a few laughs, and maybe …