<div dir="ltr">It is ridiculous to ask an applicant to pay upwards of $200-300 simply for a legal ad that runs twice! Luckily the Patriot-Ledger agreed to allow Stoughton to continue to pay the previous rate for a period of 1 year, but it will come to an end soon enough.<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#990000"><i><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">J</font><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ohn M. Charbonneau</font></i></font></b><div><font face="georgia, serif">Town Planner</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">10 Pearl Street<br>Stoughton, MA 02072<br>(781) 341-1300 x9201</font></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 11:06 AM Matthew Benoit via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">One major issue we all have for the Worcester T&G; even though billing for us has been OK, people can’t even view the legal ad online without paying for a membership.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Matthew C. Benoit, Notary Public<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">508-476-4000 x206<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="http://www.douglas-ma.gov" target="_blank">www.douglas-ma.gov</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Joseph Laydon via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 23, 2022 10:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kristina Johnson <<a href="mailto:kjohnson@townofhudson.org" target="_blank">kjohnson@townofhudson.org</a>>; <a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Legal Advertisements for Planning Board and ZBA Hearings<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kristina,<u></u><u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Joseph Laydon<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">978-540-2460<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kristina Johnson via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 23, 2022 10:44 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Massplanners] Legal Advertisements for Planning Board and ZBA Hearings<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hello Friends and Colleagues,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;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><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">What a headache! Anyone else facing this issue?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Best,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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