**Exhibit10.25**

**SECONDAMENDMENTTO THEEMPLOYMENT AND NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT**

The Dingley Press,Inc. (the “Employer”), Christopher A. Pierce (the “Employee”), and, solely forpurposes of Section 4, The Sheridan Group, Inc. (“Sheridan”) wish to amend the Employee’sEmployment and Non-Competition Agreement (the “Employment Agreement”), datedMay 25, 2004 and subsequently amended effective April 1, 2006, to bring theAgreement into compliance with the requirements of Internal Revenue Codesection 409A and the Treasury Regulations and other authoritative guidanceissued under that section.

Accordingly,effective April 1, 2007, the Employment Agreement is amended as follows:

1.             The final sentence of Section 4(b)is amended to read:  “In accordance withapplicable Federal law, the Incentive Bonus, if any, will be paid by the March15 following the fiscal year during which the Employee becomes vested in his orher Incentive Bonus.”

2.             The first phrase in Section 6(e)(i)(A) is amended to read: “severance payments, in accordance with the Employer’spayroll practices in existence on the date of Separation from Service at anannual rate equal to the sum of.”

3.             Section 6(e) (i) is amended byadding the following sentences to the end of that Section:  “No payment will be made under this Section6(e) unless the Employee experiences a Separation from Service (as definedbelow).  Once payments commence underSection 6(e) (i) (A), there shall be no changes made to the payment schedule.  Any reimbursements paid under Section 6(e)(i) (C) shall be paid by the December 31 of the second calendar year followingthe year in which the Employee experiences a Separation from Service.”

4.             A new Section 6(e) (iv) is added asfollows:

“(iv)        The Employee experiences a “Separationfrom Service” if the Employee dies, retires, or otherwise has a termination ofemployment with the Employer, within the meaning of Internal Revenue Codesection 409A.  A “Separation from Service”shall occur if the Employee ceases to perform significant services for theEmployer (for example, if the annual level of services and remuneration arereduced to less than twenty percent (20%) [or less than fifty percent (50%), ifthe Employee becomes an independent contractor] of average prior levels,  based on the last three full calendar yearsof employment (or the actual employment period, if shorter).

A “Separation fromService” shall not occur if the Employee is on military leave, sick leave, orother bona fide leave of absence, if the period of such leave does not exceedsix months, or if longer, so long as the Employee’s right to reemployment withthe Employer is provided either by statute or by contract. If the period ofleave exceeds six months and the Employee’s right to reemployment is notprovided either by statute or by contract, a “Separation from Service” isdeemed to occur on the first date immediately following such six-month period.”

In all otherrespects, the Employment Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

**INWITNESS WHEREOF**, the parties have caused this Amendment to beduly executed, effective as specified herein.
|        | ** ** | **THE  SHERIDAN GROUP, INC.**          |
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|   | By:        |  /s/ John A. Saxton               |   |
|   |       | John A. Saxton                         |
|   |       | President and  Chief Executive Officer |
|   |       |                                   |
|   |       |                                   |
|   |       |                                   |   /s/  Christopher A. Pierce |   |
|   |       |                                   |   Christopher  A. Pierce |
|   |       |                                   |   March  29, 2007 |
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