Book excerpt: The Littlefield Gazette is dying. A fixture in this small town for 126 years, it will soon suffer the fate of so many other small-town papers. On its annual company picnic, the reporters, editors and contributors take their chances, fall in love, seize their moments, and plan for the future. These vignette plays, designed to be performed outdoors is full of heart and humor, tinged with sadness, but also bursting with joy. (If you loved Almost, Maine, read this play immediately.) Dramedy Full-length. 80-90 minutes 10-18 actors