Nashoba Publishing

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Nashoba Publishing is a weekly newspaper company in the far northwest suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. It is operated by MediaNews Group in common with sister papers the Lowell Sun and Sentinel & Enterprise.

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Sisters and competitors

The family that formerly owned Nashoba, headed by publisher Frank J. Hartnett Sr., sold the chain in 2000, for an undisclosed amount of money. [1] Two years later, MediaNews opened a new plant in Devens, Massachusetts, in the middle of Nashoba's coverage area, to print Nashoba's weeklies, The Lowell Sun, and the Sentinel & Enterprise. [2]

Nashoba newspapers' primary competitors are their sister dailies in Fitchburg and Lowell. Additionally, in Harvard, the company competes with a weekly owned by Community Newspaper Company; and in Ayer, Devens, Harvard and Shirley with the daily Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

Newspapers

Nashoba's newsroom is operated at the Devens printing plant. Titles published by Nashoba include:

NewspaperNotesWebsite
The Ayer Public SpiritCovering Ayer; founded in 1869
Groton LandmarkCovering Groton
Harvard HillsideCovering Harvard
Nashoba Valley ChronicleRegional news section in Ayer, Groton, Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend
Pepperell Free PressCovering Pepperell
Shirley OracleCovering Shirley; founded in 1869
Townsend TimesCovering Townsend

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References

  1. Elfland, Mike. "MediaNews to Buy Chain of 6 Weekly Newspapers." Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette, January 21, 2000.
  2. Vaznis, James. "Media Company Merging Print Sites; $7M Plan Includes Move to Devens." The Boston Globe, August 1, 2002.