For more than 40 years the Foothills Trader has produced a high quality product with superior market coverage. The Foothills Trader is also a part of the Northwest Connecticut Newspaper Group. The Foothills Trader is in the Hartford & New Haven, CT DMA. The Foothills Trader offers ROP and insert advertising opportunities in its daily circulation. Echo Media has direct relationships with over 7,500 newspapers providing tremendous local coverage.