Sorry. I can't help myself. I promised myself that I would not review this newspaper again but…read moreI must. Recently a delivery person was sick. How did they handle the problem? They told subscribers, sorry, no paper, delivery boy is sick.

I ordered and paid for 13 weeks of the paper. On our first week we received 1 out of 5 papers. The…read moreonly time it was delivered a woman showed up on our door at 8:45 PM. There is little news in the papers and sports stories are days old by the time they are printed (unless it is football or professional sports). I cancelled our subscription on week 2. It wasn't worth the money.

The paper is great. I like the local articles - it's a nice way to keep informed. I'd rather have…read morea paper than go online - old school...

The Wakefield Item bought the North Reading Transcript. I had a bad winter and was owed The…read moreTranscript around $550. The owner of Wakefield Item called. We talked, then She said forcefully that I owed the money. I replied to stop the ads. Months later I received increased bills. I looked in The Transcript, and my ad was still running. I called and told them to stop running the ad. I figured they would take me to court and I could have the money from the unauthorized ads removed. Months later they the used card number from authorized payments and started illegally taking unauthorized payments. I recommend everyone to never give them a card number ever, and never do business with them.

Delivered high quality maps for years in communities throughout Massachusetts and beyond…read more Affordable local advertising. Did business with them a number of times. Sad to see a few negative reviews but print advertising did obviously change with the advent of smartphones and search. And GPS turn by turn directions in our pockets made printed maps less relevant. Times change.

**UPDATE 7/9/09** I FILED A SMALL CLAIMS AGAINST MAP GUYS/ANDREW FRIEND AND WON DUE TO HIM NOT…read moreSHOWING UP. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS TO ANYONE OUT THERE. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME THEN AT LEAST FILE WITH BBB. THE MORE COMPLAINTS THE BBB GETS AGAINST THEM THEY CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. BUYER BEWARE! If you own a small business and The Map Guys call you to Advertise on their maps, be very very wary! They will accept your payment, cash your check then never print the maps!! They did this in Franklin, MA and claimed the maps would be available in hotels and the Franklin Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce has never even heard of them ! The Chamber gets their tourist maps produced by a company in PA. And Maps of Franklin have yet to be produced over a year later! They scammed me due to my own naivety, and I will never get my money back but instead I will make it my mission that I save someone else from falling for it. p.s. I personally use the word scam and not "falling on hard times" because they are STILL continuing to go town-to-town taking people's money and not producing a product and that IS premeditated. It's called Larceny under False pretenses.

Enjoy each issue. Always thorough and up to date. We look…read moreforward to finding out what is happening in our son's town. We especially enjoy the school and sports material.

From the owner: Providing a century of service to Northeast Middlesex & Essex Counties…read more Wakefield Daily Item est. 1894 North Reading Transcript est. 1956 Lynnfield Villager est. 1973 Melrose Weekly News est. 2005

Awesome local. Newspaper Great editor with great written stories....Maureen Doherty is the best !…read more The rest of the crew there do a nice job....They have been in business for years and cover the stories fairly and to the point. Great community newspaper every Thursday....