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<p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Hi Everyone, <br>
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<p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">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.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Would it be adverse
to law to advertise Notices only in a 100% on-line
publication?</font></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">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. <br>
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<p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">It almost leads one
to question if the paper versions are truly any longer, "of
general circulation".<br>
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<p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Looking forward to
the views of the Planning community! <br>
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<font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">H. LaCortiglia</font></font><br>
<font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Georgetown P.B. &
CPC<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/23/2022 10:43 AM, Kristina Johnson
via MassPlanners wrote:<br>
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Friends and Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></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!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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a headache! Anyone else facing this issue?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Lucida
Calligraphy"">Kristina Johnson, AICP<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Director of
Planning &</span><i><span
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Development</span><i><span style="font-family:"Lucida
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Town of
Hudson, MA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">President,
Mass. Association of Planning Directors<o:p></o:p></span></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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Email: <a
href="mailto:kjohnson@townofhudson.org"
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