Where we are

At present, Town Media Community Communications publishes The Branchburg News and The Readington News, two monthly newspapers in the neighboring Central New Jersey townships of Branchburg and Readington. At mid-decade, estimated populations were Branchburg in Somerset County, 15,002; and Readington in Hunterdon County, 16,295. Both counties are on the Forbes list of America's "20 highest-income counties by median household income (2006)."

Main contact info

If you don't have specific contact info for various ad managers, editors, etc., you can reach us at:

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908-526-9393

Creative Resources/Town Media, P.O. Box 5351, Branchburg, NJ 08876

FAX: 908-526-5558

Who we are

Town Media is the community newspaper arm of Creative Resources, a writing and creative services company founded in 1990. Town Media is built on the extensive newspaper backgrounds of Bill Haduch and Monita Casey, a husband and wife team whose families have worked in the daily newspaper business since the 1950s. Early on, Monita and Bill gained personal appreciations for the reasons people love community newspapers, and both went on to earn journalism and writing degrees and write for daily newspapers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. They also wrote for advertising and public relations agencies and departments at corporations and universities. In Oct. 2001 they founded The Branchburg News, and in April 2005 they foundedThe Readington News. (Salutes to Bill Amerman, a Branchburg historian, for his early encouragement, and to Jean Danyluk of Tex's Liquors, who bought the first ad in the first issue of The Branchburg News.)

 What we do

Town Media offers information about services through advertising, and provides an unmatched sense of community by publishing news -- one township at a time. For example, 99 percent of the articles in the Branchburg News are about Branchburg kids, families, senior citizens, sports teams, businesses, municipal government, schools, real estate—all the things that make Branchburg a community. It’s real hometown news and it finds a natural, enthusiastic audience. We don't waste our readers' time with articles about unknown kids from 20 miles away winning a soccer championship. As a result, the reader comments we hear most often are: “We read it cover to cover!” and “We keep it around all month!” That’s just what advertisers want to hear, and that's why we are grateful to serve about 250 advertising accounts for our two towns. (THANK YOU ADVERTISERS!)

The future

While the newspaper industry struggles to develop "media platforms" and transitions from the printing press to the internet, Town Media believes there will always be a place for printed newspapers that have a town's name in the title. At the same time we are dedicated to placing our newspapers and advertising on the web. We believe our approach and proven formula can work in a wide variety of settings, and we would like to discuss franchise opportunities with journalists and business people who might be interested in setting up their own community papers.  If you love your town, have a sense of community, and have an interest in newspapers, please contact Bill Haduch, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 Remembering the past

“Back in the 60s, community news was very big in my hometown in Pennsylvania. People would line up at the newsstand at 9:30 pm to get “The Blue Streak”—the first edition of the next morning’s Scranton Tribune. On Sundays, my dad (a printer at the Scranton Times) always bought three local papers, and if we went to an amusement park, he and my uncle would spend the day in the picnic grove reading and talking, all the papers spread out in front of them. It left a big impression on me -- people love to read about the people they know and the places they go. This was a time when newspapers weren’t afraid to have the name of a town in their title. We're trying to bring back a touch of that spirit with our little newspapers -- one town at a time.”    —Bill Haduch, Publisher, Town Media