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                                  EXHIBIT 31.1
                                  CERTIFICATION

I, James A. Finkelstein, certify that:

       1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of News
       Communications, Inc.;

       2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
       statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
       to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
       such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
       covered by this quarterly report;

       3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
       information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all
       material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
       flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented
       in this report;

       4. The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I are
       responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
       procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for
       the small business issuer and have:

         (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
         disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
         supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small
         business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
         to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period
         in which this report is being prepared;

         (b) Omitted pursuant to SEC Release Nos. 33-8238 and 34-47986.

         (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's
         disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
         conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
         procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on
         such evaluation; and

         (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's
         internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the
         small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially
         affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small
         business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.

       5. The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I have
       disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
       financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the
       audit committee of the small business issuer's board of directors (or
       persons performing the equivalent functions):

       (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
       operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
       reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer's ability
       to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

       (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
       employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer's
       internal control over financial reporting.

       Date: May 20, 2005

/s/  James A. Finkelstein
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James A. Finkelstein
President and Chief Executive Officer