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The Network Committee publishes a monthly newsletter, entitled The New Leaf, and maintains the network's website. In addition, it coordinates our media contacts.

All members receive our monthly newsletter by mail and are invited to contribute essays. All members of the community can also contribute by contacting the co-editors, Erwin Riedner and Jen Warden.

A copy of our most recent newsletter can be downloaded as a pdf file.

Headlines from recent editions of the New Leaf

Beating Around The Bush (Double-Talk)

Three Out of Five! - Local election article

The Carbon Cycle & One Definition of a Progressive

BedTax concerns - questions are raised about how community tax dollars are spent

Dear Mayor Howey - An open letter to the Wooster Mayor about his vetoing of the open government initiative by City Council member Jon Ulbright.

Effort to Reform Ohio Continue - an article about our effort to educate Wayne County citizens about this important issue.

A Visit from The New York Times - Bureau Cheif Dean Murphy visits the network to research local persepctive about Reform Ohio Now.

The Rural War - reprinted from Robert Cushing and Bill Bishop's essay