REGIONAL – The Town Common newspaper welcomes Nate Allard, the former president of the Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to its team as a senior Newburyport and Salisbury advertising sales consultant.
Born in Newburyport and raised in Salisbury, Nate’s reach is much further than either of the two cities he knows so well. He has spent his career help businesses of all types succeed, working with businesses large and small find unique, creative ways to keep their name in the forefront of existing clients while reaching out for new clients to bring health to his client’s businesses.
In his advertising sales consultant role, Nate brings his proven focus of attention on select clients to maintain or achieve their highest goals. Call Nate at 978-270-5219.
He joins a proven team for the growing Town Common newspaper that includes Brenda Ernst and Jullian ‘Julz’ DeSantis.
Brenda has spent much of her time on the upper North Shore and Southern New Hampshire Coast helping banks, investment firms, pizza shops and other retailers, including unique game shops sustain and thrive over the ups and downs that businesses face through the sell cycles each year.
Rowley is a primary focus, but her talents and energy cannot be contained in one town. An avid hiker, dog walker, and traveler, Brenda is committed to supporting local businesses, people, activities and community. Brenda can be reached at 978-810-5078.
If your business is in Ipswich, Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland and Haverhill, you need to talk with Julz DeSantis about promoting your business throughout the North Shore. Julz joined the The Town Common advertising team earlier last year and brings a wealth of enthusiasm. She is eager to help local schools, repair shops, dog groomers, estate planners and specialty businesses find new clients. Call Julz 978-626-7443.
While other newspapers are shrinking in circulation, The Town Common enters 2026, its 22nd year, growing together with its advertisers.
The Town Common continues to buck the trend of many newspapers experiencing a decline in readership and advertising revenue because it remains free, adds more papers to its widespread distribution, provides a lively design delivering an unbiased coverage of our communities, from art classes to selectboard meetings, fire, police, and everything in between.
As our readers and advertisers tell us weekly, The Town Common is a fun, well-written paper, that keeps them connected to their communities in a way that social media doesn’t.
One of our advertisers volunteered: “If I advertise, I get customers, new and old coming in. They don’t say where they saw me, but they come. And I know when I don’t advertise, they tend to get busy or forget, then I advertise, and well, they’re back! So, I just let it roll and things do well.”
Another advertiser shared: “You know, if I only advertised here (in my city) then that’s all the customers I would reach. I find that advertising in a fun weekly paper that has some sticking power – sticks around – and spreads a large net around (the area) I get surprised when I get customers from all over.”
Our professional distributor places The Town Common in hundreds of locations – that’s only the beginning. We share the paper with hundreds of businesses, and now with our free wire racks, it appears at community centers and museums. We’ve added street boxes in Georgetown, Groveland, West Newbury, Rowley, Salisbury and have many more to deploy.
Pick up the paper each week on Wednesday. If your business wants one of our red boxes outside, or a wire rack inside, just let us know and we’ll be happy to share the paper each week at your location!
Contact one of our friendly sales reps or visit us at Advertise@
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