The Baltimore Sun

From www.mondotimes.com:

"Harford County Weekender is a weekly newspaper in Bel Air, Maryland, USA covering local news, sports, business, politics and community events."

"Founded in 1985, the Weekender is distributed free of charge in five different editions. The editions are North Bay (serving Aberdeen, Havre de Grace, Perryman, Perryville and Port Deposit), South Bay (serving Belcamp, Edgewood and Joppa), East (serving Abingdon, Bel Air and Churchville), West (serving Bel Air, Benson, Fallston and Forest Hill) and North (serving northern Harford communities)."

"This newspaper is owned by Homestead Publishing Co."

Actually, the Harford County Weekender is published by the Bel Air Aegis (Harford Co., MD) which, in turn, is published/printed by the Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD and surrounding counties).

This is a throw-away newsprint paper that has suddenly started to appear (again) on my lawn overnight. It runs to about 8 half-pages and 2, maybe 3, inserts. No real news and no real ads. Essentially, it is unrequested litter.

Want to stop it?

There are 2 phone numbers, in large print, on the upper right corner of the first page that are supposed to be for the newspaper and ads.

The first number, *******400, has been disconnected!

The second number, *******710, goes to a probable robo-operator whose sole purpose is to push a Medical Alert promotion (a.k.a. SCAM!). The script exactly matches the one used in illegal telemarketing calls.

After a deep dive, I could only access The Baltimore Sun customer service (sic) line which is manned by Filipinos with a minimal knowledge of English and no way to reach a person in the United States. I stopped The Baltimore Sun home delivery over 4 years ago because it was unreliable and the papers were constantly wet. The Sun claimed they had no control over the delivery guy (even though they were paying him).

I requested my name/address be removed. I doubt that will happen.