There’s a line in Ken Tingley’s play, The Last American Newspaper: “studies show when a community newspaper closes, fewer people vote, taxes go up, and there’s more corruption.”
The highs and lows of a local paper in the early years of the 21st century – and its importance to democracy – are dramatized in a full theatrical production at the Capitol Repertory Theatre in Albany.
The Last American Newspaper, based on Tingley’s memoir about his 21 years at the Glens Falls Post-Star, wraps up a three-week run this weekend…