''The Country Gazette'' is a weekly newspaper serving the
Massachusetts towns of
Bellingham,
Foxborough
Foxborough is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, about southwest of Boston, northeast of Providence, Rhode Island and about northwest of Cape Cod. Foxborough is part of the Greater Boston area. The population was 18,618 a ...
,
Franklin,
Medway
Medway is a unitary authority district and conurbation in Kent, South East England. It had a population of 278,016 in 2019. The unitary authority was formed in 1998 when Rochester-upon-Medway amalgamated with the Borough of Gillingham to for ...
,
Millis,
Norfolk,
Plainville and
Wrentham. The free paper is distributed to residents of these towns located along the
Interstate 495 corridor on Fridays.
The ''Country Gazette'' is owned by
GateHouse Media and falls under the umbrella of
Community Newspaper Company
Community Newspaper Company, or CNC, was the largest publisher of weekly newspapers in eastern Massachusetts in the 1990s and first decade of the 21st century. It also published several daily newspapers in Greater Boston.
The company's propertie ...
which runs weekly and daily newspapers in Massachusetts including ''
The MetroWest Daily News
''The MetroWest Daily News'' is an American daily newspaper published in Framingham, Massachusetts, serving the MetroWest region of suburban Boston. The newspaper is owned by Gannett.
The newspaper covers several cities and towns in Norfolk, Mi ...
'' and ''
The Milford Daily News''.
Information that appears in the ''Country Gazette'' is also posted to eight Web sites hosted on ''www.wickedlocal.com'', one dedicated to each of the eight towns.
*Bellingham at ''www.wickedlocal.com/bellingham''
*Foxborough at ''www.wickedlocal.com/foxborough''
*Franklin at ''www.wickedlocal.com/franklin''
*Medway at ''www.wickedlocal.com/medway''
*Millis at ''www.wickedlocal.com/millis''
*Norfolk at ''www.wickedlocal.com/norfolk''
*Plainville at ''www.wickedlocal.com/plainville''
*Wrentham at ''www.wickedlocal.com/wrentham''
The ''Country Gazette'' office is in
Milford at 159 South Main Street. It was founded by William and Doris Baldwin in 1981. The free bi-weekly newspaper launched its first edition at the 1981 Franklin Trade Show. In the 1980s, the'' Gazette'' was direct-mailed each Wednesday to the towns of Franklin, Wrentham, Bellingham, Medway, Millis, Norfolk and Plainville. Ellen Albanese joined the staff as an editor and, within a few years, the paper grew to semi-weekly editions, with the advent of the ''Gazette's'' Weekender edition on Saturdays.
References
Newspapers published in Massachusetts
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