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August 2026
The Monocacy Monocle is the leading source of local news, features and local history for upper Montgomery County and Southern Frederick County.
Each issue of the Monocle reaches over 4,000 households.
If you’re trying to reach households and businesses in Buckeystown, Barnesville, Beallsville, Boyds, Clarksburg, Comus, Darnestown, Dickerson, Hyattstown, North Potomac, and Poolesville, then you should be advertising in the Monocacy Monocle.
More people read the Monocle from front to back than any other local newspaper. Ask anyone!
The Monocle is published by Monocacy Press, LLC
Rande Davis 301-509-9232
rdavis@monocacymonocle.com
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Pick up the Monocle at these locations…
Home delivery only to locations hosting a newspaper box. Newsstand locations usually have copies up to the first two weeks of initial distribution.
Best Locations :
- CVS- display kept full within first three weeks of distribution
- Dollar General – display kept full within first three weeks of distribution
- Limited supply available at:
- All area restaurants
- Churches
- Doctors’ offices
- Maggie Nightingale (Poolesville) Library
- All retail and shop locations