<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpbba2ea3fyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Dear Kristina:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">TBott</div><div><br></div><div class="ydpbba2ea3fsignature"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div>Thomas Bott Interim Carver Town Planner</div><div><br></div><div><i id="ydpfb687fb8yiv6753380931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519652102965_53159" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font id="ydpfb687fb8yiv6753380931yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1519652102965_53160" color="#4c76a2">You too could follow me on Twitter @TBottPlimoth but it clearly isn’t necessary</font></i></div></div></div></div>
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On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 10:44:08 AM EDT, Kristina Johnson via MassPlanners <massplanners@masscptc.org> wrote:
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<p class="yiv3725120670MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Hello Friends and Colleagues,</span></p>
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<p class="yiv3725120670MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">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!</span></p>
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<p class="yiv3725120670MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">What a headache! Anyone else facing this issue?</span></p>
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<p class="yiv3725120670MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Best,</span></p>
<p class="yiv3725120670MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Kristina
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<p class="yiv3725120670MsoNormal"><i><span style="">Kristina Johnson, AICP</span></i></p>
<p class="yiv3725120670MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:serif;">Director of Planning &</span><i><span style="">
</span></i><span style="font-family:serif;">Community Development</span><i><span style=""></span></i></p>
<p class="yiv3725120670MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:serif;">Town of Hudson, MA</span></p>
<p class="yiv3725120670MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:serif;">President, Mass. Association of Planning Directors</span></p>
<p class="yiv3725120670MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:serif;">Tel: 978-562-2989
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<p class="yiv3725120670MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:serif;">Cell: 857-939-3427</span></p>
<p class="yiv3725120670MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:serif;">Email: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" ymailto="mailto:kjohnson@townofhudson.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:kjohnson@townofhudson.org">
<span style="color:windowtext;">kjohnson@townofhudson.org</span></a></span></p>
<p class="yiv3725120670MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;background:white;">Acta non verba</span></i><i><span style=""></span></i></p>
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