The Fenway News, Boston’s oldest nonprofit community newspaper, is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, which it will mark with a large event in the fall.

The Fenway News reports on the Fenway, Kenmore, Mission Hill and Audubon Circle neighborhoods. It publishes an eight page issue monthly, which readers can find in print and online.

Because the paper is run by volunteers, publishing each issue is a team effort, according to Ruth Khowais, president of the newspaper’s Board of Directors. The paper’s editor and twelve board members each take on a variety of responsibilities.

“We write stories. We take photographs.

We do proofreading. We deliver the paper. We all take on quite a few roles,” Khowais said.

Khowais has worked on the paper for over twenty years. She said she has especially enjoyed writing about the Fenway’s art scene, like when she wrote about “Turner’s Modern World,” an exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts.

“I’ve lived in the Fenway for quite a long time. I’m involved with a number of different organizations in the same way, so it was a logical choice to get involved with the paper,” Khowais said. “Plus, I’ve done some freelance journalism, so I have some background in that.”

Khowais said that The Fenway News was one of more than a dozen community newspapers founded in 1974, though it’s the only one still publishing. Its founders wanted to spread information to the Fenway’s residents, who were watching urban renewal projects unfold across their neighborhood.

Nowadays, the paper specializes in investigative reporting, Khowais said. And though it publishes on a variety of topics, from local politics to the arts, it has a particular focus on development.

“We always get a lot of feedback from readers that they really like the paper because we go in-depth in our stories. We don’t have any fluff,” she said. “We focus on hyperlocal issues that wouldn’t be covered by major newspapers.”

Khowais said that, over the past two decades, one of her favorite memories was the paper’s fortieth anniversary. She and her team celebrated the milestone at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

The paper plans to hold a similar celebration for its fiftieth year, though Khowais said that the event is still in the planning stages.

“We'll probably do some small events during the course of the year and then have one big event in the fall,” she said.

The paper is also thinking about featuring stories from past issues in its upcoming editions, and it is also working with Northeastern University to digitize all of its issues over the past five decades.

Khowais added that, throughout its fiftieth year and beyond, The Fenway News will continue publishing a paper that its team is proud of.

“The people involved with The Fenway News are very dedicated, and we really love our community newspaper,” she said.