It’s hard to believe that with this edition, May 15, 2015, we begin our twenty years in a row bringing our readers bilingual information mostly on local community events. Time really flies. It’s difficult to understand where the years have gone except for the memories left, the wonderful events covered, the marvelous people we have met and the great friends we have found in the process.
Our motivation from the beginning was to inform the residents of local news and as such, we concentrated in the Merrimack Valley happenings. Twenty years later, our interest has not deviated and we pride ourselves of trying hard to bring good news about our neighbors and break the language barriers that sometimes separate us.
We must confess that, at first, we were doubtful whether we would have enough good news to fill the 12 pages with which we began. Soon, we realized the incredible reality. Although Lawrence is a city of only 7.4 square miles, it produces more good news than we can cover. From the beginning we said that our pages were open to social events, that they could carry the good news about family and community organizations. We also said we would accommodate columnists writing about health, religion, local politics, consumer protection and/or local sports.
To date, we strongly believe that we have fulfilled our wishes and those of our readers, that we have been the vehicle for public service and social agencies through the Merrimack Valley. Our English language pages have been the link with people who genuinely care to know more about our serious and hardworking Latino community.
Our deepest appreciation goes to all the advertisers, contributors, reporters and columnists that have been featured in our pages who have made us a newspaper of character. And to our readers, rest assured that our commitment to the truth and the betterment of our communities will continue to be our utmost priority.
Thanks for allowing RUMBO, (as its name suggests: course, direction, target) guide you through the years in the right direction and we encourage you to join us in future editions.
