The Times Record Publisher and Advertising Director Larry Hubner has announced his retirement.

Hubner, 60, has served in the position since November of 2012. Sample Media, owner of The Times Record, is conducting a national search for a replacement. April 10 will be Hubner’s last day as publisher.

“My wife and I have some exciting plans afoot, and I’ll announce those in a column next month, once the company decides on a replacement,” Hubner said this week.

Hubner has served in the newspaper industry since he was a news carrier at age 13. He most recently was publisher and advertising director for the Sentinel and Enterprise in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and was regional publisher for MediaNews in Carlsbad, New Mexico.

He has owned a small weekly newspaper in Wisconsin, served as executive editor for Press Publications in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, was a general manager for TV Guam on Guam, and was advertising director for the Daily Globe in Ironwood, Michigan. He started his career in the circulation department of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune.

“It’s been a great career, but it’s time to write the next chapter in my life,” he said. “The Mid-coast has a generous spirit and I’m grateful for the opportunity to have lived and worked here.”