By Cyndy Slovak-Barton

Barton Publications exchanges newspapers with a lot of other business owners in cities across the state.

One thing rings true with all newspapers, media organizations and more – we all understand the “shop locally” theme.

We push this message out now for several reasons. At the beginning of December, our quarterly Echo magazine will be publishing exactly that – the need for local, local, local.

Live local, work local, shop local. It’s all part of ...