How to Submit a News Tip or Community Announcement to Dresden Enterprise

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Dresden Enterprise accepts community announcements and news submissions through the “Send us your news!” section of its website, which lists specific forms for anniversaries, births, birthdays, engagements, obituaries, weddings, letters to the editor, and general news reports. Use the form that matches your item; for anything that doesn’t fit those categories, choose “Report news.” The site also provides separate forms for delivery and subscription issues (change of address, delivery problems, vacation stops), which are service requests rather than news submissions.

What You Can Submit

The site’s submission menu organizes contributions into three groups.

Community announcements

  • Anniversary announcement
  • Birth announcement
  • Birthday announcement
  • Engagement announcement
  • Obituary announcement
  • Wedding announcement

Opinion and news

  • Letters to the editor
  • Report news (general news tips)

Subscription and delivery requests

  • Change of address
  • Delivery issues
  • Vacation stop

If your item is a milestone (a wedding, a birth, an obituary), pick the matching announcement form rather than the general news form. If you are flagging something the newsroom should look into—an event, a public issue, a local development—use “Report news.” If you want your opinion published, use “Letters to the editor.”

How to Submit

  1. Go to dresdenenterprise.com.
  2. Open the “Send us your news!” section from the site navigation.
  3. Select the form that matches your item from the list above.
  4. Fill in the form with the details of your announcement or tip and submit it.

The site does not publish a single universal submission form; the category you choose determines which form you complete. Expect the newsroom to review your submission before anything appears in print or online—submission is not the same as publication.

Common Snags

  • Login problems. The site notes that existing subscribers who cannot log in should use the “Click here” link to locate their subscription and set up online access. If that fails, the site directs readers to contact their local office or email [email protected]. This matters if a form requires you to be signed in.
  • Wrong form. A delivery complaint submitted as a news tip, or a wedding announcement sent through “Report news,” may be routed to the wrong place. Match the form to the purpose.
  • Paywall confusion. Some content sits behind subscription or “Web Extras” sections. Reading those pages may require an active subscription, but the submission forms themselves are listed as site navigation items—if a form asks you to log in and you can’t, use the access-help path above rather than assuming the form is broken.

What to Include in Your Submission

The site does not publish detailed content requirements for each form, so include the essentials a newsroom needs to verify and publish:

  • For announcements: full names, the event date, key details (for example, the couple’s names and wedding date, or the deceased’s name and service information), and a contact name, phone number, or email so staff can follow up.
  • For news tips: what happened, where, when, and who is involved, plus how you can be reached.
  • For letters to the editor: your name and town, as opinion pages typically require attribution.

Keep in mind that the site’s public pages do not state deadlines, word limits, photo requirements, or whether submissions are free or paid. If those details matter for your item—especially for obituaries and wedding announcements, which often carry specific formatting and timing needs—confirm with the local office before the event date rather than after.

A Practical Example

Suppose your church is holding a 50th anniversary celebration and you want it in the paper. You would open the site, go to “Send us your news!,” choose “Anniversary announcement,” and submit the names, date, location, and a contact person. If instead you noticed a road project starting in town and wanted the newsroom to cover it, you would choose “Report news” and describe what you saw, where, and when. Same section, different form—and the difference determines whether your item is treated as a milestone listing or a news lead.