<div dir="ltr">Everyone,<div><br></div><div>I don't think going to online legal ads would derogate from the law. Even with print newspapers, people can't get the papers unless they pay for them through delivery or at a store. So I don't see how online newspapers are any different. Our conservation commission recently had a legal ad cost them $1,400 to be published twice. That is outrageous. The law needs to catch up to what is happening and allow publication in online newspapers to satisfy the legal requirements.</div><div><br></div><div>John</div><div><br></div><div><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 Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 8:08 AM Harry LaCortiglia 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><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>On 3/23/2022 10:43 AM, Kristina Johnson
via MassPlanners wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hello
Friends and Colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<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!<u></u><u></u></span></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?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kristina
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span>Kristina Johnson, AICP<u></u><u></u></span></i></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><i><span><u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Town of
Hudson, MA<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">President,
Mass. Association of Planning Directors<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Tel:
978-562-2989
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Cell:
857-939-3427<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Email: <a href="mailto:kjohnson@townofhudson.org" target="_blank">
<span style="color:windowtext">kjohnson@townofhudson.org</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span>Acta non
verba</span></i><i><span><u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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