Paper cancelled for holiday week

News readers and advertisers are asked to be aware that no newspaper will be published, either in print or online, during the week of Christmas.

“There will not be an edition on Thursday, Dec. 26,” said News editor Melinda Lucas. “We hope we’ve given everyone ample notice that we’re going to take that week off to spend time with our families.”

This is only the second time in 43 years of Lucas ownership that there hasn’t been a weekly paper.

The News office will be open on Monday, Dec. 23 and on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 26-27 of that week. The office will close all day on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, and Christmas Day, Dec. 25.

The following week, an early deadline has been set for the paper of Jan. 3.

The deadline for the paper after the New Year’s holiday has been set at 12:00 noon on Monday, Dec. 30, a full 24 hours before the usual Tuesday noon deadline. 

The paper will be printed on Tuesday, Dec. 31 and delivered that evening to newsstands. 

The online edition will be available on Wednesday evening as usual, and the postal service will have the papers in boxes at the normal time on Thursday morning.  

The only day that the office will actually be closed that week will be on Wednesday, Jan. 1.