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"A View From..." is a weekly feature of The Progress. It highlights area communities so readers can learn more about their neighbors in Progressland.

Regular readers of The Progress will recognize the preceding sentences; they have greeted readers of the "A View From..." column each Saturday for the past two years.

The column became a regular feature of The Progress on Aug. 29, 1992. A history of New Washington Borough kicked off the series, and now more than two years later over 100 area communities have been highlighted in this weekly column.

The column started as a means of educating readers about the many diverse communities that make up what we at The Progress like to call "Progressland." But as the series continued, it became clear that the stories were fulfilling another purpose:

preserving the rich history of our region. In many cases, reporters had the chance to interview life-long residents of small communities, whose oral history would have been lost had it not been recorded in this series.

This book contains al! of the "A View From..." columns from Aug. 29, 1992 through Aug. 20, 1994. The individual stories appear in the order in which they were published. An alphabetized index appears in the back of the book for easy reference.

Readers often ask how long the series will run. There are many communities yet to be written about, so The Progress anticipates publishing the stories for several years to come. As the years pass, it is our hope that future columns also will be compiled into books.
 

A final note of thanks to all who have helped make "A View From..." a success. Thanks to all who have supplied interviews, information and personal photos, and also thanks to The Progress reporters and staff members, who have devoted many long hours to this important pursuit.

                                                     144 pages, Paperback, Measures 8 1/2" x 11"