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+There's nothing like the local news -- daily columns on street potholes, and stories old ladies with newspaper collections to rival the national archives. The local rag where I live is The Daily Pilot, often referred to as The Daily Pile.

But it's 2007 for crying out loud, surely there's a better way to get local news? Well that's the thought behind a new local blog aggregation site, [Placeblogger][1]. Placeblogger ails to help you "discover, browse, and subscribe to local blogs."

Lisa Williams, a local news blogger from Watertown, MA, and creator of Placeblogger [describes][3] placeblogs:

>Placeblogs are sometimes called "hyperlocal sites" because some of them focus on news events and items that cover a particular neighborhood in great detail — and in particular, places that might be too physically small or sparsely populated to attract much traditional media coverage. Because of this, many people have associated them with the term "citizen journalism," or journalism done by non-journalists.

But Placeblogger aims to bring you sites that go beyond just news and include what Williams calls "that part of our lives that isn't news but creates the texture of our daily lives: our commute, where we eat, conversations with our neighbors, the irritations and delights of living in a particular place among particular people."

So far Placeblogger is a little sparse on content, but the site has only been live for two days. If you'd like to suggest a blog for listing on Placeblogger there's a handy form you can use to [submit your favorite local blog][2].

Placeblogger appears to have a fairly liberal definition of what a blog is, the site's top ten list of placeblogs includes the [Gotham Gazette][4] and the [New Haven Independent][5], both of which are considerably more professional than the average blog, but I suppose Placeblogger is entitled to define things however they choose.

For those that just can't get enough of the local goings-on, Placeblogger should help scratch that local news itch.

[1]: http://www.placeblogger.com/ "Placeblogger"
[2]: http://www.placeblogger.com/node/add/content_placeblog "submit a blog to Placeblogger.com"
[3]: http://www.placeblogger.com/whats-a-placeblog "Placeblogger FAQ"
[4]: http://gothamgazette.com/ "Gotham Gazette"
[5]: http://www.newhavenindependent.org/ "New Haven Independent"
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