The Pride is Coming Jan. 26

A new weekly newspaper, the Fitchburg Pride, will hit the streets Friday, Jan. 26. The paper will cover the entire city, focusing on what makes the city a community.

The paper will be published by the Holden Landmark Company, which currently produces The Landmark, the Community Journal, the Leominster Champion, and Bay State Parent magazine. I will be the editor of the Fitchburg Pride, and the entire company is looking forward to publishing a paper that the city can be proud of. The Pride will write about the people and things make Fitchburg unique.

The Pride will be a free paper, and available in over 100 locations throughout the city starting Jan. 26. All of the content, advertising, additional, web-only content and a growing, searchable archive will be available at fitchburgpride.com, and of course linked here.

The Fitchburg Pride will bring some much-needed (and long thought-about) changes to SaveFitchburg. The goal is to create more of a community on the website and add some more voices to the initial conversation. Considering we’re going into an election year, this is the perfect time to do it.

So, starting this week, you’ll see posts generated by someone other than myself. You can see the author’s name down at the bottom of the post. If you’ve been reading for a while, chances are you’ll recognize the names. Donna, Really Rachel, Derek, R3, and – yup – RupertKnickerbocker will all be posting at their leisure. I’ll be checking in regularly also. Also, you’ll get news updates from the Fitchburg Pride staff as warranted.

Anytime a new paper starts, it’s exciting stuff. For the city, it’s another source of news and community pride. For us, it’s a new endeavor we can’t wait to launch. For SaveFitchburg, it’s the impetus to a better site that creates better and more substantial conversation during a busy election season.

If you have questions regarding the future of SaveFitchburg, or about the Fitchburg Pride, you can e-mail me any time.

As always, thanks for reading, and get ready. The Pride is coming.