Bulletin Readers,

On Aug. 1, 2024, we are changing how the Amherst Bulletin is distributed. Effective with the Aug. 1 edition, the Bulletin will be available weekly for free pickup at nearly 60 locations throughout Amherst, Belchertown, Hadley, Hatfield, South Deerfield and Sunderland. With this increased availability in the area, we will no longer be using the mail to deliver the Bulletin. A full list of pickup locations will be available Aug. 1 on amherstbulletin.com.

Over the years, the Bulletin has continually changed its distribution model, moving from news racks throughout the market, to the mail, to Gazette subscribers receiving it with their home delivery, and most recently to a mix of mail and pickup locations in Amherst and Hadley. With the rising costs of the mail, we feel it is more prudent to invest our resources in newsgathering rather than the distribution of a free product.

Over 95% of the content in each week’s Bulletin was previously published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, so please consider our special discounted offer to subscribe to a home-delivered or digital subscription of the Gazette and enjoy the convenience of having the news from throughout Hampshire County delivered right to your home each day.

If you have questions or wish to subscribe to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, please contact customer service at (413) 586-1925 or circulation@gazettenet.com.

And thanks for reading.

— Shawn Palmer, Publisher