[Massplanners] Legal Advertisements for Planning Board and ZBA Hearings

[Thomas Bott]

Dear Kristina:Both the Carver and the neighbouring ToK Reporter will be going 100% online so the newspaper of general circulation becomes the Patriot Ledger out of Quincy, an alleged South Shore Town (but clearly on the Rivera)  about 40 minutes from here. As unfortunate as it is to be losing "local" print newspapers at least the timing was such that we can approach the FinComm and ask to amend the advertising budget for those items that the Town pays out of pocket. BTW, I don't know if you've run in to this in Hudson but I hear the occasional "that's not how Jack would have done it" #JackHasLeftTheBuilding and is fondly remembered.TBott
Thomas Bott Interim Carver Town Planner
You too could follow me on Twitter @TBottPlimoth but it clearly isn’t necessary 

    On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 10:44:08 AM EDT, Kristina Johnson via MassPlanners <massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:  
 
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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
 
Acta non verba
 
  
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