Nashoba Publishing is a weekly newspaper

Weekly newspaper

A weekly newspaper is a general-news publication that is published on newsprint once or twice a week.Such newspapers tend to have smaller circulations than daily newspapers, and are usually based in less-populous communities or small, defined areas within large cities; often, they may cover a...

 company in the far northwest suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. It is operated by the Sentinel & Enterprise

Sentinel & Enterprise

The Sentinel & Enterprise is a morning daily newspaper published in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, with a satellite news bureau in Leominster, Massachusetts. The newspaper covers local news in Fitchburg, Leominster and several nearby towns in northern Worcester County and northwest Middlesex County,...

, which in turn is owned by MediaNews Group

MediaNews Group

MediaNews Group, based in Denver, Colorado, is one of the largest newspaper companies in the United States. It is privately owned and operates 56 daily newspapers in 12 states, with combined daily and Sunday circulation of approximately 2.4 million and 2.7 million, respectively...

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Sisters and Competitors

The family that formerly owned Nashoba, headed by publisher Frank J. Hartnett Sr., sold the chain in 2000, for an undisclosed amount of money. Two years later, MediaNews opened a new plant in Devens, Massachusetts, in the middle of Nashoba's coverage area, to print Nashoba weeklies, The Lowell Sun, and the Sentinel & Enterprise.

Nashoba newspapers' primary competitors are their sister dailies in Fitchburg and Lowell. Additionally, in Harvard, the company competes with a weekly owned by Community Newspaper Company

Community Newspaper Company

Community Newspaper Company, a subsidiary of GateHouse Media, is a newspaper publisher in eastern Massachusetts. It was founded in 1991 as a holding company for several suburban publishers bought by Fidelity Investments; in 2001, Fidelity sold it to the Boston Herald; in 2006, the massive chain—New...

; and in Ayer, Devens, Harvard and Shirley with the daily Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

The Telegram & Gazette is Worcester, Massachusetts's only daily newspaper. The paper, known locally as the Telegram or the T & G is owned by the Worcester Telegram & Gazette Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of The New York Times Company .It offers coverage of all of...

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Newspapers

Although Nashoba is owned by and printed alongside the Sentinel & Enterprise, its newsroom is operated independently at the Devens printing plant. Titles published by Nashoba include:

Newspaper	Notes	Website
The Ayer Public Spirit	Covering Ayer Ayer, Massachusetts Ayer is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Originally part of Groton, it was incorporated February 14, 1871 and became a major commercial railroad junction. The town was home to Camp Stevens, a training camp for Massachusetts volunteers during the American Civil War... ; founded in 1869	http://www.nashobapublishing.com/ayer
The Commerce Journal	Business news from Devens and the region	http://www.thecommercejournal.com/
Devens Dispatch	Formerly covered Devens	http://extras.sentinelandenterprise.com/devens_dispatch/default.asp
Groton Landmark	Covering Groton Groton, Massachusetts Groton is a town located in northwestern Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The population was 10,646 at the 2010 census. It is home to two noted prep schools: Groton School, founded in 1884, and Lawrence Academy at Groton, founded in 1793. The historic town hosts the National Shepley Hill Horse...	http://www.nashobapublishing.com/groton
Harvard Hillside	Covering Harvard Harvard, Massachusetts Harvard is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. A farming community settled in 1658 and incorporated in 1732, it has been home to several non-traditional communities, such as Harvard Shaker Village and the utopian Transcendentalist center Fruitlands...	http://www.nashobapublishing.com/harvard
Nashoba Valley Chronicle	Regional news section in Ayer, Groton, Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend	http://www.nashobapublishing.com/chronicle
Pepperell Free Press	Covering Pepperell Pepperell, Massachusetts Pepperell is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,497 at the 2010 census. It includes the village of East Pepperell.-History:...	http://www.nashobapublishing.com/pepperell
Shirley Oracle	Covering Shirley Shirley, Massachusetts -Demographics:This article describes the town of Shirley as a whole. Additional demographic detail is available which describes only the central settlement or village within the town, although that detail is included in the aggregate values reported here... ; founded in 1869	http://www.nashobapublishing.com/shirley
Townsend Times	Covering Townsend Townsend, Massachusetts Townsend is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,926 at the 2010 census.For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Townsend, please see the article Townsend , Massachusetts....	http://www.nashobapublishing.com/townsend