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The Red Hook Daily Catch is not just a local news site.

It's a hyper local one.

It serves exactly three zip codes in the town of Red Hook in the New York Hudson Valley.

And that limited scope gives it freedom to go deep on the town board, the school board,

profiles of local farmers, a restaurant, opening its doors.

So if you scroll through the website, you might find this headline.

Turf field for Rhineback Park inches closer to spring construction.

But then this one?

As Russians inch closer, Daily Catch correspondent declares, quote, I need to find a weapon.

It's like, wait a minute.

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