The Queens County Advance is no more.
The newspaper that served Queens County since the 1800s will merge with Saltwire Network’s free community paper – the South Shore Breaker.
Saltwire made the announcement in this week’s newspaper.
Sources confirm one office staff member has lost their job and the office on Main Street in Liverpool will close.
The Liverpool Advance started in 1878 and was later renamed the Queens County Advance.
It was purchased from Transcontinental Media by the Chronicle Herald’s subsidiary company – Saltwire Network last April.
The final edition will publish June 27.
The move is a part of a larger merger and consolidation of several Saltwire newspapers, which include some layoffs.
Employees were notified of the changes in an email sent by the head of the company, Mark Lever.
Amherst News and The Citizen Record will merge to become one publication and change from a paid subscription model to a free community paper distributed to all residents of Cumberland County.
And The Truro Daily News and The News in New Glasgow will both shift from paid-for daily publications to paid-for weekly publications, starting July 5.
The Truro Daily will simply be known as the Truro News.
The internal email, obtained by the Halifax Examiner, confirms the changes.
“Although the model is changing, we remain as committed as ever to ensuring that our communities have access to local content. We have developed a solution that delivers daily local content and a weekly package of news, analysis and entertainment delivered to the doors of the people we serve,” reads the email.
Acadia News reached out to Saltwire staff for comment on these changes but did not hear back before publication.
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