2008-06-19

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The new millennium has been a transformative time for newspaper publishing.

Changing reader habits and the advent of new technology have placed big demands on companies in the print news business.

The Acorn and its parent company, Times Media Group, understand that their biggest responsibility is not only the delivery of credible, relevant information in a timely fashion, but making sure residents have easy access to the publication when stories become available.

That’s why we’re super excited about the news being shared today.

Following a five-year stretch in which Acorn readers were given the option of purchasing online subscriptions to the paper, that so-called “paywall” is coming down.

“Mr. Publisher, tear down this wall,” the late President Ronald Reagan might have once said.

And so we did.

Starting immediately, all online content from our five Acorn publications will be available at no charge to the reader, meaning a paid subscription is no longer required to click and read articles. The weekly Acorn has always been delivered to your driveway at no cost—that more than 40-year tradition will continue—and from now on The Acorn on the internet will be free as well.

Why the change?

The Acorn is your community newspaper, and we want to make sure it stays that way. We believe it’s important that residents feel a connection to the stories we write and also learn about the businesses that advertise in their community. The absence of a paywall is the best way to ensure this free-flow of information remains.

We also invite readers to sign up for the new, easy-to-read Acorn newspaper e-edition delivered weekly to your e-mail. Viewed on mobile, desktop or laptop, the pages are super easy to navigate and, free, just like the print paper.

Local journalism is first gear in the engine that drives America’s free press, and a free press it shall be.

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Baseball, softball and soccer teams earn top honors



Tri-Valley honors top athletes



The Tri-Valley League has announced its All-League teams in baseball, softball, boys’ tennis, boys’ golf and boys’ volleyball. Here is a rundown of the local players who shined this spring: Baseball First team: Jake Hagen and Eric Columbia of Oak Park; Sean McCarthy of Oaks Christian. Second team: Dave Whitaker and Trevor Cohen of Oak Park; Louis Vozzo and Matt […]

Eagles pole vaulting squad soars to new heights

Record-breaking season enjoyed

It was a good track and field season this spring for Oak Park High pole vaulting. With 17 athletes on the squad, it was the largest pole vaulting team at Oak Park since the sport was resurrected five years ago following a 10-year absence. Senior Ken Sugai broke the school record, jumping 14 feet; and freshman Madison Stark made a […]

Oaks has stellar year



Interscholastic athletic competition for the member schools of the CIF-Southern Section came to an exciting close for the 2007-08 school year. During the past year, the CIFSS awarded 137 divisional team championships in 23 varsity sports. Topping the list of schools with multiple team titles for the year is Oaks Christian, which captured five divisional championships. In the fall, the […]

West gets best of East in County All-Star Game



Paper beats rock. Rock beats scissors. Scissors beats paper. Camarillo High’s Kevin Ball apparently beats them all. At the 11th annual Jim Parker Ventura County Baseball All-Star Game last Sunday, Westlake High’s Zach Miller, coach of the East, decided to determine his starting lineup by games of paperrock-scissors among his players. Unfortunately for the East team, Miller had no way […]

Los Robles Hospital presents scholarships



The following local high school seniors have been awarded scholarships from Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center: Agoura High School: Veenadhari Chavakula and Jason Kurian La Reina High School: Michelle Jabbour Louisville High School: Katie Boryk Moorpark High School: Kendall Fisher, Lacey Valenza and Jessica Sworzyn Newbury Park High School: Cheyenne Bingham, Krishna Desai, Radha Desai, Ashlie Mejia and Sara […]

The Acorn honor role



Christina Lamb, a senior from Westlake Village, has been honored by Wagner College in Staten Island, N.Y., with the Dr. Donald W. Spiro Award for Best Academic Achievement. It is the top award given by Wagner College to a graduating senior. Lamb also won the Kevin Sheehy Award in Biology. Lamb, a biology major, is a member of the Beta […]

Scholar recognized



Aaron Louis Levine of Oak Park has accepted membership in the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. NSCS is the nation’s only interdisciplinary honors organization for first and second-year college students. Membership is by invitation only, based on grade point average and class standing.

Culinary classes for all

Series presents cooking as art

Chef Alberto Vazquez of Mediterraneo restaurant in Westlake Village will host the restaurant’s Culinary Arts Series for children and adults at the restaurant, 32037 Agoura Road, Westlake Village. Adults’ classes will be held at 2 and 6 p.m. Children’s classes will be at 11 a.m. for ages 5 to 8 and 2 p.m. for ages 9 to 12. Tuition for […]

Chamber honors seniors



The Agoura/Oak Park/ Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce awarded two scholarships to Agoura High students Nithya Nambiar and Colin Davis at the AHS Senior Awards ceremony held at the school recently. The $1,000 scholarships are given yearly in memory of the Chamber’s past executive director Patricia Soteras, who helped build the Chamber from 200 to more than 1,000 members. Soteras’ […]