An email dropped into my inbox that you might find of interest.  It was an invitation to the launch of a new local newspaper published by the Chicago Tribune.  It will be accompanied by a web site,  which is already active.

Thursday, October 1st, the Chicago Tribune is rolling out a new local newspaper for southeastern McHenry County. It looks it intends to cover all but the most rural county townships.

“We are launching a new local paper called TribLocal for Crystal Lake, Huntley, Woodstock, Lake In the Hills, and McHenry,” writes Brian Newcomb.  “Also, has a online portion at www.triblocal.com.”

“Triblocal is a hyper-local Web site and weekly newspaper that is created through joint cooperation of citizen contributors and Triblocal reporters,” Katie Cousino added.

“We currently have 19 papers covering communities in the Chicago region,” she continued. “On Oct 1st we launch two more papers of which one covers Crystal Lake, McHenry, Huntley, Woodstock, Lake in the Hills and Algonquin.”

“We are targeting everyone who is interested within these communities and surrounding areas to get involved,” Newcomb said.

“Whether it is posting an event or story online for free or spending money to advertise online or in print,we have a solution!” the advertising salesman said.

This sounds a bit like the Little Trib of the 1970’s. That’s where I met reporter Bill Barnhart, who went on to become the editor of the Tribune’s business section and to co-author a biography of Otto Kerner with former State Rep. Gene Schlickman. It was a good read.