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Jim and Doris Redding's avatar

Hip, hip, hurrah! Thank you, Chris and Mark, for your love of our county and love for journalism! Without you two, we would all be in the dark regarding local news, opinions, and information. You keep us aware as to what is happening. Thank you both so much!

Doris Redding

Noelle Rhodes Scott's avatar

What a great partnership! Talk about making lemonade from lemons. Thank you, Mark and Chris for your dedication to keeping us informed. And I love the Friday Five.

Diane Honeycutt's avatar

That's awesome! Glad it will continue. Looks like a great opportunity for you both. Congrats!

david baxter's avatar

Chris, thanks for publishing Mark's Friday Five! It's great to see you guys working together in providing local news. I just cancelled my subscription to the Independent Tribune and let them know that the reason was that the way they treated Mark. No reason to take the Tribune since, there is no local news in that paper anymore. Thank you for the Compass!

Meg Johnson's avatar

So happy to see this collab ❤️ this is my go-to source for local news

Londa's avatar

Great job! Glad the Friday Five is continuing. Thank you and Chris for teaming up to continue this much awaited column. I cancelled my IT subscription.

Deborah Smith's avatar

Ditto to all of the comments. I,too, cancelled my subscription to the Independent Tribune, and am delighted to see you two in partnership again, brining us local news and updates.

Elizabeth K's avatar

Yay! Thanks for coordinating this!!!

JKiser's avatar

Yaaayyy…Mark and the Friday Five were the only good things at the paper. Happy to be reading this column again.

Scott Padgett's avatar

Great to have you back Mark. I’ve been meaning to call you.Local journalism has been a bedrock of this country. We are losing an important guardrail of democracy.for instance, Jeffrey Epstein would never have caught if not for the Miami Hearld. Jim Baker at PTL WAS exposed because of the Charlotte Observer.

Thanks for what you did for this community.