VillageSoup - VillageSoup is a Community Network business putting small communities online and in print. At VillageSoup, online users and print readers learn the news that informs the community, share the events and ideas that unite the community and shop the goods and services that sustain the community. Democracy-building shared experiences of community and commerce flourish via two distinct and interlaced media formats.

VillageSoup is the portal to community information and commerce. It is an efficient and effective way to learn of daily and weekly news in small communities like the Midcoast Maine centers of Rockland, Camden and Belfast. Businesses and service providers serve shoppers through traditional print and online advertising and through ever-expanding products and information stored online at VillageSoup.

Residents and others connected to the community from near and far rely on VillageSoup professional journalists, local citizen journalists and area businesses and organizations to learn timely news and information.

Community members share their news, information and ideas unfettered by VillageSoup professionals.

Business and service providers post timely information about hours, specials, featured products, services or complete inventories making it more convenient for community members to shop locally.

Viewing all sections of the site is free and unrestricted. Registration allows posting opinions and citizen journalist news.

Website subscription yields unlimited free archive services, notifications of breaking news and daily email delivery.

Newspaper subscription provides all website subscriber services as well as online access to featured print articles not otherwise online.

VillageSoup is dedicated to restoring high quality professional journalism to the hyper-local markets while at the same time opening avenues for citizen journalists. VillageSoup Times won state and regional awards of general excellence in its first year of publication and continues to do so.

VillageSoup uses new and creative applications for local businesses and service providers to both generate new revenue to support a level of journalism not otherwise possible while helping local establishments remain competitive with regional and national chains.

VillageSoup promotes itself to local, regional and national markets to assure maximizing opportunities for its business and service provider advertisers and data base contributors.

For news questions, e-mail news@villagesoup.com. For advertising questions, e-mail sales@villagesoup.com.