Nashoba Publishing is a weekly newspaper company in the far northwest suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. It is operated by MediaNews Group in common with sister papers the Lowell Sun and Sentinel & 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 in Devens, 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 by Community Newspaper Company; and in Ayer, Devens, Harvard and Shirley with the daily Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
Nashoba's newsroom is operated at the Devens printing plant. Titles published by Nashoba include:
| Newspaper | Notes | Website |
|---|---|---|
| The Ayer Public Spirit | Covering Ayer; founded in 1869 | [1] |
| Groton Landmark | Covering Groton | [2] |
| Harvard Hillside | Covering Harvard | [3] |
| Nashoba Valley Chronicle | Regional news section in Ayer, Groton, Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend | [4] |
| Pepperell Free Press | Covering Pepperell | [5] |
| Shirley Oracle | Covering Shirley; founded in 1869 | [6] |
| Townsend Times | Covering Townsend | [7] |