As a co-founder and managing editor of The Bedford Citizen (TBC), I designed our first site using a WordPress.com theme. Six months later we utilized professional help to move to a self-hosted WordPress site. I am currently exploring an update from our current “river of news” to a fuller magazine-type layout using PageLines’ drag-and-drop editor.
In addition to The Bedford Citizen, I manage http://carlislecenterpark.org/ and http://plantfair.wordpress.com/ using a dated WordPress.com theme, Misty Look, that continues to serve both audiences well.