{"id":30,"date":"2026-07-07T01:12:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T01:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marmoramatters.ca\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T03:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T03:30:15","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marmoramatters.ca\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Independent. Local. Transparent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No corporations. No algorithms. Just the stories that matter to Marmora and Lake.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Welcome to Marmora Matters<\/strong>. This platform was founded on a simple belief: our community deserves reliable, high-quality local news without paywalls, intrusive tracking, or sensationalized headlines.
As a single-author newsroom, I am focused on the topics that directly shape our daily lives\u2014from municipal council decisions and community event coverages to spotlighting our incredible local businesses, volunteer groups, and neighbors.
This isn’t just a website; it\u2019s an independent digital town square designed to keep Marmora connected, informed, and thriving.

We started in 2026 because the local newspaper, the community press, was discontinued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This Is Your Community Hub<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A local news site is only as strong as the community behind it. If you have a story tip, an upcoming event to promote, or a local business to highlight, I want to hear from you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anne MacNeill<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founder \u00b7 Marmora Matters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The team<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two people, one<\/em> standard.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Anne MacNeill<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founder \u00b7 Editor-in-chief<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sean Graham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lead Designer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Independent. Local. Transparent. No corporations. No algorithms. Just the stories that matter to Marmora and Lake. Welcome to Marmora Matters. This platform was founded on a simple belief: our community deserves reliable, high-quality local news without paywalls, intrusive tracking, or sensationalized headlines.As a single-author newsroom, I am focused on the topics that directly shape our … Continue reading “About”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marmoramatters.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marmoramatters.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marmoramatters.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marmoramatters.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marmoramatters.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/marmoramatters.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"https:\/\/marmoramatters.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marmoramatters.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}