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The Weston Forum will become a paid paper in July
Weston FORUM
Written by Kimberly Donnelly
Wednesday, 19 May 2010 11:49
The Weston Forum, currently a free publication mailed to all Weston
homes, will become a paid newspaper starting in July, Forum Publisher
Thomas Nash announced this week.
The change will reduce mailing and printing expense, a continuing
challenge for weekly newspaper publishers throughout the country. It
will also bring the paper into conformance with its sister papers
throughout the Hersam Acorn Newspapers chain, including those in
Redding, Wilton and Easton, all of which are paid.
“Since 1970, The Forum has been Weston’s main news source, from its
beginnings under founder Patricia Heifetz to its ownership for the last
20 years under Acorn Press and Hersam Acorn Newspapers. Most of our
other papers are paid publications with high penetration in their
community. Our goal is for The Forum to also become a high penetration
paid newspaper,” Mr. Nash said.
Subscription cards will be in The Forum’s Weston Answerbook next week,
and delivered with the paper throughout June.
The cost of an annual subscription will be $30. Discounts will be
offered for multiple year subscriptions.
Subscription requests should be sent to Circulation Department, 42
Vitti Street, New Canaan, CT 06840, or call 800-372-2790 and ask for
the Circulation Department.
The cost of a single copy will be $1. The Forum is currently sold on
newsstands in a variety of locations, including Peter’s Market in
Weston Center. There are plans to add more newsstand locations.
Beginning July 1, the paper will continue to be mailed to
non-subscribers on a random, rotating basis for several months to
remind readers of the change.
EDITORIAL -
link to our sub-webpage that
contains information about the activities of the Select Committee on
Legal Review, which did not quite finish its work on time, but did
submit a final report in September (to be discussed in more detail, we
hope). Link to earlier editorial by clicking on football. And in Weston, football is alive and
well, with Booster Barn and home-side stands now a slam dunk, to use a
metaphor from another sport! Click here
for news of Board of Finance action! Click here to review the saga
of how the Sports Complex rolled out after November 15, 2001.
