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document.write(" shane wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("all of these people are right taking away articals offline hurts the people who no longer live in Ashtabula but still want to keep up with friends and family");document.write(" "); document.write(" August 16, 2009, 12:28 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" KS Reader wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("So Sad! Read the Star Beacon online daily since many of my relatives and fiends still live in Ashtabula County. Need to put more news online not take it away.");document.write(" "); document.write(" August 8, 2009, 8:57 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Valerie wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("I cant believe you would take 'For The Record' offline. I am totally disgusted with this decision! It's the only news that is real news around here. If you take it offline, then I'm done with your paper altogether!");document.write(" "); document.write(" August 4, 2009, 1:52 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" TEELA REESE wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("For the record has been around when i lived down there it was the best way to make sure the people i know down there were ok or needing my help thank you 4 going offline when this 4 some people is the only way to keep up to date on the things that and people that matter.TO LOSE SOME THING THAT HAS BEEN WITH US 4 SO LONG IS A CHEEP WAY TO KEEP THE TOWN AND FAMILY LIKE ME LOCKED OUT* *OUTKAST*");document.write(" "); document.write(" August 4, 2009, 9:44 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" deborah wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("The editor cannot be this ignorant to believe people will simply decide to buy the Sunday paper if certain information is removed from online. As an environmentalist, it is wasteful and unnecessary. We cannot keep destroying our resources such as cutting down trees for the SUNDAY PAPER! But I forgot. It's not Ohio's concern. The rest of the country will pull Ohio's weight. As usual.");document.write(" "); document.write(" August 3, 2009, 10:23 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" KD wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("Do you really think this is necessary? The Star Beacon is barely worth getting online to look at let alone paying for a Sunday edition and then to cut out the articles that get people to view your site in the first place. The Sunday paper completely lacks coupons and is just plain dull. Maybe if there would be some form of thought process and ideas you could turn this paper around making it worth purchasing. You know 'you have to spend $ to make $'.");document.write(" "); document.write(" August 2, 2009, 7:27 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" PHinFL wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("Wonder what your advertisers think of this????");document.write(" "); document.write(" August 2, 2009, 8:24 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" can't believe it wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("I think the whole paper is goin offline it's been the same news for the last week whats up with that?");document.write(" "); document.write(" August 1, 2009, 9:08 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Ryan wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("That's just wrong. Why are you trying to make people buy the Sunday paper. Don't you know that people don't have any money I think that this is a bad idea right now.");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 31, 2009, 7:14 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Jim Bean wrote:");
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document.write(" Suzan wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("Very sorry to hear that. After reading all of these comments, hope you reconsider. I live in CA now, and enjoy reading whose been up to what after all these years. Obviously, buying the sunday paper is not an option.");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 29, 2009, 1:03 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" micky wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("I read the news online occasionally since I've moved out of town. However, I do pay to have the paper delivered to my grandparents home in ashtabula county. Not anymore. One more paying costumer gone! Paper is skimpy anyway. Waste of time and money.");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 28, 2009, 9:24 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Sylvia Platt-Brazil wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("To bad the Star Beacon is forcing sales of their Sunday paper. More people out of state and country read the Star Beacon and are not able to PURCHASE a Sunday paper. And I have to agree with many comments made here. The paper is getting thinner everyday.. I only get the paper to use in my puppy's kennel!");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 28, 2009, 10:37 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Liz wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("This website is awful anyway...it never loads and usually in not on the correct day. | ");
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document.write(" Reader wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("I am disappointed this feature has been removed from online service. I am already a daily subscriber. It is easier to search archives on here for an old story or information than to keep a stack of papers to sift thru. If you continue to remove sections from your website, less people will read it. | ");
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document.write(" Moved to PA wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("I used to live in Conneaut and tried this online thing and found it is not ever up to date, the headlines they use are awful, and the Ashtabula ('Bula) reporting is sad. (I do give Mark Todd credit, he covers Conneaut pretty good.) | ");
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document.write(" don wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("it is bad they charge 1.25 for a sunday paper and there is nothing in it.");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 21, 2009, 5:09 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" keith wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("you know where should i start i read the paper everyday i get up nearly every morning and when i go to read the paper hoping that you guys uploaded and some days its there early and the next it wont be loaded till ten or so whats going on and now i read today that you guys are taking away the for the record wow alls i got to say is im not buying the paer anymore from your company i am saden that you guys find more reason to screw something else up in ashtabula it just shows everthing in ashtabula is messed up in someway");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 20, 2009, 12:16 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" butch faulkerson wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("i live in north carlina and grew up in ashtabula and enjoy for the record to find out what is going on in my hometown. i am not going to drive 600 miles to just get the sunday paper. it is a shame!!!!!!!!!!!!");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 19, 2009, 12:44 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" crystal wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("The Star Beacon has been getting smaller every time you look. Plain Dealer he I come.");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 18, 2009, 10:00 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Rob Rotton wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("Best part of this site now is the lil red X at the top right corner.Good job guys!!!");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 17, 2009, 1:42 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" gfann wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("I would bet that the Star beacon took feature off line and in the paper to possible increase paper sales. If it is an asset to the paper they're going to use to their advantage. If they moved all the crap on the website into the paper then less people would buy the paper. There are a lot of people on ashtabula that are older in age and are not computer savvy. They relay on the paper but if the Star beacon can't afford to keep the printed paper going, they will stop and those people will not have access to the local news.");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 15, 2009, 11:23 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" very unhappy customer wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("...what's next? The obituaries! The classifieds! You are becoming less and less of a paper every day. | ");
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document.write(" Kim wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("What A shame is right Taking For the Record offline, Why are you taking such an important paret of the paper away?. Wht not take all the real junk things you put in there that noone ever reads,: nascar fantasy, Beacon tweets and then keep For the Record and update currents and find things we really read and put them in the paper, This is just away to try to get us to buy the Sunday paper so you will make more money Take this away and I will be One less reader Plain Dealer Here I come.");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 15, 2009, 6:53 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" joe wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("Another out of state reader that is disappointed! The paper where I live has a very detailed site for their readers - how many people move away from Florida compared to those who have left northern Ohio but still want to keep up with what's going on ? If they can do it, you could too!");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 14, 2009, 7:42 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Mary Jo wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("Everyone need to call the Star Bacon, and tell them to keep for the record on line. They may not read the comments that we put on line.");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 14, 2009, 3:04 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" r wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("It's a SHAME that this service is going away. i no longer live in ohio and thankfully have moved out of ashtabula county but i do like to keep up on current events and things that are going on where my family lives, i for one will not be reading your website anymore and clearly your paper considering im not in ohio.... tsk tsk This is a very poor way to save any kind of money. if anything you are going to lose money. good luck in the future.");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 14, 2009, 2:40 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Dennis wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("Sorry previous remarks were for a different section.");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 14, 2009, 1:32 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Dennis wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("To be honest,OPINE,has become one mans chance to show his family off,bragg about where he has been,and compare Ashtabula to other citys that have very little to do with us,then he'll show how we failed the comparison,very few times have I read a good things about this city or county penned by this man,shoud have kept it the way it was!I for one will not miss it.");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 14, 2009, 1:23 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Mimi wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("I moved from Conneaut three years ago. I have read the Star Beacon online, daily. I have always enjoyed reading 'For the Record' & can't believe you want to take that away from your many northeastern Ohio natives. I don't get the Sunday paper, obviously, so I won't be very well informed without the 'For the Record' section. What a shame, especially for those of us who felt as we were in touch with our hometown's news.");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 14, 2009, 3:00 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" RichDuvaard J wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("Know the Sunday paper will have more , for the record ,and coupons");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 13, 2009, 9:54 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" John Stevenson wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("It figures! I doubt they even read these comments.");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 12, 2009, 7:46 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" joe wrote:");
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document.write(" Tom wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("This section is the only reason I open starbeacon.com. If you get rid of it, I will stop reading and tell everyone else to read the plain dealer. It's up to you to save your paper, and not by removing the parts that people read most. Try removing things that people don't go to like, 'beacon tweets' and '2009 fantasy nascar results', and try to be a real paper and show us THE NEWS!");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 11, 2009, 12:18 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Mary Jo wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("Just another rip off to get you to buy the sunday paper. Can you deliver the sunday paper to Franklin, In. so we can read it on sunday morning when we get up?");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 10, 2009, 9:50 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" beth wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("I can't always afford to buy the paper,so I count on being able to go on-line and follow the news of the courts and land transfers. Don't take it away ,PLEASE!!!");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 10, 2009, 9:17 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Kim wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("It figures.. the only way to find out what is going on in Ashtabula... WHAT'S NEXT ... THE OBITUARIES ?????????????????????? Things like this is why so many people LEFT THAT TOWN..");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 8, 2009, 11:34 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Lynda wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("My family and I used to live in conneaut, but we moved for work reasons and I read the star beacon on line. I know alot of people who moved away from conneaut and they still read the star beacon on line. I feel if you quit this part of the star beacon soon you will be cutting out more of the star beacon. As more and more people leave conneaut, you should please the people who appreciate reading the star beacon and keeping up on the news which is happening in and around conneaut.");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 8, 2009, 11:09 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" LISA wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("Dear Star Beacon: I think it sucks that your taking For the Record offline. I will quit reading the star beacon all together. I live in Dothan, Alabama but, was born and raised in Ashtabula and I enjoy reading the Beacon to see whats going on in my hometown. Please reconsider");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 7, 2009, 9:52 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Denise wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("Court records ARE public records and I thought that was the purpose of the newspaper, to publish public information! The content of the Star Beacon isn't worth the paper it's printed on due to all of the typos and misreporting by your so called reporters and you want to take the only reliable source of information away from the online readers. Great Business move, we should be reading about your bankruptcy plan soon right?");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 7, 2009, 9:14 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" luvs2read wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("Sounds like I'm not the only person to move away but still look to see how things are going at home. I've followed the Star Beacon online through several states and now a new country. You don't happen to deliver the Sunday paper to Europe, do you? I might have moved, but my family and friends are still in Ashtabula county, and NOTHING'S better than to see yet another jerk from my younger years shown as such in print each week!");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 6, 2009, 11:00 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Irrit 8 Ed wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("We're in a recesion. Taking The Record offline is not going to make me spend money I already wasn't going to spend to buy the paper. It will just make me read this paper even less because there will be less for me to read. The reason so many papers go bankrupt is they take away instead of give. Why not give advertising breaks to businesses that as we know are all hurting and help both of you financially. Your rates are ridiculous and I don't blame people for finding better places to spend their hard earned dime.");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 5, 2009, 9:27 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" nichole wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("I have moved out of the COUNTRY and still like to keep tabs on what is going on back there. As another reader said, there is not enough other news on-line to satisfy the curiosity. If this does, in fact stay off line, I won't bother with visiting at all, I can get 'the low-down' (probably more accurate) from my mother. lol");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 5, 2009, 6:43 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Troy wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("May I ask the reason For the Record is going off-line? This is not a good decision on Star Beacons part. Besides the stellar coverage of the National Hockey League (ha-ha), and the numerous typos that make it to print, it is probably the most popular section of your 'lotsa room for improvement' newspaper.");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 4, 2009, 6:19 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Stan wrote:");
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document.write(" PH wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("how about a response from the Beacon to all the online readers who expressed their concerns on this forum?");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 3, 2009, 7:56 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Chastity wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("I'd like to keep this too. I cannot drive to Ohio every Sunday just to read the For The Record. Any other options? As you can see, so many of us depend on this information!");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 2, 2009, 2:24 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" LORI wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("I hope you will reconsider taking this offline as hundreds of people look forward to reading what is going on in our county.");document.write(" "); document.write(" July 2, 2009, 10:57 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" gettintired wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("I thought it the public's right to have the scud buckets of Ashtabula County printed in the local newspaper?? Don't You want to know if you have a felon or druggie as a neighbor??");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 30, 2009, 9:33 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Connie wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("I also have moved to another state and have family that lives there and my whole life was lived there, i read the star beacon EVERY DAY ON LINE and LOVE just for the record!!!!");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 30, 2009, 12:48 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" scott wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("just for the record, the beacon doesn't care about us that have left the area, they want to cut costs just like everyone else and will do so regardless of what we wish......sad, very sad");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 30, 2009, 8:53 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Stan wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("Stopping for the record will be a great lost to me.......PLEASE KEEP IT...........");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 30, 2009, 12:48 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Sean in Kittanning,PA wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("Oh Man!!! PLease dont take this off!! I too live out of state now and this is one of the things i look forward to on sunday!!!!");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 29, 2009, 10:22 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Former Subscriber wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("I would have the newspaper delivered to my home so I can read this section on Sunday if your paper carrier could find my house. I've tried numerous times through the years to have it delivered and have missed more papers than have had delivered. Wonder why your circulation is down?");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 29, 2009, 12:35 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Christin wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("This sounds like a way for the Star Beacon to get people to purchase the newspaper on Sunday. If you must take For the Record offline then put it back inside the Monday edition.");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 28, 2009, 2:14 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" scott wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("as I live out of state PLEASE keep this feature, eliminate something else if needed. thank you");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 28, 2009, 9:04 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Mona Bogart wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("I have read the Star Beacon from front to back, for many years. Now, that I have moved out of state, I still read the newspaper online daily, including 'For the Record.' Reading it online keeps me informed of what is going on in the area. I would hate to see it deleted & don't know why that's even an option. I hope those in charge will reconsider deleting it, for the sake of the many loyal online Star Beacon readers. Perhaps something else could be eliminated?");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 27, 2009, 1:53 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" ROBIN CALCAGNO wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("PLEASE KEEP FOR THE RECORD ONLINE, I STAY IN LEWIS RUN PA SOMETIME AND ENJOYED IT,AND I JUST LIKE TO READ WHATS GOING ON THERE. (NOISY HA HA )");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 26, 2009, 9:14 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Michelle wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("Please keep 'For the Record' online. I live out of state and this is one of the few ways to keep up with the area I grew up in. If it's to save money there has to be a less used section to get rid of.");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 26, 2009, 8:35 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" chris wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("PLEASE RECONSIDER KEEPING THIS SERVICE FOR ALL OF US WHO LIVE OUT OF STATE AND ENJOY READING WHAT'S HAPPING IN OUR WONDERFUL ASHTABULA COUNTY!");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 26, 2009, 7:16 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" DENISE wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("i read for the record all the time on line | ");
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document.write(" marie wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("i too live in another state now and read the star beacon online. this section is one of my favorites!");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 25, 2009, 9:41 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" angelcraft wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("I too rely on the online beacon since I live in gflorida and like to keep up with my hometown news and happenings and the matter of record is what online readers depend on. Please reconsider keeping it on line");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 25, 2009, 9:37 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" linda wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("i too depend onthis section of the paper. this can't be a cost cutting thing could it? my only regret is now i won't be reading more of the paper.");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 25, 2009, 5:15 AM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Brenda wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("This is the only way I know what is happening in my old home town. I now live in Cleveland and rarely get an opportunity to buy the paper. Please keep this service online. My step daughter's mom lives there and I worry when she is there and this is my way of making sure nothing 'shady' is happening with the people she is aorund there.");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 24, 2009, 8:42 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" abby lee wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("please keep for the record online. | ");
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document.write(" Silky wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("please keep ( for the record ) on line, it's the only way people know what going on in their home town");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 24, 2009, 3:38 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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document.write(" Janis Salcfas wrote:");
document.write(" ");document.write("I totally object to For the Record going offline. I live in California and read the newspaper daily to keep up on whats going on in my home county. I depend on this section of the paper! Whats next.... the obits? Local News? Please continue to keep For the Record online!");document.write(" "); document.write(" June 24, 2009, 1:42 PM"); document.write(" | ");
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