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The first reel of Encinitas Coast Dispatch microfilm. (North Coast Current photo)

Citizen Koenig: A century of local history lives, but what of tomorrow?

Roman S. Koenig February 12, 2025
When people dig into the history of 2025 a hundred years from now, what will they find? Possibly — maybe even likely — little to nothing. For me, the timing of this question is notable as a state effort to preserve California’s newspaper heritage comes to Encinitas to preserve the archives of the Coast Dispatch.
The Encinitas Coast Dispatch published its first edition on Feb. 12, 1925. (North Coast Current archive)

Coast Dispatch 1925: Newspaper publisher extends greetings

North Coast Current February 12, 2025
This was the first editorial published in the Encinitas Coast Dispatch on Feb. 12, 1925, written by founding editor and publisher G.S. Breidford. It is reproduced here in full from the North Coast Current's Coast Dispatch archives in celebration of the newspaper's 100th anniversary.
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