What happens when the press is silenced?

Some local news outlets have run into limits in their access to information, which can mean less of the information that holds government accountable

By: Annmarie Timmins

Outlets: Granite State News Collaborative

Published: September 20, 2025

Words: 1,106

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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The Bow Times, a free monthly covering three New Hampshire towns, publishes updates from the library and garden clubs, columns by locals, police logs, letters to the editor and news on the town’s proposed spending.

Publisher Chuck Douglas remembers the paper’s reporting on the Bow School Board’s proposal to build a $2.5 million artificial turf field that he opposed.

“I got quite exercised about that,” Douglas said. “I gave them a full page to explain …

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