The Advocate (Fairhaven)

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The Advocate
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner Hathaway Publishing
FounderGil Vieira
Founded1979
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Website advocate.southcoasttoday.com

The Fairhaven Advocate is a community newspaper serving the communities of Acushnet, Massachusetts and Fairhaven, Massachusetts, United States. Introduced in 1979, it was later operated by local newspaper company Hathaway Publishing, owned by Local Media Group.

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History

In 1979, Gil Vieira first began publishing The Advocate, a weekly newspaper dedicated to the interests of Fairhaven.

Dana Reeves was editor in the mid-1980s. [1]

In the quarter century that has passed since the newspaper first hit stands, the publication grew to cover the town of Acushnet in addition to Fairhaven. Since the late 1990s The Advocate has been printed by Hathaway Publishing, now a division of South Coast Media Group.

As of 1997, it had a circulation of 2,200. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Video Look Back: The Unitarian Church Bell Ringer". SouthCoast TODAY. March 31, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
  2. ↑ "1997 nondaily newspaper sales". Editor & Publisher. Vol. 131, no. 1. 1998. p. 33. Retrieved May 18, 2024– via EBSCOHost.


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