| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Leonard A. Weisbeck Jr |
| Editor | Leonard A. Weisbeck Jr |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Language | American English |
| Headquarters | 13448 Broadway St. Alden, Erie County, New York |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | appx. 3400 |
| Readership | Alden, Erie County |
| OCLC number | 25104817 |
| Website | aldenadvertisernews |
The Alden Advertiser is an American, English language newspaper serving Alden, Marilla, Darien and the surrounding communities of Erie County in New York. [1] . It paused publication on February 1, 2025. They are accepting serious inquiries regarding the purchase of the weekly newspaper.
Founded in 1914 as a weekly, [2] the paper has a circulation of approximately 3,400. [1] [3] Leonard A. Weisbeck Jr. is the owner and editor of the paper. [1]
The paper was founded as a weekly by J. Childs. [2] In 1917 the paper was bought by Leo Whitney, [4] [5] formerly of the Record. [6] Whitney would run it until 1929. [7]
In 1932 Joseph A Weisbeck took ownership of the paper. [8] He died in 1962 and turned the paper over to his son Leonard. [9] Weisbeck is former head of the Western New York Publishers Association. [10]