The Westerly Sun

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The Westerly Sun
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Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Sun Publishing Company
PublisherJody Boucher
Founded1857
Headquarters100 Main Street Westerly, Rhode Island 02891
Website thewesterlysun.com

The Westerly Sun is a seven-day daily newspaper published in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States, covering portions of Washington County, Rhode Island, and New London County, Connecticut. The Sun is issued mornings 7 days a week. Until 1995, it published its Sunday edition in the afternoon, and was the only such paper to do so at that time. [1]

Contents

The Sun is the flagship publication of Sun Publishing Company, which also prints several free weekly newspapers in the area. Sun Publishing is itself a subsidiary of Southern RI Newspapers of Wakefield, RI.

Towns covered by The Sun include Charlestown, Hopkinton, Richmond, South Kingstown and Westerly, Rhode Island; and Groton, North Stonington and Stonington, Connecticut.

Prices

The Westerly Sun prices are: $1.50 daily, $3.00 Thursday and $3.00 Sunday "Weekend Edition".

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References

  1. Baker, Frank (2 April 1995). This fall, it will combine its Saturday/Sunday editions to a special "Weekend Edition" delivered on Saturday mornings, and it will switch from newspaper carrier to mail delivery.Sun Sets on Unique Sunday Newspaper Journalism, Los Angeles Times , Retrieved November 2, 2010