List of Community Newspaper Company weeklies
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Community Newspaper Company published more than 100 weekly newspapers in central and eastern Massachusetts, divided into five geographic units.
The Metro papers cover neighborhoods of Boston and close-in suburbs.
- Allston-Brighton Tab of Allston and Brighton (Boston) -- paid, Friday.
- Brookline Tab of Brookline -- free, Thursday.
- Cambridge Chronicle of Cambridge -- paid, Thursday.
- Cambridge Tab of Cambridge -- free, Friday.
- Dover-Sherborn Press of Dover and Sherborn -- paid, Thursday.
- Roslindale Transcript of Roslindale (Boston) -- paid, Thursday.
- Somerville Journal of Somerville -- paid, Thursday.
- Needham Times of Needham -- free, Thursday.
- Newton Tab of Newton -- free, Wednesday.
- Watertown Tab & Press of Watertown -- paid, Thursday.
- Wellesley Townsman of Wellesley -- paid, Thursday.
- West Roxbury Transcript of West Roxbury (Boston) -- paid, Thursday.
North Unit
The following titles, many of them formerly part of the North Shore Weeklies chain, are published out of the North Unit's offices in Beverly:
- Amesbury News of Amesbury -- paid, Friday.
- Beverly Citizen of Beverly -- paid, Thursday.
- Danvers Herald of Danvers -- paid, Thursday.
- Cape Ann Beacon of Gloucester, Rockport, Manchester-by-the-Sea and Essex -- free, Friday
- Georgetown Record of Georgetown -- paid, Thursday.
- H-W News of Hamilton and Wenham -- free, Friday.
- Ipswich Chronicle of Ipswich -- paid, Thursday.
- Malden Observer of Malden -- paid, Friday.
- Marblehead Reporter of Marblehead -- paid, Thursday.
- Medford Transcript of Medford -- paid, Thursday.
- Melrose Free Press of Melrose -- paid, Thursday.
- Newburyport Current of Newburyport and surrounding towns -- free, Friday.
- North Andover Citizen of North Andover -- paid, Friday.
- North Shore Sunday of Lynn, Peabody and surrounding towns -- free, Friday.
- Salem Gazette of Salem -- free, Friday.
- Saugus Advertiser of Saugus -- paid, Thursday.
- Stoneham Sun of Stoneham -- free, Wednesday.
- Swampscott Reporter of Swampscott -- paid, Thursday.
- Tri-Town Transcript of Boxford, Middleton and Topsfield -- paid, Friday.
- Wakefield Observer of Wakefield -- paid, Thursday.
Northwest Unit
With two main offices in Concord and Lexington, Northwest's core are the Beacon and Minuteman papers from Beacon Communications Corporation, along with some former papers of Century Newspapers and Bay State Newspaper Company. Its newest acquisitions are based in satellite bureaus at CNC's westernmost reach, in Harvard and Clinton.
- Arlington Advocate of Arlington -- paid, Thursday.
- The Beacon of Acton and Boxborough -- paid, Thursday. http://www.wickedlocal.com/acton
- The Beacon-Villager of Maynard and Stow -- paid, Thursday.
- Bedford Minuteman of Bedford -- paid, Thursday.
- Belmont Citizen-Herald of Belmont -- paid, Thursday.
- Billerica Minuteman of Billerica -- paid, Thursday.
- The Bolton Common of Bolton -- paid, Friday.
- Burlington Union of Burlington -- paid, Thursday.
- Chelmsford Independent of Chelmsford -- paid, Thursday.
- Concord Journal of Concord -- paid, Thursday.
- The Harvard Post of Harvard -- paid, Friday.
- Lexington Minuteman of Lexington -- paid, Thursday.
- Lincoln Journal of Lincoln -- paid, Thursday.
- Littleton Independent of Littleton -- paid, Thursday.
- Tewksbury Advocate of Tewksbury -- paid, Thursday.
- Times & Courier of Clinton and Lancaster -- paid, Thursday.
- The Reading Advocate of Reading -- paid, Thursday.
- Westford Eagle of Westford -- paid, Thursday.
- Wilmington Advocate of Wilmington -- free, Thursday.
- Winchester Star of Winchester -- paid, Thursday. http://www.wickedlocal.com/winchester
- Woburn Advocate of Woburn -- free, Thursday.