Country News Club, Inc., Portland News Club, Inc., and Lakes Region News Club, Inc., are private companies that publish community newspapers in northern New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

 and Greater Portland, Maine

Portland, Maine

Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...

 and western Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

, USA.

Country News Club was founded in 1989 by Mark Guerringue and Adam Hirshan, the original (and still current) publisher and editor of The Conway Daily Sun. The company later expanded by starting The Berlin Daily Sun

The Berlin Daily Sun

The Berlin Daily Sun is a four-day free daily newspaper published in the city of Berlin, New Hampshire, U.S., covering "Berlin, Gorham and the North Country"....

, also a free tabloid daily newspaper in northern New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

, and The Northern Light

The Northern Light

The Northern Light is a weekly newspaper covering parts of three counties in western Maine. It is published by Country News Club, Inc., which also publishes The Conway Daily Sun of Conway, New Hampshire....

, a weekly newspaper

Weekly newspaper

A weekly newspaper is a general-news publication that is published on newsprint once or twice a week.Such newspapers tend to have smaller circulations than daily newspapers, and are usually based in less-populous communities or small, defined areas within large cities; often, they may cover a...

 covering western Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

.

Lakes Region

Lakes Region (New Hampshire)

The Lakes Region of New Hampshire is the mid-state region surrounding Lake Winnipesaukee, Winnisquam Lake, Squam Lake, and Newfound Lake.The area is a popular tourist destination in the summer time, with the activity peaking during the annual Motorcycle Week and races at Loudon's New Hampshire...

 News Club is a partnership between Guerringue, Hirsan and Edward J. Engler, who serves as editor and publisher of The Laconia Daily Sun

The Laconia Daily Sun

The Laconia Daily Sun is a six-day free morning daily newspaper published in the city of Laconia, New Hampshire, USA, covering the Lakes Region....

.

Portland News Club is a partnership between Guerringe, Hirsan, and Curtis Robinson (originally of Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

), who serves as editor and publisher of The Portland Daily Sun. It was launched in February 2009.

Although each of the titles has its own news office, all five News Club publications are printed at Country News Club's North Conway

North Conway, New Hampshire

North Conway is a census-designated place in eastern Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,349 at the 2010 census. A year-round resort area, North Conway is the largest village within the town of Conway, which is bounded on the east by the Maine state line. The White...

printing plant.