Restore Funding for the Andover Townsman

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   Name: Jennifer Sloan on Nov 19, 2012

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   Name: Sandra Ciolfi on Nov 19, 2012

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3. 353
   Name: Paul Cronin on Nov 19, 2012

   Comments: we have been subscribers for 20 years. We would be very sad to lose the Townsman. Please find a way to stay open!

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4. 354
   Name: Nancy Stolberg on Nov 19, 2012

   Comments: The Andover Townsman is an Andover institution. It is local and a community paper.a company from Alabama should not be eliminating our local paper.please rehire the staff and let the local people do their work.

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5. 355
   Name: Dianne Caraviello on Nov 19, 2012

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6. 356
   Name: Robert Decelle on Nov 19, 2012

   Comments: Dear (see contact names above) As an Andover resident, I am deeply disturbed that recent reductions made by Community Newspaper Holdings have eliminated the funding for all staff of the Andover Townsman, with the exception of the editor and one part-time reporter. The Townsman has weathered multiple reductions in recent years, but these latest cuts to staffing will make it impossible to produce a newspaper that adequately serves our community of over 33,000 people. Andover is unique: it is the largest municipality in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to use an Open Town Meeting form of government. This means that at least once a year, every registered voter in Andover comes together to vote upon every single issue before the town. Our residents therefore require an unusual level of information and depth of coverage in order to track the development of the Town’s priorities and proposals, and ultimately to make informed decisions on a $140 million operating budget, multiple bonded capital projects, and dozens of warrant articles each year--covering everything from complicated zoning decisions to local bylaw changes to land acquisitions to funding requests. When it comes to keeping the citizenry informed, nothing comes close to the Andover Townsman in terms of the audience it reaches, the amount of discourse it stimulates, and the level of accountability it demands from town leaders in our unique form of government. The reductions Community Newspaper Holdings have made will mean the local news stories we all rely on will be replaced by general content that runs in multiple papers and is not specific toAndover. Please restore funding for the Andover Townsman.

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7. 357
   Name: Margie Oldaker on Nov 19, 2012

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8. 358
   Name: Bill Wall on Nov 19, 2012

   Comments: Community Newspapers will thrive only if it abides by the spirit of its name. If the company does not publish local papers that are rooted in their communities, readership will dwindle as regional news and generic features don't preserve readership. Local news supplied by local reporters is the only viable business model left -- don't destroy it.

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9. 359
   Name: Jeffrey And Anita Renton on Nov 19, 2012

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10. 360
    Name: Margaret R. Keck on Nov 19, 2012

    Comments: I have been a resident of Andover for 55 years and have subscribed to the Andover Townsman for the entire time. I regard it as essential to understanding and participating in Town government and community affairs.An informed citizenry is the best guarantee of good government. Please continue the good work of the Andover Townsman.

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11. 361
    Name: Joseph Reilly on Nov 19, 2012

    Comments: I support the petition as presented.

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12. 362
    Name: Judy Daggett on Nov 19, 2012

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13. 363
    Name: Dorie A Resnik on Nov 19, 2012

    Comments: I've been a subscriber to both newspapers the Eagle Tribune and the Andover Townsman. I feel good local reporting is important. I think the two papers service different needs one within Andover the other reporting around Andover and within the Merrimack Valley. I am happy to hear you are restoring another reporter to the Townsman.

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14. 364
    Name: Anonymous on Nov 20, 2012

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15. 365
    Name: Deborah Putnam on Nov 20, 2012

    Comments: We stopped subscribing to the Eagle-Tribune because we had a subscription to the Boston Globe. We depend on the Andover Townsman for our local news, news we fear will disappear if its resources are cut. Please continue funding for this very vital local coverage.

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16. 366
    Name: Ted Teichert on Nov 20, 2012

    Comments: lets work on solutions and not go backwards for short and long term.

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17. 367
    Name: Priscilla Bartle on Nov 20, 2012

    Comments: This is important to keep us informed, but also a wonderful way for our young people to be recognized in their educational, athletic, musical, drama, etc endeavors.

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18. 368
    Name: Patrick Curley on Nov 20, 2012

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19. 369
    Name: Daniel Kowalski on Nov 20, 2012

    Comments: As a resident of the Town of Andover and an elected member of the Andover Board of Selectman, I count on the Andover Townsman as as a critical and necessary tool to communicate "town news" to Andover residents.

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20. 370
    Name: Cyndi Webber on Nov 20, 2012

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21. 371
    Name: Kate Cosentino on Nov 20, 2012

    Comments: Let's keep the Andover Townsman in play!!

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22. 372
    Name: Erin McLaughlin on Nov 20, 2012

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23. 373
    Name: Dave Cosentino on Nov 20, 2012

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24. 374
    Name: Gina Chaves on Nov 20, 2012

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25. 375
    Name: Heather Rosenfeld on Nov 20, 2012

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26. 376
    Name: Krista Martin on Nov 20, 2012

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27. 377
    Name: Alyson Veneto on Nov 20, 2012

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28. 378
    Name: Anonymous on Nov 20, 2012

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29. 379
    Name: Lucille Giannone on Nov 20, 2012

    Comments: Thie Andover Townsman is what keeps our community connected. It is an essential to keeing Andover a place that people want to move to. It is a connection to town government,, schools , businesses, sports as well as to non profits.

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30. 380
    Name: Craig Martin on Nov 20, 2012

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31. 381
    Name: Joan Calhoun on Nov 20, 2012

    Comments: The Andover Townsman is a core newspaper for our community. Please restore funding for the Andover Townsman.

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32. 382
    Name: Anonymous on Nov 20, 2012

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33. 383
    Name: Deanna Kennedy on Nov 20, 2012

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34. 384
    Name: John And Eugenie Moffitt on Nov 20, 2012

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35. 385
    Name: Catherine Boese on Nov 20, 2012

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36. 386
    Name: David Bunting on Nov 20, 2012

    Comments: Please restore the Andover Townsman staff. Any shift away from Andover News and towards a more generic Merrimack Valley approach (i.e. making it a mini-Eagle Tribune) will not be worth paying for and ultimately fail. Please keep the staff needed to keep this an Andover focused paper.

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37. 387
    Name: Shari Fabiani on Nov 20, 2012

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    Name: Robert Landry on Nov 20, 2012

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    Name: Bonnie Zahorik on Nov 20, 2012

    Comments: I subscribe to and regularly read the Townsman. It is an important resource and keeps me informed on local happenings, town government and local political races, and has a great opinion / letters page that enables the community to express their views. The Townsman helps to create a strong sense of community in Andover.

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40. 390
    Name: Tracey Hoffenberg on Nov 20, 2012

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    Name: Laurence J Lamagna on Nov 20, 2012

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    Name: Kathleen Quill on Nov 20, 2012

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    Name: Joanna Reck on Nov 20, 2012

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44. 394
    Name: Danielle on Nov 20, 2012

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45. 395
    Name: Jonathan Samel on Nov 20, 2012

    Comments: As a local businessman and town resident, The Townsman is critically important for keeping up with the direction of the community. The Tribune alone cannot meet the reporting needs of our community and electronic news is not sufficently focused locally.

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46. 396
    Name: Iris Roskell on Nov 20, 2012

    Comments: Andover Townsman is important to the community.

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47. 397
    Name: Jami Marad on Nov 20, 2012

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    Name: Brenda Clark-Warne on Nov 20, 2012

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    Name: Anne Lamontagne on Nov 20, 2012

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    Name: Anonymous on Nov 20, 2012

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