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Read the latest editions of The Local Paper, free online.Exact replicas of our print editions.Covering 38 local government areas in and around Melbourne with localised editions. • Our latest Media Kit, effective July 2022, is available HERE • Due to COVID-related reasons, there are no issues on June 22 and June 29.Weekly publication is scheduled to resume on Wednesday, July 6,

COVID … the gift that keeps on giving. We have revised our re-starting date for The Local Paper/Melbourne Observer. There are no issues on June 22. There will be no issues of The Local Paper/Melbourne Observer printed on Sunday (June 26), Monday (June 27) and Tuesday (June 28). We plan to start printing on Sunday

After an unexpected two-week hiatus due to COVID, The Local Paper is back on the streets with the June 8 editions for all 38 areas. All the regular team are back with the latest local news, local sport, and the best columns. Due to staff shortages, there will be a short delay in the publication

Thursday, May 26, 2022 A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Local Paper/Melbourne Observer EditorAsh Long writes to readers, advertisers We are an old-fashioned newspaper company.Our 53-year traditions, as one of the few remaining truly independent publishers of weekly community newspapers in Victoria, serve our readers well.We prize the truth, we go the extra mile for accuracy,

Meet our Group Editor-in-Chief, Ash Long Ash Long CommunityFreemasons Victoria• Grand Superintendent of Communications (Honorary). June 2020-• Chairman, Communications and Marketing Volunteer Action Team (Honorary). April 2020-• Editor, FV News (Honorary). Webmaster, www.FVNews.com.au. April 2020-• Member, Freemasons Future Recovery Team. COVID recovery. 2020-2022.• Conferred with the Grand Rank of Past Grand Tyler. 2015. Later promoted

Following our Easter-ANZAC period break, regular weekly publication of The Local Paper resumes on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Deadline for editorial and advertising is 5pm, Friday, April 29, 2022.

For our Editorial Contributors, here is a copy of latest Guidelines: https://issuu.com/mediaflash/docs/editorialguidelines

Weekly print and online editions of The Local Paper return on Wednesday, Frebruary 2. As is the annual custom, editions are not published in January to allow our team to take annual leave. The office re-opens on Monday, January 24. A full coverage of Australia Day events and honours will be included in the first

Given that our newspaper business relies heavily on retail advertising, and that retail will not re-open across Victoria until Cup Day or so, the first editions of The Local Paper and Melbourne Observer are timed for publication on Wednesday, November 10. We plan to publish six editions prior to Christmas (Nov. 10, 17, 24, Dec.