| $83 subscription for online access to a free local paper is insane.
If it’s anything like our “free” paper, the hardcopy has half the article with the rest on their website.
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spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
$83 subscription for online access to a free local paper is insane.
Check with your local library. They often maintain subscriptions or have an archive of local newpapers. ou may be able to
RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
huppakee@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Imo it is either a $83/year local paper or a free local newspaper. They can’t have it both ways if you ask me.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
You just brought me back in time to honors history in highschool where I needed to go to the historical society library and had to use their microfilm to get stuff from an old newspaper.
I wonder if they still have microfilm now, or even put new papers onto it. It seems so archaic nowadays.
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I remember a librarian telling me they were slowly moving from microfiche to network storage, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised to find that there’s plenty of microfiche left collecting dust.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 days ago
I don’t think new stuff goes to microfiche, and the old stuff has probably mostly been scanned by how and just sits in an archive somewhere.
Of course I’m sure that depends on the size of the library.