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New England's newspapers, magazines, journals, and other publications with a decidedly local bent.  Scroll down for each state's listing.

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Enterprise Newspapers publishes four weekly papers covering the Upper Cape Cod Massachusetts towns of Falmouth, Bourne, Mashpee and Sandwich - The Falmouth Enterprise, The Bourne Enterprise, The Mashpee Enterprise and The Sandwich Enterprise - all featured on their website.

Seven Days is an alternative newsweekly based in Burlington, Vermont with a bent to reporting on the thriving arts community of the region.  With a circulation of 30,000, they offer reviews on films, music and shows, updates on openings and events and commentary;  all of which is presented in an attractive format.  

 

On the issues of media ownership and the free press in New England  Free Press was launched in December 2002 by author and professor Robert W. McChesney, working in close collaboration with journalist John Nichols and campaign finance advocate Josh Silver. Media reform is a complex subject involving the intersection of concerns, policy initiatives and social agendas; thus negotiating the thicket of background materials can be a challenge. Free Press has compiled educational resources with the goal of making it easier to understand the what and why of a variety of media issues. Included here are books, reports, articles and websites helpful in explaining different activist issues. Media Education Foundation 60 Masonic Street Northampton, Massachusetts 01060 E-mail: info@mediaed.org The American Society of Newspaper Editors was established in 1922 as a professional organization for directing editors of newspapers.  Today membership is confined "generally" to editors, executive editors, managing editors and editorial page editors who hold positions that involve editing, managing, hiring, firing and setting editorial policy. Two aspects of this site include The Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Committee of Concerned Journalists.  The site and the related groups provide a forum to address important issues on the current state of American journalism its future.  While developed by an for professional journalists-content includes professional standards, ownership of media centers and the relationship of journalists with the public-there is also a wealth of information for non journalists on working with news organizations.  Importantly, they seeks to open up the news gathering process to the public with tips on writing press releases and having them actually read by editors and the best ways to have journalistic concerned aired at news centers.  New England's Online Publications     Connecticut      Connecticut Post is the major southern Connecticut daily from Bridgeport.  Good local emphasis, if in the shadow of New York. Fairfield Citizen-News is a weekly owned by MediaNews Group, Inc that also publishes the Darien News-Review, the Norwalk Citizen-News and the Westport News.  Most offer coverage of local events and happenings. Connecticut Magazine comes out every month and both the publication and the web site are decidedly uncontroversial.   Offering restaurant reviews, shopping tips and entertainment suggestions for the state's middle and upper crusts, the site is well designed and informative.      The Hartford Courant (the link here if for CTNOW) is owned by the Tribune Company from Chicago has given up most of its online presence.  At its site, ctnow.com, reports and news from the paper are represented in a packed format developed by MyWay, Corporation.   The Courant still has an official Internet site at The Hartford Courant, that contain little actual news although it does offer a good listing of email addresses for Courant staff, reporters and management.   The Courant also owns three weekly papers in the state. The Hartford Advocate Fairfield County Weekly New Haven Advocate Each has an obvious similarity, typical for chain newspapers, but they do provide good entertainment news and reviews for their respective areas.  The Danbury News-Times reports on the western Connecticut.  The site is somewhat late in reporting from the print edition. The Day of New London is a truly a independent daily for Connecticut and Rhode Island. Greenwich Times cover the Town and lower Fairfield County six days a week. New Haven Register is the largest daily in a chain of newspapers in the state.  As with each, the site and news does have a local slant but each feeds the others resulting in a common look and read.  Other members of the chain include; The Bristol Press  The Middletown Press The New Britain Herald  The Manchester Journal Inquirer  The Torrington Register Citizen The River Edge Record says it is "a web magazine and a reason to live."  That it is at times a somewhat irreverent magazine there is no doubt.  As to being a reason to live, well, we'll let you be the judge.  From the streets of Downtown New London with news, a few political statements, art, photos (a slow loader) and poetry. The New London Gazette is an independent monthly that is all about New London events and history.  The web site is both informative and attractive, although it is not, strictly speaking, a newspaper. The Waterbury Republican-American  from Waterbury is a daily with good local coverage in an attractive site. Willimantic Chronicle has been around since 1877.  They present the area with an emphasis on community service and less on the news.   Three of the state's most important business papers are; Hartford Business Journal  New Haven's Business Times Commercial Record  This publication cover the state's real estate industry and related interests. The Greater New Milford Spectrum, A community weekly with an events listing.  The Newtown Bee is a weekly with good reporting on what's going on in Newtown. The Redding Pilot is part of a small chain of newspapers papers putting out weeklies in the state. The Resident comes out every other week with "good" news about Eastern Connecticut and Rhode Island. The Ridgefield Press  made the news on its own from Sony Pictures Entertainment.  It seems that two members of the advertising department, working to promote a new movie, fabricated a review from the paper.  Since the discovery of the phony review, the Press's movie reviewer has been interviewed by the national press and the newspaper has gained real notoriety.  The Press is part of a small chain of newspapers that covers many communities in the state. Vernon, The Reminder  Weston, The Forum  Wilton, The Bulletin UCONN  (Storrs) Campus  Connecticut College (New London), College Journal  Connecticut College (New London), College Voice  Hartford, The Informer The Argus is the student paper from Wesleyan University in Middletown  Western Connecticut State (Danbury): Echo  Yale (New Haven) The Herald  Yale (New Haven) The News            Maine   Noting that it is the Gray-New Gloucester's Newspaper of Record, The Monument Newspaper is published every Thursday from Gray, Maine.  A refreshingly "independent" publication, the paper offers news, a local listing of Agendas, photographic collages of the region and an "active" opinion page that covers a broad range of issues. The Lincoln County News reports on the County in Maine and surrounding communities with a completeness that is both refreshing and informative.  Political meetings, power outages, sports reports, weather, community events and an opinion or two are just a few of the site's offerings along with local news.   The Daily Me is an online newspaper from Dexter, Maine with a decidedly local slant.  Good local stories, an events listing and links in an attractive and easy to use format.  Augusta Kennebec Journal is Maine's oldest newspaper from Augusta and is owned by Blethen Maine Newspapers.  The site is part of MaineToday.com. Bangor Daily News is a truly independent newspaper serving the counties of Aroostook, Hancock, Knox, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo and Washington for more than a century.   Journal Tribune is a daily from Biddeford, in York County with good coverage of local news. Times Record from Brunswick serves Maine's mid-coastal region. Sun Journal is another independent daily from Lewiston with a long history and tradition for excellence in journalism.  The photo gallery is worth a visit. Portland Press Herald & Maine Sunday Telegram is a daily with good local listings and information and is part of MaineToday.com. Morning Sentinel is from Waterville, part of MaineToday.com, that serves the northern Kennebec Valley.  Published daily. Boothbay Registe is a weekly serving Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Southport, Edgecomb. Cape Courier is a small, on line monthly with local news from Cape Elizabeth. Damariscotta: Lincoln County News Ellsworth American is a weekly with an up-to-date events listing and local news. The Ellsworth Weekly serves, as they say, "Down East" Maine Gray, News  Greenville, Moosehead Messenger  The Harpswell Anchor  Kennebunk, York County Coast Star New Gloucester, News  Norway, Advertiser Democrat, local news and calendar Portland, Casco Bay Weekly The Courier, Rockland with 9 newspapers Free Press (Rockland) Wiscasset, Newspaper Kennebunk: Town Crier Southern Maine (Gorham): Free Press              Massachusetts       Although not a newspaper in the strictest sense, The American Prospect (TAP) has been providing a refreshing alternative to packed, "me too" journalism and commentary since 1990.  Published in Boston and officially a non profit entity; the magazine is not coy about its liberal leanings or suggesting-often loudly-that today's accepted dogma is just so much malarkey.  While Rush Limbaugh fans may have trouble digesting the offerings-as other may with editorial page of the Wall Street Journal-the magazine provides hearty sustenance for those who dine using their left hand. They welcome unsolicited contributions, although they encourage brief query letters first and the site includes an archive of past work, forums, book reviews, how to subscribe or donate to the organization online and an email newsletter.   Enterprise Newspapers publishes four weekly papers covering the Upper Cape Cod Massachusetts towns of Falmouth, Bourne, Mashpee and Sandwich - The Falmouth Enterprise, The Bourne Enterprise, The Mashpee Enterprise and The Sandwich Enterprise - all featured on their website.   Athol News Serving The Interests Of The North Quabbin Region Sun Chronicle reports on Attleboro, North Attleboro and the immediate region. Boston Globe is among the online newspapers that every American should bookmark for regular visits. Boston Herald gives the Globe a fight for their money on local news Christian Science Monitor is from Boston and one of the best written papers in the country with great international reporting. Beacon Hill Times from the Boston neighborhood is a weekly with good community events and news, with a map. Interesting place in an interesting city. The Patriot Ledger in Quincy is part of SouthofBoston.com. that also puts out The Enterprise from Brockton and Old Colony Memorial in Plymouth. Cape Cod Chronicle  Cape Cod Times is a daily from Hyannis with good local news and reporting.  Also known as Cape Cod Online. The Herald News is a Fall River daily.  A Journal Register publication. Sentinel & Enterprise  servers the Greater Fitchburg area.   Published by MediaNews Group, Inc. and Mid-States Newspapers, Inc. Gloucester Times  is published by Essex County Newspapers.  There is a good local events listing, The Recorder is a good online source for information on the Greenfield community.   It appears to be an independent publication. The Gazette  of Haverhill is a daily with a good, if slow loading, events listing.  Lots of very local news and features. Eagle Tribune has served the communities of Lawrence and  North Andover since 1868.  The daily is still family owned and has won a Pulitzer Prize. Lowell Sun Lynn Item New Bedford Standard-Times Newburyport News The Hampshire Gazette is a daily from Northampton and covers the region  Pittsfield, Berkshire Eagle Salem News Springfield, Union-News & Sunday Republican  The Taunton Gazette covers the area and is well connected to a large chain  Woburn, Times Chronicle  The Worcester Telegram & Gazette has good local news and links Valley Advocate a weekly from Hatfield is a part of a group owned by the Hartford Courant.   Hyannis, Barnstable Patriot Lancaster, The Times Martha's Vineyard Times Vineyard Gazette  Mattapoisett, The Wanderer  Nantucket Inquirer & Mirror  Plymouth Old Colony Memorial Provincetown Banner At the tip of country. Springfield Journal is a weekly with real independence. Stoneham Independent  Wellesley Townsman is part of the Town-on-line chain. The Boston Phoenix  is the largest weekly serving Greater Boston. Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly They've a lawyer or two in the Bay State and this is what many of them read. Amherst, The Student  Bentley (Waltham) Vanguard  Boston College: Heights  Boston University Free Press  Brandies (Waltham) Justice  The Harvard Crimson, they even have news and some great writing  Harvard Independent  MIT (Cambridge) Tech Mount Holyoke (South Hadley) News Northeastern (Boston): News Tufts Daily is a good campus paper but they take vacations UMass (Amherst) Collegian UMass-Boston they are working on content.  When last we checked, there wasn't much.   Williams (Williamstown), Record Tech News is the campus paper from Worcester Polytechnic         New Hampshire   The Concord Monitor  is one of the leading daily newspapers in the state.  The site offers links and feeds to national press centers and good local coverage from the New Hampshire's Capitol City. The Conway Daily Sun is part of a Mount Washington area promotional site, providing modest local coverage.  Foster's Daily Democrat is out of Dover-interesting and local.  Founded in 1873 by a Foster and a Foster still runs it.   The Keene Sentinel  is the state's oldest newspaper, founded in 1799, and is still locally owned.  Good local coverage from this venerable daily. The Union Leader from Manchester covers the area of Greater Manchester and the rest of New Hampshire with an attractive Internet site.  The paper is also known for making news, of sorts, with its editorial policy.   Nashua Telegraph was founded in 1832 and places an emphasis on news of southern New Hampshire.  Part of a larger state Internet service, they seem to have most of the paper's content on the web site.  Attractive and easy to use.   The Portsmouth Herald publishes Seacoast Online and includes much of their editorial copy mixed with community notes and promotional items. Bedford Journal  Colebrook News & Sentinel  Goffstown News  Hollis Brookline Journal   Hudson-Litchfield News  Merrimack Journal  Milford Cabinet  North Sutton, Intertown Record The Weirs Times is a weekly covering the events and people of New Hampshire's Lakes Region.  The paper first published in 1883.  Wolfeboro, Granite State Seabrook, Ocean Side Advertiser Plymouth, Record Enterprise  Portsmouth: New Hampshire Gazette Claremont: Eagle Times  The Dartmouth from Hanover, is the nation's oldest college newspaper Dartmouth (Hanover) Review  Keene State Equinox            Rhode Island     The Providence Journal made the news itself recently when they cut more than 90 jobs at the newspaper.  The paper can trace its history in Rhode Island to 1820 and was independently owned until 1996 when A.H. Belo Corp. of Dallas which owns Dallas Morning News, among other holdings, acquired it by a merger.  Still the state's largest newspaper, the site is attractive, easy to use and provides breaking news and features. The Pawtucket Times  and the Woonsocket Call  are daily newspapers owned by a chain.  While both offer some local features and news, there is at lest some overlap of reports and services.  Each looks very much like the other.  Other weekly papers of the same group include; Barrington Times The Bristol Phoenix East Greenwich Pendulum The North Kingstown Standard-Times Sakonnet Times from Portsmouth Providence Business Journal says it is the state's premier business news and resource web site.  A well designed site about Rhode Island business and business people.   This Week covers Newport and Newport County.  Colorful local news, well presented online. Federal Hill Gazette  reports on its community in Providence.   A relatively simple site providing a good flavor of the neighborhood. The Warwick Beacon is published twice weekly.  Not a news site but a good source for entertainment information in Warwick and the surrounding area. The Providence Phoenix is a weekly owned by The Phoenix Media/Communications Group that also publishes a Phoenix in Boston, Portland and Worcester.  Published on Thursdays, the paper serves the entire state and parts of Massachusetts with news, analysis and entertainment information for the region.   Best Read Guide is about Newport and connected to The Newport Daily News.  The online presentation has an emphasis on tourism, entertainment and local events of note. The Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly is an attractive site, targeted to members of the legal profession with many features of interest to the general public.   Brown College Hill Independent is, if nothing else, filled with words, lots and lots of words.   S. J. Perelman was born in Brooklyn on February 1, 1904 but grew up in Providence, Rhode Island where he attended but didn't graduate from Brown University.   The lack of academic credentials didn't seem to mar Perelman's creativity as he went on to write the Marx Brothers movie classics Horse Feather and Monkey Business and later Around the World in 80 Days.   Perelman wrote and edited Brown's student humor magazine, the Brown Jug. Founded in 1920, it is still carrying on the bold tradition blazed by the likes of Perelman.  Click the logo to see for yourself.       Vermont Seven Days is an alternative newsweekly based in Burlington, Vermont with a bent to reporting on the thriving arts community of the region.  With a circulation of 30,000, they offer reviews on films, music and shows, updates on openings and events and commentary;  all of which is presented in an attractive format.  Added to the  Newspapers and Vermont pages. Times-Argus is published from Barre and is the state's leading and largest afternoon newspaper.  Published seven days a week, the paper has been a fixture in the Barre and Montpelier area for over a century.   Bennington Banner provides good coverage for Greater Bennington-births, business, obituaries, national reports-while focusing a keen eye on what local issues. The Burlington Free Press is a member of the Gannet chain.  A daily, they offer modest local coverage but plenty regional advertising. The Rutland Herald is one of the best small papers in the country and in 2001 its editorial writer David Moats, won the Pulitzer Prize.   Published seven days a week they also have a Springfield office. The Caledonian-Record from St. Johnsbury, was founded in 1837.  Published six days a week, it is still a family-owned, independent newspaper.  The online edition is attractive if somewhat later than the printed publication. The Valley News from White River Junction puts most of their efforts into the printed page.  The site is modest but does offer good email contacts to the news department and reporters.  The paper is published daily.  The World is published on Wednesdays from Barrie, as they have been for more than 25 years. The Journal Opinion is published on Tuesdays from Bradford.  They serve both Vermont and New Hampshire.  The Mountain Times is a weekly from Killington.   The Independent serves Caledonia County from Lyndonville.  Strictly local news and events presented weekly. The Addison County Independent  comes out twice-weekly from Middlebury.  An attractive site with good, very local news   The  News & Citizen from Morrisville has served the people of Lamoille County since 1881 with news published weekly. St. Albans Messenger has a new web address.  We found it. The Stowe Reporter, published weekly has an attractive site with a good listing of local events.  They are also not afraid to express themselves on local and state issues.    The Valley Reporter  is a weekly from Waitsfield.