Milton Independent

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Milton Independent
Type Weekly newspaper
Format digital
PublisherO'Rourke Media Group
Founded1993
Headquarters281 North Main Street, St. Albans, Vermont, United States
OCLC number 28874484
Website www.miltonindependent.com

The Milton Independent is a free weekly newspaper that is a part of O'Rourke Media Group. It covers news in the town of Milton in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States.

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History

The Independent was founded in 1993 by Lynn Delaney after she left Milton Matters along with 16 others in December 1992, when the Milton town leadership expressed a desire to review articles before they were published. [1] She had been contacted by Emerson Lynn about starting a new publication, and put out the first edition of the paper on February 18, 1993. [1] Delaney remained as editor of the Independent until her retirement in 2010. [1]

In January 2021, the paper ceased its weekly print publication and moved to only publish online. [2]

Circulation

The Milton Independent started with a circulation of around 4,200, which had increased to 6,300 by 2018. [3] [4]

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References

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