Advance Newspapers, based in
Hudsonville, Michigan
Hudsonville is a city in Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan, and is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. The population was 7,116 at the 2010 census. Hudsonville is nicknamed "Michigan's Salad Bowl."
History
Hudsonville was plat ...
, published weekly community newspapers for
Kent County, Michigan
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and portions of
Muskegon
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,
Ottawa
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, and
Allegan counties. Advance Newspapers started as an independent company, later purchased by
Advance Publications
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which later placed them into their
MLive Media Group
MLive Media Group, originally known as Booth Newspapers, or Booth Michigan, is a media group that produces newspapers in the state of Michigan. Founded by George Gough Booth with his two brothers, Booth Newspapers was sold to Advance Publication ...
unit. MLive Media Group ceased publication of the seven community newspapers as of January 27, 2019, citing the "cost of publishing the products exceeded the company’s ability to sustain production."
The seven Advance community newspapers at the time of their shuttering were:
* ''Southwest Advance'' – covering
Byron Center and
Wyoming
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* ''Grand Valley Advance'' – covering
Allendale,
Hudsonville,
Allendale and
Jenison
* ''Cadence Advance'' – covering
East Grand Rapids
East Grand Rapids is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,694.
The city is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is surrounded by Grand Rapids and Grand Rapids Township, b ...
,
Ada
Ada may refer to:
Places
Africa
* Ada Foah, a town in Ghana
* Ada (Ghana parliament constituency)
* Ada, Osun, a town in Nigeria
Asia
* Ada, Urmia, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Ada, Karaman, a village in Karaman Province, ...
and the
Forest Hills area
* ''Northeast Advance'' – covering
Rockford and
Cedar Springs
* ''Northwest Advance'' – covering
Walker
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People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
,
Comstock Park,
Coopersville,
Sparta
Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referre ...
and vicinity
* ''Penasee Globe'' – covering
Wayland,
Hopkins
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,
Dorr Dorr may refer to:
* Dorr (surname)
* Dorr, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran
* Dorr Township, McHenry County, Illinois
* Dorr Township, Michigan
** Dorr, Michigan
See also
* Door (disambiguation)
* Dorr Rebellion
* Wilmer Cutler P ...
,
Martin Martin may refer to:
Places
* Martin City (disambiguation)
* Martin County (disambiguation)
* Martin Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
Austral ...
and the
Gun Lake area
* ''Southeast Advance'' – covering
Kentwood,
Caledonia
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and
Cutlerville
References
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