We’re launching our new readers’ choice awards in today’s edition of the Plaindealer and online at ouraynews.com.

You might wonder why we’ve taken this on, in addition to the other changes we’ve made since becoming publishers 10 months ago.

We want this to be the community’s newspaper and for you to have a voice. We provide that here on our opinion page each week, but even if you don’t write letters to the editor, you can still use that voice by supporting your local favorites by vot...