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The Hamburg Sun is a weekly subscription-based newspaper that

Hamburg Sun
covers local news and sports in Erie County, New York, including in
Type Weekly newspaper
the towns of Hamburg, Eden, Evans, Brant and North Collins, as
Format Broadsheet
well as the villages of Angola, Farnham and Blasdell. It is published
Owner(s) Buffalo News
on Thursdays and had a circulation of 7,974 as of 2017.[1]
Publisher Brian Connolly
The Hamburg Sun is considered to be a newspaper of record for
Editor James Farrell
Erie County.[2]
Headquarters 5599 Camp Road. Hamburg
New York 14075, United States
History [ edit ] Circulation 7,974 Weekly

The Hamburg Sun was founded in 1875 as The Erie County OCLC 18680125
number
Independent by Alex Stolting and was published in Hamburg and
Website The Sun
Buffalo, New York.[3][4] The paper was sold to J. W. Constantine five
years later, then to Charles G. Miller in 1882.[5] Charles was
succeeded by his brother, Joseph B. Miller, as proprietor of the paper.[5]

In 1945, former employee Dick Allen purchased the Independent for $500 and changed the name to Hamburg
Sun.[6][7][8] Allen, a native of Hamburg, had been employed in newspaper and public relations in Chicago before
enlisting to fight in World War II.[7] On returning from the war he decided to settle down in his hometown, starting
his own Hamburg Sun publication before purchasing the Independent and merging the two papers.[7]

The Hamburg Sun ceased publication briefly in 2016 its corporate owner, Community Papers of Western New
York, claimed bankruptcy, two years after taking ownership from Metro News.[9][10]

The paper was put up for auction after the collapse. Since February 2017, it has been owned by The Buffalo
News, a subsidiary of Lee Enterprises.[11]

References [ edit ]

1. ^ "New York Press Association | Papers by County" (PDF). August 31, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
2. ^ "Erie County Legal Publications" (PDF). Erie Government. May 18, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
3. ^ "About Erie County independent" . Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Retrieved 11 October
2018.
4. ^ "DEPARTMENT HISTORY | Hamburg Volunteer Fire Department" . hamburgfire.com. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
5. ^ a b "History of Hamburg, NY" . history.rays-place.com. Retrieved 2018-10-12.

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 6. ^ "Letter: Demise of Hamburg Sun is sad day for Southtowns" . The Buffalo News. 2016-07-29. Retrieved
2018-10-11.
7. ^ a b c "Eden Grange News" . The Sun and the Erie County Independent. 31 December 1953. Retrieved 11 October
2018.
8. ^ "The Erie County Independent Sold to Hamburg Sun - Newspapers.com" . Newspapers.com. Retrieved
2018-10-12.
9. ^ Mroziak, Marian Hetherly, Michael. "Community Papers of WNY closes its doors" . Retrieved 2018-10-11.
10. ^ "Closing of newspapers leaves void in WNY communities" . Buffalo Law Journal.
11. ^ "Hamburg Sun back in circulation after bankruptcy" . The Buffalo News. 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2018-10-11.

Categories: Newspapers published in New York (state) Erie County, New York

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