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OUR TEAM Patti Stokes, editor/publisher Laura Reneer, marketing manager Kelli Jessup, publisher’s assistant Rene Collins, administrative assistant Yvonne Truhon, graphic designer Leon Stokes, IT director Lucy Smith, finance manager Linda Schatz and Tom McCoy, distribution Chris Burritt, staff writer; Helen Ledford, Meredith Barkley, Lily Pierce and Annette Joyce, contributing writers
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I noticed the Realtor’s “Under Contract” sign at the entrance to Northwest Observer’s office property off N.C. 68 in Oak Ridge.
Since the property is being sold, does that mean the Northwest Observer is going out of business? No, PS Communications, which publishes the Northwest Observer and five annual special-focus publications, is not going out of business. The property in Oak Ridge that our company has occupied the last 12 ½ years is owned by L&P Properties, an LLC belonging to Leon and Patti Stokes (me); my husband and I purchased the property in late 2008 and after making some alterations to accommodate PS Communications, my company began leasing the property in
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PS Communications, publisher of the Northwest Observer, is not going out of business, but we are making preparations to move our office from its current location in Oak Ridge. April 2009. We have very much enjoyed the spacious office building and 6.14 acres it rests on, but it has always been more than we needed for business
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