WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Chuck Schumer issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer today released the following statement on the passing of Donald Newhouse, longtime journalism leader and owner of Advance Publications, whose newspapers included Syracuse's Post-Standard:
"Donald Newhouse was one of the finest, kindest, and most decent people I have ever had the privilege to know.
"Don understood that local journalism is not just how a community gets its news - it is how a community knows itself. It is the first draft of a town's joys and sorrows, its triumphs and losses, its debates and dreams. It is where ordinary people are seen, powerful people are held accountable, and the story of a place is pres...