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Postal Service plans imperil community newspapers

The U.S. Postal Service’s plan to raise mailing rates could present one more damaging blow to community newspapers already reeling from the coronavirus pandemic...

September Obituaries 2021

CONNECTICUT Thomas P. McMahon Jane McIntosh Seel Martha E. Stopkoski Barbara Varrick MASSACHUSETTS Ralph E. Gordon, Sr. Milton Jaffe Gun Anthony Kavanaugh Sr. Phyllis N. Kirkpatrick William Bill Perley Richard E. Sheehan Frank Sousa William Wasserman MAINE None ReportedNEW...

Entries due January 28 for 2022 News Leader Association Awards

The News Leaders Association (NLA) announced on Dec. 10 that it is accepting submissions for the 2022 News Leaders Association Awards with a deadline...

Six journalists to be inducted into the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame

The New England Newspaper and Press Association is pleased to announce that six New England journalists will be inducted into the New England Newspaper...

NEFAC, Open Government Groups Caution Against Per Se Exemptions of Personal Data from Public...

The New England First Amendment Coalition and government transparency groups across the country raised concerns today over efforts to redact certain personal information from state public...

Sunshine Communications Announces New Acquisitions

CLAREMONT, NH — Newly formed Sunshine Communications, a division of the Sunshine Initiative Public Benefit Corporation, owned and operated by Jay Lucas announced the...

Apply By October 7 Equity and Belonging Newsroom Transformation Program

The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education is now accepting applications for its new Equity & Belonging Newsroom Transformation program, funded by the John...

2022 Publick Occurrences Awards Announced

2022 PUBLICK OCCURRENCES AWARDS Seven Days: Roaches and Broken Locks, the Bove family as local slum landlords. Lots of research and a strong contrast between...

February Obituaries 2023

CONNECTICUT Patrick Linskey Michael Misarski Raymond Negron Anita Wallerstein MASSACHUSETTS Thomas Coyle Calvin Gil Ralph Goscinak Sylvia Jakubowicz Robert Lussier Margaret Mossman Mark Neuhaus Stephen Rose Sharon Ruchalski Barbara Santaniello Kevin Tetlow Judith Tracy MAINE Eleanor Fellers Paul Jewett NEW HAMPSHIRE None Reported RHODE ISLAND None Reported VERMONT Donald Rogers