<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Maureen,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">You might want to look into Substack, which is a blogging platform, technically, but sends blog posts out as email. So it functions like an e-newlsetter. It's free to use and (unless you turned on a paid option) would be free to subscribers.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">I use it for my blog and find it very user-friendly and intuitive.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 10:19 AM Maureen Pollock 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"><div class="msg-725368597685532852">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The Montague Planning Department is interested to create an e-newsletter for community members who wish to sign-up to receive emails about Planning Department news, updates,
 upcoming events, and more. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">I am hoping to find a platform that is either free or low budget that provides a design/layout template. Does anyone have recommendations to provide?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Any guidance would be much appreciated!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sincerely,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Maureen<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Maureen Pollock (she/her)</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Town of Montague</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">1 Avenue A</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Turners Falls, MA 01376</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Phone:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> (413) 863-3200 x 112 
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<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.montague-ma.gov/planning__;!!CPANwP4y!WnWhq8D3i5Kss1s3ePZAQXTFXaaozDzuGaKVsU-wkPZDphDXAyDe2IG0p0urihnnyjLdzRttbHgqI9kAGeaDX5on7eyp$" target="_blank">
<span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">www.montague-ma.gov/planning</span></a> </span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Email:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">
<a href="mailto:mpollock@montague-ma.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">mpollock@montague-ma.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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