Thanks to Kathryn Schloff for her inspiring letter to the editor about the excellence of the Addison Independent and plight of local newspapers nationwide and in Vermont. I want to underscore and support how fortunate residents of the Champlain Valley are to have the Addison Independent as their local newspaper.

I have lived in Central New York since 1995 but have continued to subscribe to the paper and am probably better informed about Middlebury and Addison County than about my current hometown of Hamilton, N.Y. Our Mid-York Weekly declined, was sold and then stopped publication. The Oneida Dispatch, a former daily at the north end of the county, is owned by a hedge fund and publishes three days a week. The Syracuse Post Standard closed its Madison County office years ago and also publishes three days a week. It is a good news source but we are just too far away to matter.

I marvel at the depth and detail of the coverage in the Independent. It is truly a fine paper to be treasured and nurtured. Thanks to all who make it prosper.

Bruce Moseley

Hamilton, N.Y.