Local Talk is the fastest growing weekly newspaper in Essex  County. We started
our newspaper  in  November  2000  as  a  monthly  newspaper  publishing  5,000
newspapers  a  month. On  February  22,  2001  we  published  our  first   weekly
newspaper with 5,000 copies a week. Our  readership is now over  30,000 weekly.
Our  long  term  goal is to publish  50,000  copies  a  week  with  a  readership of
100,000 weekly. We distribute our newspapers  at Newark, East Orange, Orange,
West Orange, South Orange, Irvington, Maplewood, Bloomfield, Montclair and the
surrounding area.

We   publish   our   paper   every   Wednesday   of   the  week  and  the  deadline
for  advertisement  is  Monday  at  noon  and  Friday   Noon  for  the  articles  and
community calendar.