Representatives of 13 Vermont community weekly newspapers met for four hours Friday in Randolph to discuss the state of their publications. In spite of the well-publicized difficulties of metropolitan daily newspapers, the weekly publishers concluded that their newspaper niche has a bright future. Here, Pat Clark of the Valley Reporter in Waitsfield makes notes as (from left to right) Bethany Dunbar of the Barton Chronicle, Tom Kearney of the Stowe Reporter, and Alex Nuti-de Biasi of the Bradford Journal-Opinion listen to discussion. (Herald / Tim Calabro)