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CONNECTICUT Jeff Otterbein has retired as sports editor of The Hartford Courant after 27 years. Dan Brechlin has been named to replace Otterbein as sports...

Shaw Israel Izikson named the editor of The Country Journal

Shaw Israel Izikson was named as the editor of The Country Journal in late November. Izikson is an award-winning journalist, editor, and photographer from Baltimore,...

Marcia Green – Ethan Shorey

Ethan Shorey has been appointed managing editor of The Valley Breeze, based in Lincoln. Shorey will succeed Marcia Green, the Valley Breeze’s founding editor,...

Vermont News and Media LLC to acquire Brattleboro Reformer, Bennington Banner, Manchester Journal

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Fredric Rutberg, president of New England Newspapers Inc., announced on May 4 that it is selling its Vermont publications...

Al Getler joins The Weeks Group as VP of Business Development

The Weeks Group, the industry’s #1 ad revenue-generating firm, is proud to announce the recent addition of industry veteran and NENPA Board of Directors...

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MAINE  Steve Fuller has left as city hall reporter with The Ellsworth American to begin a job as assistant to the city planner at Ellsworth...

George Brennan

George Brennan joined The Martha’s Vineyard Times March 30 as news editor. Before joining the Times, Brennan curated the Talking Points newsletter for The...

Ebony Reed

Ebony Reed is leaving as executive advertising director at the Boston Business Journal to become director of innovation at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism...

Sean Burke, Doris Picardi, Adam Feuerstein, Mark Elliott

MASSACHUSETTS Sean Burke, former president and group publisher of GateHouse Media New England, the largest newspaper chain in New England, with more than 100 newspapers...

Gareth Henderson

Gareth Henderson has been appointed editor of The Vermont Standard of Woodstock. Henderson began his career with the Vermont Standard as a freelancer while...