Villager (Saint Paul, Minnesota)

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Villager
TypeTwice monthly newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s)Villager Communications Inc.
PublisherMichael Mischke
PresidentJohn Rauch
Founded1953
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters7757 Snelling Ave. S.
St. Paul, MN 55116
City Saint Paul
CountryUnited States
Circulation 60,000
Website myvillager.com

The Villager, formerly the Highland Villager, is a Saint Paul, Minnesota newspaper. It was founded by Barry Prichard and Arnold Hed in 1953 as the Highland Villager, after Saint Paul's Highland Park neighborhood, and is the Twin Cities' oldest community newspaper. It was the first paper to be distributed in both Minneapolis and Saint Paul. [1] In 2007, it absorbed a sister paper, Avenues (which had been called Grand Gazette till 2003). [2]

As of 2021, the Villager circulates in the Saint Paul neighborhoods of Highland Park, Macalester–Groveland, Merriam Park, Snelling–Hamline, Lexington–Hamline, Summit–University, Summit Hill, West 7th/Fort Road, and Downtown; the Minneapolis neighborhoods of Hiawatha and Minnehaha; and suburban Mendota, Mendota Heights, and Lilydale. [3]

The Villager is published twice a month on Tuesday evenings. It reports a readership of 90,000. [4] The newspaper used to be unavailable online [5] but now its website has digital copies of current editions as well as an archive that subscribers may peruse.

References

  1. "A brief 65 year history of the Villager". Villager. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "A brief, 59-year history of the Villager". Villager. Archived from the original on March 6, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  3. "2012 Media Kit" (PDF). Villager. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 12, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  4. "2021 Villager Advertising Media Kit". Villager.
  5. Brauer, David (June 23, 2009). "If you don't go online, others will do it for you". MinnPost. Retrieved March 5, 2012.

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