With its five separate villages ( Clayton, Hartsville, Mill River, New Marlborough, and Southfield) and its miles of rural roads, New Marlborough has long presented a vexing communication disconnect for its citizenry. The New Marlborough 5 Village News was conceived to meet that challenge in the form of a free monthly newspaper.

In May 2000, the first issue arrived in the mailboxes of every single resident — subsequent issues have followed faithfully every month since. The immediate goal of the New Marlborough 5 Village News is to bring news and items of upcoming interest or importance to the attention of our population, from one end of this decentralized town to the other.  The broader, more long-term goal is to foster a greater sense of community and civic participation among the residents of New Marlborough. The 5 Village News is written, edited, and designed by volunteers; it is supported by the generosity of its readers.

Now, with the creation of the New Marlborough 5 Village News website, we are able to offer the current edition digitally and provide access to all back issues dating from January 2013. The website also makes it easier than ever to correspond with the paper: to send us letters, story ideas, photographs, and, yes, the contributions that enable us to continue to publish the paper and maker it available to every resident of New Marlborough.

NM5VN Editorial Team: Martha Bryan, Jane Burke, Larry Burke, Kenzie Fields, Robbi Hartt, Zoë Kogan, Barbara Lowman, Joe Poindexter, Jodi Rothe, Barry Shapiro, Marjorie Shapiro, Rachel Perera Weigeist      

Contributing Writers and Artists: Shawn Fields, Ann Getsinger, Isabella Kemp, Fiona Kerr, Steven Nester, Ellen Sweet, Tara White

Designer: Diane Barth

Index: Donna Weaver