The Community Journal hits the streets on Feb. 16 in Howell and Fowlerville.

Howell and Fowlerville are getting their own hometown newspaper.

The Community Journal, a new weekly publication, will hit the streets on Feb. 16, focusing on community events, school happenings and hometown news in Howell and Fowlerville.

The newspaper is being published by two longtime Livingston County journalists – Steve Horton (publisher of the Fowlerville News & Views) and Buddy Moorehouse (publisher of Livingstontalk.com and a former editor of the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and its predecessors, the Livingston County Press and Brighton Argus). Horton and Moorehouse will serve as co-publishers of the Community Journal.

The Community Journal's editor will be another veteran county journalist, Stephenie Koehn, who has worked as a reporter for several area newspapers, including the Livingston Community News and the Livingston County Press.

The Community Journal will be published every Tuesday and will have a newsstand price of $1. The newspaper will be available at stores, gas stations and other retail outlets throughout Howell and Fowlerville.

"We're very excited to be bringing this newspaper to Howell and Fowlerville, and we feel it's certainly filling a need in the community," Moorehouse said. "This will be a true hometown newspaper, reporting the news that's important to people - stories about their kids, their schools, their friends, their neighbors and their communities."

Horton said that in starting the Community Journal, changes will be made to the Fowlerville News & Views, the newspaper he founded 25 years ago and publishes with his wife, Dawn.

The Fowlerville News & Views, which is distributed free to thousands of homes in the Fowlerville area, will continue to be published and distributed free of charge every weekend. It will have a new name, though – the Fowlerville News & Views Weekly Business and Community Guide – and a new focus. Horton said it will center on business news, consumer information and a calendar of events, while much of the other community-related content in the newspaper will move to the Community Journal.

"The new publication will be an expanded version of what we've done in the News & Views for the past 25 years," Horton said. "News and features about our schools, clubs, churches, libraries, sports teams, upcoming events, festivals, the fair and area residents. The Community Journal, as the name implies, will spotlight the activities and accomplishments of groups, organizations and individuals in Fowlerville and Howell."

Moorehouse said the Community Journal will focus strongly on "local names and faces," along with news about community events and groups. The new newspaper will include:

• Feature stories about interesting people, groups and events in the community.

• News and photos from all the schools in Howell and Fowlerville. "We want to have news from every single school every single week," Moorehouse said. "If your child goes to Northwest Elementary or Fowlerville High School or wherever, you'll find news about your school every week."

• Honor rolls, "Student of the Week" awards and other honors.

• News and photos from area youth and community groups, including Scouts, 4-H, church groups, libraries, seniors and more.

• Previews and coverage of community events in the Howell and Fowlerville area – everything from the Michigan Challenge Balloonfest to the Fowlerville Family Fair.

• Sports coverage of every level in Howell and Fowlerville – rec sports, community ed., middle school, freshmen, JV and varsity.

• Stories about local stores and restaurants.

• Columns by Moorehouse and Horton, along with columns and other items that have appeared on Livingstontalk.com.

"I'm excited about the Community Journal, because I feel it meshes beautifully with what we're trying to do with Livingstontalk.com," Moorehouse said. "Livingstontalk allows us to have an ongoing and immediate conversation with the community on topics ranging from politics to music to local events.

"The Community Journal gives us an outlet for 'scrapbook journalism.' I've always felt that if your child makes the honor roll, or is honored as the Student of the Month at her elementary school, you should be able to clip that article out of the newspaper and save it. Aside from what the News & Views has been doing in Fowlerville, we don't have that in our community now. The Community Journal is really filling a void."

The Community Journal will be headquartered at the News & Views office in Fowlerville, 731 S. Grand Ave. For information, call (517) 223-8760, or e-mail thecommunityjournal@gmail.com.

The Community Journal hits the streets on Feb. 16 in Howell and Fowlerville.

Howell and Fowlerville are getting their own hometown newspaper.

The Community Journal, a new weekly publication, will hit the streets on Feb. 16, focusing on community events, school happenings and hometown news in Howell and Fowlerville.

The newspaper is being published by two longtime Livingston County journalists – Steve Horton (publisher of the Fowlerville News & Views) and Buddy Moorehouse (publisher of Livingstontalk.com and a former editor of the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and its predecessors, the Livingston County Press and Brighton Argus). Horton and Moorehouse will serve as co-publishers of the Community Journal.

The Community Journal's editor will be another veteran county journalist, Stephenie Koehn, who has worked as a reporter for several area newspapers, including the Livingston Community News and the Livingston County Press.

The Community Journal will be published every Tuesday and will have a newsstand price of $1. The newspaper will be available at stores, gas stations and other retail outlets throughout Howell and Fowlerville.

"We're very excited to be bringing this newspaper to Howell and Fowlerville, and we feel it's certainly filling a need in the community," Moorehouse said. "This will be a true hometown newspaper, reporting the news that's important to people - stories about their kids, their schools, their friends, their neighbors and their communities."

Horton said that in starting the Community Journal, changes will be made to the Fowlerville News & Views, the newspaper he founded 25 years ago and publishes with his wife, Dawn.

The Fowlerville News & Views, which is distributed free to thousands of homes in the Fowlerville area, will continue to be published and distributed free of charge every weekend. It will have a new name, though – the Fowlerville News & Views Weekly Business and Community Guide – and a new focus. Horton said it will center on business news, consumer information and a calendar of events, while much of the other community-related content in the newspaper will move to the Community Journal.

"The new publication will be an expanded version of what we've done in the News & Views for the past 25 years," Horton said. "News and features about our schools, clubs, churches, libraries, sports teams, upcoming events, festivals, the fair and area residents. The Community Journal, as the name implies, will spotlight the activities and accomplishments of groups, organizations and individuals in Fowlerville and Howell."

Moorehouse said the Community Journal will focus strongly on "local names and faces," along with news about community events and groups. The new newspaper will include:

• Feature stories about interesting people, groups and events in the community.

• News and photos from all the schools in Howell and Fowlerville. "We want to have news from every single school every single week," Moorehouse said. "If your child goes to Northwest Elementary or Fowlerville High School or wherever, you'll find news about your school every week."

• Honor rolls, "Student of the Week" awards and other honors.

• News and photos from area youth and community groups, including Scouts, 4-H, church groups, libraries, seniors and more.

• Previews and coverage of community events in the Howell and Fowlerville area – everything from the Michigan Challenge Balloonfest to the Fowlerville Family Fair.

• Sports coverage of every level in Howell and Fowlerville – rec sports, community ed., middle school, freshmen, JV and varsity.

• Stories about local stores and restaurants.

• Columns by Moorehouse and Horton, along with columns and other items that have appeared on Livingstontalk.com.

"I'm excited about the Community Journal, because I feel it meshes beautifully with what we're trying to do with Livingstontalk.com," Moorehouse said. "Livingstontalk allows us to have an ongoing and immediate conversation with the community on topics ranging from politics to music to local events.

"The Community Journal gives us an outlet for 'scrapbook journalism.' I've always felt that if your child makes the honor roll, or is honored as the Student of the Month at her elementary school, you should be able to clip that article out of the newspaper and save it. Aside from what the News & Views has been doing in Fowlerville, we don't have that in our community now. The Community Journal is really filling a void."

The Community Journal will be headquartered at the News & Views office in Fowlerville, 731 S. Grand Ave. For information, call (517) 223-8760, or e-mail thecommunityjournal@gmail.com.