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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Unfortunately the MGL states for all that the notices must be in a printed newspaper of local circulation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Alison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Alison Manugian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Community Development Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:amanugian@dracutma.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">amanugian@dracutma.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">978-453-4557</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Harry LaCortiglia via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 24, 2022 8:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> massplanners@masscptc.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Legal Advertisements for Planning Board and ZBA Hearings<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">This message originated from outside the Town of Dracut. Use caution when opening attachments, clicking links or responding to requests for information.
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<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Hi Everyone, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">This is becoming a topic of concern for my community as well. Public Hearing Notice costs are rising with the near monopoly of the remaining newspapers that still serve the area.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Would it be adverse to law to advertise Notices only in a 100% on-line publication?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Not only would that save money, but it most likely would have the effect of increasing the distribution of the information. Subscriptions for paper versions of newspapers are falling every day, while more and more folks are
reading their news on-line. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">It almost leads one to question if the paper versions are truly any longer, "of general circulation".</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Looking forward to the views of the Planning community!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">H. LaCortiglia</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13.5pt">Georgetown P.B. & CPC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 3/23/2022 10:43 AM, Kristina Johnson via MassPlanners wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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",serif">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",serif">
</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: <a href="mailto:kjohnson@townofhudson.org">
<span style="color:windowtext">kjohnson@townofhudson.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Acta non verba</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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