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Old 06-16-2010, 04:15 PM
 
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What are some alternative newspapers in your area or state?

Here are examples of what I'm talking about: Syracuse New Times - The Central New York Alternative, Local Bands & Events Calendar - LATEST ARTICLES

Ithaca Times

Artvoice: Buffalo's #1 Newsweekly

Rochester NY News, Events, Restaurants, Music, Entertainment, Nightlife - Rochester City Newspaper

Metroland Online - The Alternative Newsweekly of New York's Capital Region

New York Press - the premier alternative weekly in New York City

Chronogram Magazine

Delaware & Hudson CANVAS: Your guide to live entertainment, visual arts and holistic living!

Life & Times of Utica - News - Top Story
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San Antonio Current
Austin News, Events, Restaurants, Music - AustinChronicle.com
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Old 06-16-2010, 08:06 PM
 
Location: Bayou City
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Houston Press. Great resource for all things arts and entertainment-related. Interesting cover stories too.

Houston News, Events, Restaurants, Music
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Old 06-17-2010, 05:22 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, USA
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City Paper publishes in a lot of cities. The Chicago and San Diego Readers are the largest free weeklies I've ever seen.
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Old 06-17-2010, 06:05 AM
 
Location: Terramaria
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With Google News searches, I hit lots of these types of papers, and Wikipedia provides a good list here:

List of alternative weekly newspapers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Many blogs on "main" newspapers online tend to blur the lines a bit between the mainstream and alternative from what I've seen.
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Old 06-17-2010, 01:37 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Willamette Week: Willamette Week : Portland News, Music, Movies, Events, Restaurants

Portland Mercury: Portland Mercury

Portland Tribune: Redirect

Just Out: Gay & Lesbian News Portland Oregon
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Old 06-17-2010, 01:59 PM
 
Location: Atlanta
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These are our main three in Atlanta:

Atlanta Events, Music, Atlanta Clubs, Atlanta Restaurants, News | Creative Loafing Atlanta

http://www.sundaypaper.com/

The GA Voice | Speaking Out
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Old 06-18-2010, 08:53 AM
 
Location: where my heart is
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NYC has tons, in all different languages, and some neighborhoods have their own:

AM New York (free and daily)
Metro NY (free and daily)
Village voice (free and weekly)
Bengali weekly
El Diario (spanish)
Yiddish weekly
Al-hoda (Arabic)
Haitian Times
The Irish echo
NY Seikatsu (Japanese)
Nowy Dziennik (Polish)
Impacto Latin news
Bay Currents
Catholic worker
The Chief
Columbia daily spectator
Crain's NY business
Empire state news
The Epoch times
Five towns Jewish times
Fordham observer
The forward (another Yiddish)
Gotham gazette
The Indypendent
The Jewish Press
The Jewish week
NY Amsterdam news
NY Daily news
NY observer
NY Post
NY press
NY Times
Newsday
The Pace press
Queens chronical
Queens teens voices
Queens tribune
Show business weekly
Staten island advance
Street news
The onion (a very weird newspaper)
The villager
Wall st journal
Washington square news
The wave of Long Island
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Old 06-18-2010, 08:58 AM
 
Location: Atlanta
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Crains New York Business, The New York Times, The New York Post, Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, Show Business Weekly? LOL!!!!

Hardly alternative papers at all, like the OP asked for.
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