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<p class="MsoNormal">Kristina,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You forgot one important point; these consolidated media entities can’t figure out billing. So not only are the costs high, but we are constantly calling to straighten out billing issues.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We may be at a tipping point where planners and towns start asking our legislatures to remove the newspaper requirements and to rely on posting on town websites. Even moving from planning to administration, I continue to be frustrated
by the changing costs and billing errors.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Joseph Laydon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Town of Littleton<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Littleton, MA 01460<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jlaydon@littletonma.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">jlaydon@littletonma.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">978-540-2460<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kristina Johnson via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 23, 2022 10:44 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> massplanners@masscptc.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Massplanners] Legal Advertisements for Planning Board and ZBA Hearings<o:p></o:p></p>
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**THIS EMAIL WAS SENT BY AN EXTERNAL SENDER** <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hello Friends and Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What a headache! Anyone else facing this issue?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kristina
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">Kristina Johnson, AICP</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Director of Planning &</span><i><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Community Development</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Town of Hudson, MA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">President, Mass. Association of Planning Directors</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Tel: 978-562-2989
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Cell: 857-939-3427</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Email: </span><a href="mailto:kjohnson@townofhudson.org"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:windowtext">kjohnson@townofhudson.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:black;background:white">Acta non verba</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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