Rock Valley Publishing purchases newspapers from E.A. MacKay Enterprises
Bonnie MacKay, publisher of the Lombardian and Villa Park Review newspapers, announced the sale of the weekly newspapers to Rock Valley Publishing, located in Elmhurst. Rock Valley publishes The Independent Newspapers serving Elmhurst, Addison, Bensenville and Villa Park. The company also publishes 30 other newspapers serving Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin.
The Lombardian and the Villa Park Review have been serving area readers for more than 58 years. Ed and Lois MacKay founded the Lombardian newspaper in their home on West Madison in Lombard on April 1, 1959. Ed MacKay wanted to provide a Lombard newspaper for Lombard people. This still serves as the paper’s motto today. MacKay family members, including son Scott, have been operating the newspaper since Ed passed away in 1980.
Pete Cruger and Jack Cruger, owners of Rock Valley Publishing, will publish the newspapers out of the same location on Main Steet in Lombard. “We look forward to continuing the tradition of the MacKay family in publishing local, hometown newspapers for Lombard and Villa Park,” said publisher Pete Cruger.
