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<p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">In all fairness, that
was for 2 public hearing notices that were published twice.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Not a lot of choices
around here...</font></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Best,</font></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">H. LaCortiglia</font></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman">Georgetown</font></font></p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/25/2022 8:22 AM, Eric Rumsey
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<p class="MsoNormal">What are you guys putting in your ads that
makes them cost $1400! Ours typically run approximately $150
(though we haven’t yet gotten a bill from Gannet since they
bought the Worcester Telegram and Gazette).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Eric
Rumsey<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Town
Planner & Conservation Agent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Economic
Development and Planning Department<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Town
of Southbridge<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">41
Elm Street | Southbridge, MA 01550<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">p:
508.764.5402<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:erumsey@southbridgemass.org"
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ci.southbridge.ma.us<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MassPlanners
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org"><massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org></a>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Harry LaCortiglia via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 25, 2022 7:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> John Charbonneau
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jcharbonneau@stoughton-ma.gov"><jcharbonneau@stoughton-ma.gov></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Legal Advertisements
for Planning Board and ZBA Hearings<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">$1400 is the going rate around here...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">It's almost as much as a full tank of
gas....</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Happy Friday,</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">H. LaCortiglia</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Georgetown P.B. and CPC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 3/24/2022 8:38 AM, John Charbonneau
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#990000;background:white">John
M. Charbonneau</span></i></b>
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style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Town
Planner</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">10
Pearl Street<br>
Stoughton, MA 02072<br>
(781) 341-1300 x9201</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 8:08 AM Harry
LaCortiglia via MassPlanners <<a
href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif">Hi Everyone,
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif">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;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif">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;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif">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;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif">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;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif">Looking forward to the views
of the Planning community!
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">H. LaCortiglia</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif">Georgetown P.B. & CPC</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><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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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hello
Friends and Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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>
<p class="MsoNormal"
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kristina
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i>Kristina
Johnson, AICP</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Town
of Hudson, MA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">President,
Mass. Association of Planning Directors</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Tel:
978-562-2989
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Cell:
857-939-3427</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
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