About Us

We are publishing a new newspaper dedicated to nothing but good news. It is called Community, and it will be devoted to good news about nonprofits and schools and their activities that are of public interest. It is edited by Steve Cebalt and published by the team at Highview LLC. 

The newspaper is available for free at locations throughout Allen County, including all Allen County Public Library branches. The publication is supported by community-minded businesses and organizations that want to advertise their services to people who are interested in civic life in Allen County. Nonprofits and school systems can submit their news using this website (just click on "Submit an Article").The pages of Community will include nonprofit activities and a section that we are very excited about, devoted to positive news in our local schools. This section will be called:

"Good Schools, Good Kids, Good News."

Isn't it about time someone reminded the community that the schools are doing fantastic things, despite the challenges that have been thrown at them? School systems, teachers, and of course students are achieving remarkable things that deserve to be celebrated and promoted.

Our local media do a good job of promoting nonprofit and school news, but they have a different and much broader mission than our new Community newspaper. They have to report the negative news as well as the positive; and they have to fit all the world's news into the available space or airtime on any given day.

The Community newspaper is different. Its only mission is to announce good, relevant, interesting news that otherwise would not get the attention it deserves. It promotes fundraising efforts; volunteer opportunities; honors and achievements earned by our local nonprofits, and much more. The editing will be based on this question: Is this information interesting, and does it help an Allen County resident live life to its fullest by recognizing all the nonprofit and educational activities that are going on? Note to nonprofits: The interesting qualifier is important! Not all good news is interesting! Our job, working together, is to make sure we present your message in an engaging and interesting way.

The content will be driven by the nonprofits and schools or school systems that wish to have their news published. Just as with any other media outlet, you'll send us your press releases via this web site under the "Submit an Article" link. When you send your information to Community, you'll know you are sending it to a receptive media outlet that is published specifically to help you spread your message. Of course you'll want to send us highly relevant articles of interest to the general public; things that they can engage in, participate in or simply appreciate.

The launch of Community has us very excited; this new newspaper gives nonprofits and schools a new way to share their good news with the people who need to know!