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Enterprise-Sun
The ''Enterprise-Sun'', and its predecessors, the ''Hudson Daily Sun'' and ''Marlboro Enterprise'', were daily newspapers covering the city of Marlborough and adjoining town of Hudson, both in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The combined paper ended in 1995, replaced by two weekly newspapers—the ''Marlborough Enterprise'' and ''Hudson Sun''—and the west edition of ''The MetroWest Daily News'', all of which are owned by Community Newspaper Company, now part of GateHouse Media. History Thomas Hayden began publishing the ''Daily Enterprise'' in 1889, one year after beginning it as a weekly. Across the town line, the ''Hudson Daily Sun'' was founded by William H. Murphy in 1902. The Marlborough paper went through minor name changes, adding and dropping the words "Marlboro" and "Daily" in its name, in its century of publication. ''Enterprise'' owners Dustin Lucier and Charles H. Toby bought the ''Daily Sun'' in 1922, but the combined Marlborough newsroom continued to publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beacon Communications Corporation
Beacon Communications Corp. was a newspaper publisher in Acton, Massachusetts, United States, operating a dozen weekly newspapers as well as daily newspapers in Hudson and Marlborough, Massachusetts. It was bought by Fidelity Investments in 1993 and incorporated into Community Newspaper Company, Massachusetts' largest weekly newspaper publisher, now owned by GateHouse Media. History Beacon's history begins in the 1940s with the first issues of ''The Beacon'' newspaper, later for a time called the ''Assabet Valley Beacon''. The newspaper eventually grew to cover the towns of Acton, Boxborough, Maynard and Stow, just west of Concord, Massachusetts. Over time, ''The Beacon'''s publishers acquired other weeklies in neighboring towns, including titles as far east as Lexington and Burlington. The company's last independent owners were Joseph V. Stuart and Robert E. Anderson, who sold the papers in 1984 to the owners of the ''Worcester Telegram'' daily newspaper in Worcester. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |