There's an English newspaper resurgence in Montreal that includes a new paper in NDG, and a new edition for anglophones in Verdun and LaSalle.

When the NDG Monitor folded its weekly paper earlier this year, David Price saw an opportunity and jumped on it.

He is the publisher of the NDG Free Press, which is geared toward what he calls the neglected anglophone market.

"They have been neglected," said Price. "There is not a dedicated newspaper for just NDG. There are publications that touch on NDG and we're going to be the pure thing for the community."

David Goldberg is the paper's editor, and thinks he knows he has eliminated the problems that plagued the Monitor.

"[The NDG Free Press is] going to be delivered to homes by Canada Post, and to businesses by Canada Post. Distribution is really what sunk the Monitor," said Goldberg.

The paper will be put out twice a month to start., but the publisher hopes advertising and support will turn it into a weekly before long.

Residents like Kelly Symons are glad they are being served.

"I think there's a lot going on in NDG that people in NDG need to know about and I think it's good to have a newspaper just for that kind of thing," said Symons.

Suburban expanding

Meanwhile Quebec's largest weekly The Suburban plans to expand to Verdun, Nun's Island and LaSalle.

Editor-in-Chief Beryl Wajsman says editions focusing on those communities will start coming out next Wednesday.

"These were what Edward Murrow used to call the 1001 everyday hero stories and that's what we're going to try to reflect... to give them the importance and information they need," said Wajsman.

Wajsman's decision arose out of Transcontinental publishing's move early last month to cut out the English portion of Le Messager.

Joe Quinn of the Dawson Community Centre spearheaded the fight against Transontinental, which has restored one English page in this week's Messager.

"When Transcontinental pulled the pin on us, that was an insult to the anglophone community," said Quinn.

It's a start, says Quinn, and shows the English still have some clout.