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We read every message. Eventually. Whether you’re reporting a story, sending a spicy tip, want to become a partner, or just wondering why your neighbor got featured and you didn’t—this is the place.

We publish Strolling Ballantyne and operate under the larger Mercury Local umbrella, which is just a fancy way of saying “we’re building the new standard for community-first journalism—with better fonts.”

If you’re trying to reach us for advertising, editorial, legal, or site bugs, scroll your eyes down to the right spot.


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✍️ Editorial & Tips

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🧠 Licensing and Republishing

All original work on this site is available for republication with attribution under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. That means:

  • Yes, you can republish our articles or graphics.
  • No, you can’t change them.
  • Yes, you must give us credit with a link to the original.

This license protects the integrity of our work while making it easy to share journalism that matters. Learn more about CC BY-ND here: Creative Commons License Guide

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📜 Legal Stuff (A.K.A. We Don’t Sell Your Data)

Mercury Local is a privacy-first media company. We don’t use third-party trackers, we don’t share your info, and we certainly don’t sell it. We also don’t play fast and loose with clickbait or AI-written drivel. If you see something shady under our name—it wasn’t us.

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