The Valley Breeze & Observer

In February, 2006, The Valley Breeze purchased the Burgess family’s 50-year-old Observer paid weekly newspaper of Smithfield, R.I. and the North Star free weekly of North Providence, R.I. Both communities are adjacent to our primary market. The Observer was converted to a free newspaper in March 2006. What was once a paid circulation of 3,000 is now free distribution of more than 12,000 papers.