Nashoba Publishing is aweekly newspaper company in the far northwest suburbs ofBoston, Massachusetts. It is operated byMediaNews Group in common with sister papers theLowell Sun andSentinel & Enterprise.
The family that formerly owned Nashoba, headed by publisher Frank J. Hartnett Sr., sold the chain in 2000, for an undisclosed amount of money.[1] Two years later, MediaNews opened a new plant inDevens, Massachusetts, in the middle of Nashoba's coverage area, to print Nashoba's weeklies,The Lowell Sun, and the Sentinel & Enterprise.[2]
Nashoba newspapers' primary competitors are their sister dailies in Fitchburg and Lowell. Additionally, in Harvard, the company competes with a weekly owned byCommunity Newspaper Company; and in Ayer, Devens, Harvard and Shirley with the dailyWorcester Telegram & Gazette.
Nashoba's newsroom is operated at the Devens printing plant. Titles published by Nashoba include:
| Newspaper | Notes | Website |
|---|---|---|
| The Ayer Public Spirit | CoveringAyer; founded in 1869 | [1] |
| Groton Landmark | CoveringGroton | [2] |
| Harvard Hillside | CoveringHarvard | [3] |
| Nashoba Valley Chronicle | Regional news section in Ayer, Groton, Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend | [4] |
| Pepperell Free Press | CoveringPepperell | [5] |
| Shirley Oracle | CoveringShirley; founded in 1869 | [6] |
| Townsend Times | CoveringTownsend | [7] |
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