Journal says, 'Hey thanks!'

The Thanksgiving holiday invariably brings a barrage of high-minded recommendations on where to focus your gratitude. Rather than annoy you with such suggestions, we’ll just tell you who we would like to thank.

Thank you, first of all, for reading this paper. We hope you find the news accurate, thought-provoking and entertaining. Without you, there would be no newspaper, so if you are reading this, we are grateful.

Thanks go out to all of our sources, friends, acquaintances, interviewees and tipsters — both on and off the record — who contribute information. You know who you are. We’re happy to hear from you and to talk to you behind the scenes when the time calls for it.

Thank you to anyone who is involved in local politics. No matter what party you’re from, or how hideously wrong you are, we think you have good intentions. Otherwise you wouldn’t spend your valuable time arguing with each other year after year.

Thanks to all the parents in town who are struggling to raise their children in a tough economy. Thanks to teachers who spent extra time helping their students and to students themselves who spent extra time studying.

Thanks to bosses and investors who kept employees on the rolls in this difficult economic year. Thanks to the advertisers who keep us alive. Thanks to local business owners who have kept their doors open, and thanks to anyone who has maintained a positive outlook through it all.

Thanks for taking the time to care about Winsted, and thanks for sharing a moment with us. We are grateful.

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