Dear Reader:

We hope you enjoy this special issue of The Community Journal.

Over the course of the last year we have refocused The Community Journal to exclusively cover the news of Ashburnham and Westminster. During this time we have tried to increase the news that affects your community, the news you care about most.

It's not our practice to call you at home and interrupt dinner. We much prefer to share a copy of The Community Journal as a friendly reminder of the awardwinning writing and photography we offer 52 weeks a year. We hope you'll consider subscribing or extending your current subscription at today's low rate.

It's never been easier. You can subscribe to The Community Journal using the subscription information on page 16 of this paper, or visit our Web site at www. thecommunityjournal.com.

The online edition includes all of the week's news plus some terrific extra benefits including a free archive dating back to July 2005.

For $31 you can subscribe to either the online or print version of The Community Journal, or you can get both editions.

If you get the paper now and your subscription is not due to expire anytime soon, but you still want access to the site, renew now online and get instant access, plus the additional 52 weeks you just renewed for, locked in at this year's rate.

What's the advantage of getting the paper online?

One word: Thursday.

If you have an online subscription, you get your local news on Thursday rather than Friday, when the print edition hits your mailbox. We think you'll enjoy our Web site, which features comprehensive, easily navigated local news, photos and fully searchable archives. As the year progresses we will also increase our video and audio access of events and break more local news on the Web site.

The Community Journal's mission is simple: all local, all the time. If you are not a subscriber yet, please turn the pages of today's issue and see what you're missing.

Please call me at (978) 827-3386 x14, e-mail me at editor@thecommunityjournal.com or write us at P.O. Box 67, Ashburnham, MA 01430 with anything you think is newsworthy or if you have a question.

Thank you for reading and caring about the need for a newspaper that serves your community.

Caitlyn Kelleher

News Editor