 In 1994, Capital Cities announced it would sell all 74 of its newspapers in New England, including the Mariner chain.Fidelity, always considered a strong contender to buy Mariner, bought another large suburban chain of weeklies, News-Transcript Group, in late 1994, fueling speculation that a deal for Mariner was close behind.At the same time, "The Boston Globe" was said to be interested in buying the South Shore weeklies.