[Massplanners] Legal Advertisements for Planning Board and ZBA Hearings
Kristina Johnson
kjohnson at townofhudson.org
Wed Mar 23 10:43:37 EDT 2022
Hello Friends and Colleagues,
I am curious to know if any of you are having an issue with legal advertisements, as many local and regional newspapers either being consolidated by large corporate media entities, have a completely online presence, or have changed their billing policies. Both in Hudson and in Framingham (where I serve on the PB), the regional newspaper, the MetroWest Daily News is requiring "pre-payment" for all legal advertisements instead of the traditional third-party billing method. Thankfully in Hudson we have another newspaper that publishes locally, although their deadlines completely changed our submission deadlines for PB ZBA, as they only publish once a week. In Framingham, the only other local newspaper is 100% online, so Framingham will most likely have to raise fees for application filings to cover the pre-payment in order to ensure the provisions of 40A Section 11 are met. I should note that legal advertisements are not cheap!
What a headache! Anyone else facing this issue?
Best,
Kristina
Kristina Johnson, AICP
Director of Planning & Community Development
Town of Hudson, MA
President, Mass. Association of Planning Directors
Tel: 978-562-2989
Cell: 857-939-3427
Email: kjohnson at townofhudson.org<mailto:kjohnson at townofhudson.org>
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