Welcome to The Gazette

The Gazette publishes weekly community newspapers serving Montgomery, Frederick and Prince George's counties in Maryland, including the subscription-based Gazette of Politics and Business, a weekend edition circulated throughout the state.

The Gazette also produces The Gazette Real Estate Guide in Frederick County, Md.

Part of the Community Newspaper Group of Post-Newsweek Media Inc., a division of The Washington Post Company, The Gazette has been publishing weekly newspapers in the Maryland suburbs since 1959. (Read our history.)

In 2007, for the 10th year in a row, a Gazette edition received a "Newspaper of the Year" award from Suburban Newspapers of America (SNA.)

As the local, hometown newspaper, The Gazette runs wedding, engagement and anniversary announcements free, making your neighbors more likely to find their names in our papers. Today, we reach about 1.5 million readers. This makes The Gazette a perfect vehicle for businesses of all sizes to reach customers, and potential customers

Our newspapers boast readership as high as 90 percent, and seven out of 10 people read the ads.* As a community newspaper, The Gazette delivers effective response for advertisers: Nearly half of the adults in the Washington area turn to community newspapers FIRST for shopping information.**

The Gazette's commitment to the communities we serve also encompasses contributions to more than 100 nonprofit organizations. We donate over $2 million annually in cash and advertising space to nonprofit community groups.

The Gazette also partners with its employees to donate labor hours to local groups. Gazette staffers mentor students on a weekly basis during the school year at Viers Mill Elementary School in Wheaton, dedicating over 500 hours annually to this cause alone.

Members of The Gazette community serve directly on local boards, board committees and commissions, including those of Strathmore, the Universities at Shady Grove, Leadership Montgomery, numerous Chambers of Commerce -- including The Frederick chamber, the Prince George's chamber and the Maryland Chamber of Commerce -- the Prince George's Educational Foundation, Olney Theatre, and many more.

The Gazette has received a "Workplace Excellence Award" from the Alliance for Workplace Excellence, which recognizes companies throughout the Washington, D.C., area, 10 years in a row.