Advertising placed in The Laurel Group hometown newspapers will not get lost. The traditional blend of community news and features attract local readers.These weekly papers are not just scanned - they are read thoroughly. Readers look forward to reading their hometown paper. Hometown people gobble up hometown news - birthdays, anniversaries, school menus, meeting reports, weddings, engagements and local sports including boys and girls little league results. The Laurel Newspaper Group is fulfilling the need of local folks - to be informed abut their community, their friends and neighbors and their children's friends. Local people consider the wedding or anniversary of a friend or relative more important than events making national headlines.Laurel Group believes in the weekly newspaper industry, believes in the communities it serves and believes in its local employees who produce the quality publications of the Laurel Group. The Laurel Newspaper Group includes the following: The Mount Pleasant Journal the flagship paper serving the Greater Mount Pleasant Area for 134 years. The Scottdale Independent-Observer in Scottdale, another anchor in the Laurel Group, 128-years-old. The Ligonier Echo covers the economically stable Ligonier Valley, published for 118 years. The West Newton Times-Sun has served the West Newton Area for 128 years. The Jeannette Spirit launched to fill the vacuum in community news coverage, the youngest member of this group, Published for 24 years in the Jeannette area. The Laurel Newspaper Group is in the Pittsburgh, PA DMA. The Laurel Group offers ROP and insert advertising opportunities in its daily circulation. Echo Media has direct relationships with over 7,500 newspapers providing tremendous local coverage.