HELLO HILLSIDE!
A voice for truth and information in Hillside, NJ

Welcome to the Hillside Citizen-Dispatch - Hillside's first internet weekly devoted to exclusive coverage of the town.

Not since the early 1990s has Hillside had a newspaper to call its own. When the historic HILLSIDE TIMES folded back in the 80s to be replaced by the Worrall Newspaper chain's HILLSIDE LEADER, it was only a matter of time before consolidation and merging would give birth to the GAZETTE-LEADER. Indeed, the GAZETTE-LEADER has done well in covering Hillside, but Hillside deserves more.

The DISPATCH guarantees total devotion to uncovering the truth and informing the people of Hillside. Loss of advertisers is not an issue; threats of boycotts and legal action by angered politicians are of no concern. The DISPATCH will be the brand of journalism that the Founding Fathers had in mind when they placed the First Amendment onto paper.

It is said that knowledge is power and that an informed people is a free people. The DISPATCH wishes to empower Hillsiders and set them free. We would like to grow, to cover events that the Big Press never do, to support the young people, and rally for our community.

The DISPATCH will be your forum, and we encourage our readers to submit their thoughts and ideas for publication. This will be "citizen journalism", and every Hillsider can share with others what they see what their eyes, hear with their ears. And no press credentials are necessary -- internet access and an e-mail account will do just fine.

We are free and published weekly every Sunday night. Keep us bookmarked and make a habit out of being informed.

THE HILLSIDE CITIZEN-DISPATCH
Sunday, May 11, 2003
Vol 1, No 1