Editor's Note

Hi Everyone,

I thought I’d jump on here this issue to say a big thank you to all of you for supporting this newspaper for a full year!

Yep, this issue officially clocks-up our first trip around the sun and we wouldn’t be here without all of you.

What started with a phone call from local resident Neil Williams asking us to bring back a local community to the Burdekin has resulted in such a meaningful connection with all of you.

The support of both loyal readers and local businesses mean we can produce this newspaper for you every week.

Right from the beginning we have really wanted you to feel a sense of ownership and pride for this newspaper, we simply produce it for you, but you are the people that send in your stories, invite us to events and make this newspaper part of the fabric of the community.

We would like to sincerely thank you for being so welcoming to our journalists Sam and now Miah, and also to the rest of our team that you’ve encountered along the way – from the friendly face that books your ads to the distributors that drop your paper around town.

It is an absolute honour bringing you this newspaper and the warm reception we receive each week makes all our dedicated efforts worthwhile.

A few months ago, we received a call from the Mayor of the Hinchinbrook because he had seen a copy of Burdekin Life Newspaper – he was calling to ask us to bring a local newspaper back to his region too.

As I’m sure you can imagine, starting a new newspaper is a big job, but when we arrived in Ingham we felt the resounding heartbeat of the local community again – the community in fact reminded us a lot of the Burdekin and so we felt called to go ahead.

By the end of November, we will be welcoming Hinchinbrook Life Newspaper to Life Publishing Group family and, the communities of Ingham, Cardwell and Rollingstone will have a dedicated local paper back.

This all started because of you, so thank you all very much.

Rach

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