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Lokalposten

Lokalposten was a local newspaper published in Rakkestad, Norway.


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Abidin Dino

While his young wife Güzin Dino taught French at Adana High School, he worked for a local newspaper, producing articles and drawings that illustrated with poetic realism of the hard lives and working conditions of agricultural laborers in the region.

Águilas

According to local newspaper La Verdad, the Mayor stated that these farms had been categorised "by accident".

Alan Ashman

In 2009 Ashman was named at 18th in a list of Carlisle United's top 100 players, compiled by local newspaper the News and Star.

Anel Raskaj

On March 27, 2009 in an interview with the local newspaper Hallandsposten, Raskaj stated that he had been in contact with Swedish U21 co-manager Jörgen Lennartsson, who had told him that he just had missed out on the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship as he had not yet gained Swedish citizenship.

B. C. Forbes

After studying at the University of Dundee (then part of The University of St Andrews), in 1897 Forbes worked as a reporter and editorial writer with a local newspaper until 1901 when he moved to Johannesburg, South Africa, where he worked on the Rand Daily Mail under its first editor, Edgar Wallace.

Betsy Gray

Betsy was featured in a novel which was semi-historical by Wesley Guard Lyttle, owner of a local newspaper The Down Herald.

Buck English

The local newspaper later said, "Shortly before this robbery, he and his companion met four Chinese miners coming down from the Great Western Mine (near Middletown), and robbed them of their watches and money."

Daily Mail and General Trust

The London Evening Standard, in modern times the dominant paid-for London-area local newspaper, was owned by Associated until it was sold to Alexander Lebedev in January 2009.

Dale Webster

His narrow escape from a Great White shark was described in an article in the local newspaper.

Dan Needles

While working as editor for a local newspaper in Shelburne, he created the character of Walt Wingfield, a retired stockbroker turned farmer who told about his adventures on the farm in weekly letters to the editor.

Dat'r

Shortly after the release of their Hush Records debut Turn Up the Ghosts, Dat'r was voted #6 on the "Top Ten Best New Bands in Portland" by the Willamette Week, a local newspaper.

Don Eldridge

Eldridge then received his degree in education from Western Washington University and then worked in his family's stationary business and local newspaper in Mount Vernon.

El Litoral

El Litoral is a local newspaper published in Santa Fe, Argentina.

Forrest O'Connor

As a student at Hellgate High School, he wrote for his local newspaper, The Missoulian, and placed second in a national journalism competition.

Frank-Markus Barwasser

After working for the local newspaper, Main-Post, he studied political science, history and ethnology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the University of Salamanca.

Gaffney, South Carolina

The news spread quickly from the local newspaper to national and international media outlets including CNN, ABC News, The Wall Street Journal, and the BBC.

Guavaween

Referencing this local history in the 1970s, local newspaper columnist Steve Otto planted the idea that if New York City is the "Big Apple", then Tampa must be the "Big Guava".

Husnes

In addition, two of the largest companies in Kvinnherad, HMR Group and SØRAL both have their headquarters on Husnes, along with local newspaper Kvinnheringen and several other firms.

ITN ON

ITN ON offers a range of news and entertainment and lifestyle content to online operators including Google, YouTube, Yahoo!, Bebo, Bauer Media, Emirates, MSN, Telegraph Media Group, blinkx, Channel 4 News and the first local newspaper group to sign to the service Midland News Association.

Ivar Rønningen

According to the local newspaper Hamar Arbeiderblad, Rønningen was HamKam's best player in the 2011 season, and the 36-year-old decided to play for one more season, despite being called "father" by his younger team-mates.

Jim Roper

Roper heard about the first race at a three-quarter mile dirt track in Charlotte, NC by reading a note about it in Zack Mosley's The Adventures of Smilin' Jack comic strip in his local newspaper.

Joseph Arch

The first spark of resistance came from a brave band of agricultural workers at Weston under Wetherley, who wrote a letter to the local newspaper, setting forth their small earnings and suggesting that farm labourers' pay be raised to at least two shillings and sixpence a day.

Kings Manor Community College

Local newspaper The Argus commented upon the irony of the school's first pupil to go onto the University of Oxford in the same year that Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Ed Balls threatened the school with closure.

Kult

The local newspaper Tønsbergs Blad in Tønsberg, Norway similarly used Kult in relation to the disappearance of a boy called Andreas Hammer on July 1, 1994.

La Crosse, Kansas

La Crosse was founded in 1876, named after either the sport or La Crosse, Wisconsin, the hometown of a local newspaper editor.

Lars Hirschfeld

Hirschfeld made some crucial saves during Tromsø's campaign to avoid relegation and was a key figure in the UEFA Cup matches against Esbjerg fB and Galatasaray, both of which were won by Tromsø I.L. Nordlys, a local newspaper in Tromsø, called Hirschfeld the greatest goalkeeper ever to play for Tromsø I.L., after only 6 matches at his new club.

Maesglas

Maesglas is also home to the headquarters of the Monmouthshire region's local newspaper: the South Wales Argus.

Minchinhampton

In 2005, following a Freedom of Information request, the local newspaper revealed that Aston Down is contaminated with arsenic, hydrocarbons and radium.

Nicholas Burgess Farrell

He worked as journalist for the Sunday Telegraph from 1987 to 1996, later moving to The Spectator from April 1996 to July 1998; Farrell then moved to Forlì, Italy, married an Italian woman and joined the Italian journalist association, at first working for the local newspaper "La voce di Romagna" and later for "Libero".

Oney Judge

Their January 1797 marriage was listed in the town records of Greenland and published in the local newspaper.

Oyggjatíðindi

Oyggjatíðindi first started as a part of Norðlýsið - the local newspaper from Norðoyggjar (the Northern Islands) with base in Klaksvík which later developed and became the local newspaper for the island Eysturoy in collaboration with Norðlýsið.

Pål Jacobsen

Jacobsen currently works as an assistant coach for Ham-Kam, and as a freelance sports journalist in the local newspaper Hamar Arbeiderblad.

Palatka Daily News

The Palatka Daily News is a local newspaper published in Palatka, Florida, USA.

People's United Party

One month earlier the colonial government dissolved the PUP-dominated Belize City Council for neglecting to place a portrait of King George VI in its chambers, and in October jailed PUP leaders Richardson and Phillip Goldson for an article in a local newspaper justifying revolution.

Ramiro Corrales

He was selected the club player of the year in the 2006 season by both local newspaper Hamar Arbeiderblad and as voted by the fans on the club's official homepage.

Recognition of same-sex unions in Ecuador

During a series of interviews made by local newspaper El Universo before the 2013 Ecuadorian general election, two of the eight presidential candidates positioned themselves in favor of same-sex marriage.

Robert Prager

A local newspaper, the Edwardsville Intelligencer, called it "unlawful and unjustifiable" but argued that a traitor would be dealt with just as harshly in Germany.

Sai Ying Pun Station

Source from MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL) revealed to the local newspaper Ming Pao that this location was chosen to avoid any nuisance during works under major roads.

Scottsdale, Tasmania

Scottsdale is served by television stations ABC TV, SBS, Southern Cross Tasmania, WIN Television, TDT and radio stations 7SD 540 kHz and Sea FM 99.7 MHz, and Launceston newspaper The Examiner and local newspaper The North-East Advertiser.

SITRAS

An informal early 2012 study by the local newspaper La Perla del Sur determined that riders were satisfied with the SITRAS mass transit service.

Sutton Guardian

The Sutton Guardian is a weekly free local newspaper covering the London Borough of Sutton, South London, and surrounding areas.

The Adventures of Captain Kentucky

Captain Kentucky was a weekly comic-strip by Don Rosa, in the Saturday edition of the local newspaper Louisville Times.

The Billericay School

In 2011 the school received media attention when a local newspaper called the Billericay Gazette printed indiscreet Twitter comments made by Charlotte Berry who was a Deputy Headteacher at the school.

The Southside Messenger

The Southside Messenger is a local newspaper based in Keysville, Virginia targeting several counties in Southside Virginia, including Charlotte County, Virginia, Lunenburg County, Virginia, and Prince Edward County, Virginia.

Uxbridge tube station

The London United Tramways extension from Shepherds Bush was opened a few weeks before the underground station: the manager, as reported in a local newspaper at the time, commented on the high prices of the underground journey: the tram journey, though, took well over an hour to reach Shepherds Bush.

William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield

In 1910 he built new premises - described by a local newspaper as The Oxford Motor Palace - changed his business's name from The Oxford Garage to The Morris Garage and still had to take more premises in Queen Street.