Bolesławiec somehow never had much luck with its own newspaper. In 1945, “Prawda Boleslawska” was published briefly; many years later, “Echo Bolesławca” appeared and disappeared almost immediately. Not long ago, a newspaper called “Dajmy na to” appeared and shared the fate of its predecessors.Someone told me: “we don’t have our own newspaper, but we do have a local television station...” That is true. Local television performs specific information and communication functions, but it does not reach the decisive majority of the city’s residents. Besides, whatever is written down is always less fleeting. And finally, one need not interfere with the other. In a newspaper, the city authorities can inform residents about important decisions and record regulations and resolutions; councillors can regularly inform their voters about which election promises they fulfilled and which they could not fulfil, and why; a newspaper can regularly feature a social chronicle and a police chronicle; people “can write about their troubles and joys. Following the example of the newspaper published in Siegburg, the history of the city can and should occupy an important place. Finally, advertisements can be published in the newspaper.Is publishing a newspaper expensive? It turns out that it is not particularly so. If the residents of Bolesławiec accept the price of the newspaper (the equivalent of 20 dag of kaszanka or slightly more than two empty beer bottles) and if several merchants advertise in each issue, the cost of the newspaper will be almost “covered”.I write “almost” because some fixed remuneration for the editor would nevertheless guarantee the newspaper’s continuity, punctuality and topicality. The remuneration could be assigned somewhere.Here we place into your hands and... before your eyes a new local publication.“Głos Bolesławca” was written by a group of enthusiasts gathered around the Towarzystwo Miłośników Bolesławca, essentially as an occasional publication ahead of the 5th General Assembly of TMB.The aim was to remind the city’s residents of something from Bolesławiec’s history, interest them in its problems, show a certain segment of the activities of TMB itself, and also—to be frank—encourage true sympathisers of our town to act for the city. Whether in the ranks of the Society or in any other form.But could “Głos Bolesławca”, for example as a monthly, become a permanent newspaper, and does the city need a newspaper at all? These are rather rhetorical questions.Among others, newspapers are published by Gryfów Śl., Świeradów, Lwówek Śl. and Lubomierz, to mention only the towns in our voivodeship. Indeed, a newspaper about Bolesławiec (sic!) is published by an association of enthusiasts of our city (Bundesheimaitgruppe Bunzlau) in Siegburg near Bonn.