The Westwood Press

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The Westwood Press
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) GateHouse Media
PublisherKirk A. Davis
Editor-in-chiefRichard Lodge
EditorRob Borkowski
Founded1987
Headquarters1091 Washington Street, Norwood, Massachusetts 02062 Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Website Westwood Press

The Westwood Press is a Thursday weekly newspaper covering Westwood, Massachusetts, United States, serving the suburb of Boston. It is one of more than 100 weeklies published by Community Newspaper Company, a division of GateHouse Media.

The newspaper covers local news, features and events. The publication is staffed by Editor and Reporter Rob Borkowski, Reporter Edward B. Colby and Staff Photographer Erin Prawoko.

History

The Westwood Press was part of Suburban World Newspapers when The Boston Herald bought the company in 2001 and dissolved it into Community Newspaper Company, the largest weeklies publisher in Massachusetts. Community Newspaper Company was in turn bought by GateHouse Media in 2006.


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