We are currently a subscriber to the New Haven Register and have been for 53 years. However, during the summer months of June, July and August, we sometimes cancel our subscription and then renew when we return to Hamden. We have never had a problem with the delivery service. The paper is bagged to protect it from the weather and is always early approximately 6:15 a.m. weekdays and a bit different on weekends.
Our problem is with the new edition and how it looks and the readability... font size,darkness of print. The paper looks like it's a faded gray print shade, not the dark black it used to be. Also, the font size is too small ... difficult to read even with my reading glasses impossible without them compared to older issues we are comparing with.
Also, in June, there were several columns that ended without finishing the story on a new page. How does that happen? I guess it’s not proofread very carefully. That never happened before with this newspaper. The quality and the appearance has deteriorated. The quantity news items has also suffered. We read the local section with obituary section each day. Also, the sports section, which has had a revision that is terrible. Why was that changed so much?
I thought that newspapers were trying to keep loyal customers. Sometimes it seems the opposite with the New Haven Register. Also, the public opinion page is now gone from page 2 why was that eliminated? It was corny but an interesting column to read. Sometimes we also need something funny to read.
I realize that times change for many reasons. It's just very difficult to enjoy reading your newspaper these days. Please help!
Tom Geirin
Hamden