''The Wayland Town Crier'' is a paid weekly, local newspaper in

Wayland, Massachusetts Wayland is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The town was founded in 1638, and incorporated in 1780 and was originally part of neighboring Sudbury (incorporated 1639). At the 2020 United States census, the population wa ...

. It is currently owned by

GateHouse Media GateHouse Media Inc. was an American publisher of locally based print and digital media. It published 144 daily newspapers, 684 community publications, and over 569 local-market websites in 38 states. Its parent company, New Media Investment Group ...

and operated underneath the Wicked Local branch.

History

The earliest found issue of the ''Crier'' is Vol. 6, No. 1 from October 1951. The paper was published monthly until 1955, mainly discussing news of the town and the surrounding areas. Following the final publication of Vol. 9, the paper began publishing weekly, starting with Vol. 10, No. 1 on September 29, 1955. Since this date, the Crier has published between 51 and 53 newspapers every year. All publications are released on Thursdays.

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* Gannett publications Weekly newspapers published in Massachusetts 1951 establishments in Massachusetts Newspapers established in 1951 {{Massachusetts-newspaper-stub