Towncrier — public notices, on your phone.
For centuries, the town crier walked the square so everyone heard the news that affected them. Towncrier does the same job for the modern square: it brings your community's public notices to the device you actually look at — searchable, timely, and free to read.
What it is
One place for notices
Public notices — hearings, ordinances, sheriff sales, bids, meetings, and the other announcements communities are required to publish — collected in one app instead of scattered across newspaper pages and websites.
Free for readers
Download the app, pick the places you care about, and read. No paywall between you and the civic information that affects your street, your taxes, and your town.
Digital publishing
Organizations that need to get notices in front of the public can publish them digitally — dated, archived, and readable the moment they go up.
What it's about
Public notices exist so that no decision that affects a community happens quietly. But the place they've traditionally lived — the classified pages of printed newspapers — is a place fewer people see every year. The notices didn't stop mattering; the delivery stopped working.
Towncrier is about closing that gap. It treats public notices as what they are — information residents have a right to see — and delivers them the way people actually consume information today: on their phones, organized, and searchable. The obligation to publish stays satisfied; the public actually gets notified.
Don't see your town on here?
Towncrier only works when your town is in it — so ask for it. Contact your local town and tell them you want your public notices in Towncrier. They can get started at gettowncrier.com.
Questions, publishing, or getting your town on board? It all starts at gettowncrier.com — and the app is live on both stores right now, so download it and have a look.