List of newspapers in Connecticut
Appearance
This is a list of newspapers in Connecticut.
Daily newspapers (currently published)
- CTNewsJunkie – Hartford
- The Advocate – Stamford
- The Bristol Press – Bristol
- The Bulletin – Norwich
- The Chronicle – Willimantic
- Connecticut Examiner[1] – Old Lyme
- Connecticut Inside Investigator[2] – Hartford
- Connecticut Post – Bridgeport
- The Day – New London
- Fairfield County CT Inquirer – Norwalk
- Greenwich Time – Greenwich
- Hartford Courant – Hartford
- New Britain Herald – New Britain
- The Hour – Norwalk
- Journal Inquirer – Manchester
- The Middletown Press – Middletown
- New Haven Register – New Haven
- The News-Times – Danbury
- Record-Journal – Meriden
- The Register Citizen – Torrington
- Republican-American – Waterbury
Weekly newspapers (currently published)
- Afroasia Newspaper – Stamford
- Amity Observer – Amity
- The Bethel Community Gazette – Bethel
- The Bloomfield Messenger – Bloomfield
- The Branford Review – Guilford
- The Brookfield Community Gazette – Brookfield
- The Brookfield Journal – New Milford
- The Cheshire Herald – Cheshire
- The Chronicle Weekly – Willimantic
- The Commercial Record – South Windsor
- The Connecticut Mirror – Hartford
- The Darien Times – Darien
- Darien News-Review – Darien
- East Hartford Gazette – East Hartford
- East Haddam News – East Haddam
- The Easton Community Gazette – Easton
- Fairfield Citizen-News – Fairfield
- Glastonbury Citizen – Glastonbury
- Haddam-Killingworth News – Haddam, Killingworth[3]
- Herald Press, 1996 – present[4]
- Huntington Herald – Shelton
- Inquirer Group – Hartford
- Jewish Ledger – West Hartford
- Kent Good Times Dispatch – Kent
- Killingly Villager – Killingly
- The Lakeville Journal – Lakeville
- Litchfield Enquirer – Litchfield
- The Monroe Community Gazette – Monroe
- Monroe Courier – Monroe
- Mystic River Press – Mystic
- The New Canaan News – New Canaan
- New Haven Advocate – New Haven
- New Milford Times – New Milford
- Newington Town Crier – Bristol
- The Newtown Bee – Newtown
- The Newtown Community Gazette – Newtown
- North Haven Citizen – North Haven
- Northend Agents – Hartford
- Pictorial-Gazette – Guilford
- Putnam Villager – Putnam, Connecticut
- The Redding Community Gazette – Redding
- The Redding Pilot – Redding
- Reminder News – Vernon
- The Ridgefield Community Gazette – Ridgefield
- The Ridgefield Press – Ridgefield
- Shoreline Times – Guilford
- Sol, El – Stamford
- The Sound – Madison
- Thomaston Express – Thomaston
- Thompson Villager – Thompson, Connecticut
- Town Times – Durham and Middlefield
- Town Times – Watertown
- Town Tribune – New Fairfield
- Tribuna (a.k.a. La Tribuna, "The Tribune") – Danbury
- Trumbull Times – Shelton
- Valley News – Bristol
- Voices and Voices Weekender – Southbury
- West Hartford News – Bristol
- The Weston Forum – Weston
- The Windsor Locks Journal Weekly – Windsor Locks
- The Windsor Journal Weekly – Windsor
- Westport Minuteman – Westport
- Westport News – Westport
- The Wilton Bulletin – Wilton
- Winsted Citizen – Winsted
- Windsor Journal – Bristol
- Windsor Locks Journal – Bristol
- Woodstock Villager – Woodstock, Connecticut
University newspapers
- The Campus Lantern – Eastern Connecticut State University (Willimantic)
- Charger Bulletin – University of New Haven (West Haven)
- The Daily Campus – UConn. (Storrs)
- The Echo – Western Connecticut State University (Danbury)
- Fairfield Mirror – Fairfield University (Fairfield)
- The Hartford Informer – University of Hartford (West Hartford)
- Wesleyan Argus – Wesleyan University (Middletown)
- Yale Daily News – Yale (New Haven)
- The Southern News – Southern Connecticut State University (New Haven)
- The Spectrum – Sacred Heart University (Fairfield)
- The Recorder – Central Connecticut State University (New Britain)
Defunct
- American Sentinel, including 1823-1826, weekly[4]
- Bridgeport Evening Farmer (1866–1917)[5]
- Connecticut Spectator, including May 1814 - December 1814, weekly[4]
- The Constitution, former weekly newspaper, including during 1842-1884[4][6]
- The Daily Herald, former daily newspaper[6]
- Evening Press, including 1918-1919, daily ex. Sun.[4]
- Fairfield Minuteman, closed 2017
- Farmington Valley Herald [7]
- The Hartford Times (1817–1976)[8]
- Manchester Herald [9]
- The Meriden Journal [10]
- Middlesex Gazette, including 1790-1834 (with gaps), weekly[4]
- Middletown Daily Constitution, including 1872-1876, daily ex. Sun.[4]
- Middletown Daily Sentinel, including January 1876 - June 1876, daily ex. Sun.[4]
- Middletown Sun, including 1908-1914, daily ex. Sun.[4]
- The Middletown Times, daily newspaper in Middletown during 1913-1914[6] or during 1914-January 1915[4]
- The Middletown Tribune, Republican newspaper in Middletown, Connecticut including 1893-1906, daily ex. Sun[6][4]
- News and Advertiser, including 1851-1854, weekly[4]
- Penny Press, including 1884-1939, daily ex. Sun.[4]
- The Sentinel and Witness, former weekly newspaper, including 1869-1884[4][6]
- Regional Standard – Guilford
- Waterbury Democrat [11]
- Winsted Evening Citizen [12]
Danbury
Newspapers published in Danbury, Connecticut:
- Farmers Chronicle, W., June 17, 1793 - Sept. 19, 1796[13]
- Farmer's Journal, W., March 18, 1790 – June 3, 1793[13]
Fairfield
Newspapers published in Fairfield, Connecticut:
- Fairfield Gazette, W., July 13, 1786-Feb. (?), 1787[13]
- Fairfield Gazette, Or The Independent Intelligencer, W., Feb. 15 (?), 1787-Aug. (?), 1787[13]
Hartford
Newspapers published in Hartford, Connecticut:
- American Mercury, W., July 12, 1784-June 25, 1833[13]
- The Connecticut Courant, W., Oct. 29, 1764-May 31, 1774; Feb. 17, May 5, 12, 1778; Mar. 21, 1791-Dec. 29, 1800+[13][14]
- The Connecticut Courant, And Hartford Weekly Intelligencer, W., June 7, 1774-Feb. 10, 1778[13]
- The Connecticut Courant And The Weekly Intelligencer, W., Feb. 24, 1778-Mar. 14, 1791[13]
- The Freeman's Chronicle, Or The American Advertiser, W., Sept. 1, 1783-July 8, 1784[13]
- Hartford Gazette, S.W., W., Jan. 13, 1794-Mar. 19, 1795[13]
Litchfield
Newspapers published in Litchfield, Connecticut:
- Collier's Litchfield Weekly Monitor, W., Jan. 7-June 16, 1788[13]
- The Farmer's Monitor, W., Mar. 5-Dec. 31, 1800+[13]
- Litchfield-County Monitor, W., Dec. 11, 1790-Jan. 3, 1791[13]
- Litchfield Monitor, W., Jan. 10, 1791-Jan. 4, 1792; Aug. 27, 1794-June 3, 1795[13]
- Litchfield Monitor And Agricultural Register, W., June 10, 1795 – May 11, 1796[13]
- The Litchfield Weekly Monitor, June 23, 1788[13]
- The Monitor, W., Jan. 11, 1792-Aug. 20, 1794; Feb. 28, 1798-Feb. 26, 1800+[13]
- Weekly Monitor, W., Mar. Or April 1785-Nov. 28, 1786; June 11-Dec. 31, 1787; June 30, 1788-May 11, 1789; Nov. 17, 1789-Dec. 4, 1790; May 18, 1796-Feb. 21, 1798[13]
- Weekly Monitor And American Advertiser, W., Dec. 21, 1784-Mar. 1785[13]
- Weekly Monitor And Litchfield Town And County Recorder, W., Dec. 5, 1786-June 4, 1787[13]
- Weekly Monitor And The Litchfield Advertiser, W., May 18 - June 8, 1789[13]
Middletown
Newspapers published in Middletown, Connecticut:
- The Middlesex Gazette, W., Nov. 8, 1785-Oct. 29, 1787; Mar. 3, 1792-Dec. 26, 1800+[13]
- The Middlesex Gazette, Or Federal Adviser, W., Nov. 5, 1787-Feb. 25, 1792[13]
New Haven
Newspapers published in New Haven, Connecticut:
- The Connecticut Gazette, W., July 5, 1765-Feb. 19, 1768[13]
- Connecticut Gazette, With The Freshest Advices Foreign And Domestick, W., Apr. 12, 1755-Apr. 14, 1764[13]
- The Connecticut Journal, W., Sept. 13, 1775-Jan. 3, 1799; Apr. 4, 1799-Dec. 31, 1800+[13]
- The Connecticut Journal, And New-Haven Post-Boy, W., Oct. 23, 1767-Sept. 6, 1775[13]
- Connecticut Journal And Weekly Advertiser, W., Jan. 10- Mar. 28, 1799[13]
- The New-Haven Chronicle, W., Apr. 18, 1786-Sept. 11, 1787[13]
- New-Haven Gazette, W., May 13, 1784-Feb. 9, 1786[13]
- The New-Haven Gazette, W., Jan. 5-June 29, 1791[13]
- The New-Haven Gazette, And The Connecticut Magazine, W., Feb. 16, 1786-June 18, 1789[13]
New London
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Newspapers published in New London, Connecticut:
- The Bee, W., June 14, 1797-Dec. 31, 1800+[13]
- The Connecticut Gazette, W., May 11, 1787-Dec. 25, 1799[13]
- Connecticut Gazette, And The Commercial Intelligencer, W., Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1800+[13]
- Connecticut Gazette, And The Universal Intelligencer, W., Dec. 17, 1773-May 4, 1787[13]
- The New-London Advertiser, W., Mar. 2-Apr. 13, 1795[13]
- The New-London Gazette, W., Nov. 18, 1763-Dec. 10, 1773[13]
- The New-London Summary, W., sometime Between May 6 And 17, 1763-Sept 23, 1763[13]
- The New-London Summary, Or The Weekly Advertiser, W., Aug. 8, 1758-sometime between May 6 And June 10, 1763[13]
- Springer's Weekly Oracle, W., Oct. 21, 1797-Dec. 28, 1800+[13]
Newfield
Newspapers published in Newfield, Connecticut:
- American Telegraphe, W., Apr. 8, 1795-July 6, 1796; Apr. 5, 1797-Oct. 29, 1800[13]
- American Telegraphe, & Fairfield County Gazette, W., July 13, 17-Mar. 2, 1797[13]
Norwich
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Newspapers published in Norwich, Connecticut:
- Chelsea Courier, W., Nov. 30, 1796-May 24, 1798[13]
- The Courier, W., May 31, 1798-Mar. 15, 1800[13]
- The Oxford English Dictionary attests the first recorded use of the term "Hello" to The Courier in 1826.[15]
- The Norwich Packet, W., Dec. 29, 1777-June 1, 1779; June 9, 1791-Dec. 30, 1800+[13]
- The Norwich Packet; And The Connecticut, Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, And Rhode-Island Weekly Advertiser, W., Oct. 7, 1773-Dec. 22, 1777[13][16]
- The Norwich Packet And The Country Journal, W., Feb. 8, 1787-Sept. 24, 1790[13]
- The Norwich Packet And The Weekly Advertiser, W., June 8, 1779-Sept. 26, 1782[13]
- The Norwich Packet, Or The Chronicle Of Freedom, W., Oct. 30, 1783-Apr. 7, 1785[13]
- The Norwich-Packet, Or The Country Journal, W., Apr. 14, 1785-Feb. 1, 1787[13]
- Vox Populi Norwich Packet, W., Oct. 1, 1790-June 2, 1791[13]
- The Weekly Register, W., Nov. 29, 1791-Aug. 19, 1795[13]
Sharon
Newspapers published in Sharon, Connecticut:
- Rural Gazette, W. Mar. 31, 1800[13]
Stonington
Newspapers published in Stonington, Connecticut:
- Impartial Journal, W., Oct. 8 (?) 1799-Dec. 30, 1800+[13]
- Journal of the Times, W., Oct. 10, 1798-Sept. 17, 1799[13]
Windham
Newspapers published in Windham, Connecticut:
- The Phenix, Or Windham Herald, W., Mar. 12, 1791-Apr. 12, 1798[13]
- Windham Herald, W., Apr. 19, 1798-Dec. 26, 1800+[13]
See also
- List of newspapers in Connecticut in the 18th century
- List of radio stations in Connecticut
- List of television stations in Connecticut
- Adjoining states
- List of newspapers in Massachusetts
- List of newspapers in New York
- List of newspapers in Rhode Island
References
- ^ The Connecticut Examiner
- ^ Connecticut Inside Investigator
- ^ https://hk-now.com
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Local History: Middletown Room". Russell Library. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ^ "About The Bridgeport evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866–1917". Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Sammi Aibinder (November 17, 2014). "A Pressing Issue: Local Paper Embraces Modernity". Wesleyan Argus.
- ^ "Farmington Valley herald. [volume]".
- ^ "About The Hartford times. [volume] (Hartford, Conn.) 1883–1976 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-07-20. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "The Meriden Daily Journal (Meriden, Conn.) 1887–1953". Library of Congress.
- ^ "Waterbury Democrat. [volume]".
- ^ "Winsted evening citizen. [volume]".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf "Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress: Connecticut". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
- ^ E. Wilder Spaulding. The Connecticut Courant, a Representative Newspaper in the Eighteenth Century. The New England Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul., 1930), pp. 443-463
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary: hello, int. and n.
- ^ Brigham, Clarence S. (Oct 1913). "Bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820". Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. 23 (2): 247–403. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
Further reading
- Van Ness Ingram, John (1912). A Check List of American Eighteenth Century Newspapers in the Library of Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
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