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<p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">$1400 is the going
rate around here...</font></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">It's almost as much
as a full tank of gas....</font></font></p>
<font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Happy Friday,</font></font><br>
<font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">H. LaCortiglia</font></font><br>
<font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Georgetown P.B. and CPC<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/24/2022 8:38 AM, John Charbonneau
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<div dir="ltr">Everyone,
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<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>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 8:08
AM Harry LaCortiglia via MassPlanners <<a
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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.
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<div>On 3/23/2022 10:43 AM, Kristina Johnson via
MassPlanners wrote:<br>
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style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hello
Friends and Colleagues,</span></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></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></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Best,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Kristina
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span>Kristina Johnson, AICP</span></i></p>
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Planning &</span><i><span
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Development</span><i><span></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Town of Hudson,
MA</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Garamond,serif">President, Mass.
Association of Planning Directors</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Tel:
978-562-2989 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Cell:
857-939-3427</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:Garamond,serif">Email: <a
href="mailto:kjohnson@townofhudson.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"> <span
style="color:windowtext">kjohnson@townofhudson.org</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span>Acta non verba</span></i><i><span></span></i></p>
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