Sometimes, we at the Record have to make difficult decisions regarding what is news and what isn’t. Here’s the latest example:
Last week, a family of Somali Muslims enrolled seven children in the Little Falls schools. We made the decision not to cover the story, figuring that it isn’t news when a family enrolls in the local school.
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