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The ''Hamburg Sun'' is a weekly subscription-based newspaper that covers local news and sports in Erie County, New York, including in the towns of Hamburg, Eden, Evans, Brant and North Collins, as well as the villages of Angola, Farnham and Blasdell. It is published on Thursdays and had a circulation of 7,974 as of 2017. The ''Hamburg Sun'' is considered to be a newspaper of record for Erie County. History The ''Hamburg Sun'' was founded in 1875 as ''The Erie County Independent'' by Alex Stolting and was published in Hamburg and Buffalo, New York. The paper was sold to J. W. Constantine five years later, then to Charles G. Miller in 1882. Charles was succeeded by his brother, Joseph B. Miller, as proprietor of the paper. In 1945, former employee Dick Allen purchased the ''Independent'' for $500 and changed the name to ''Hamburg Sun''. Allen, a native of Hamburg, had been employed in newspaper and public relations in Chicago before enlisting to fight in World War II. On re ...
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Weekly Newspaper
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North Collins, New York
North Collins is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 3,523 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from its parent town, Collins. The town of North Collins is in the southern part of the county and is one of the "Southtowns" of Erie County. The main settlement in the town is the village of North Collins. History The area was first settled in 1809.Kirby, C.D. (1976). ''The Early History of Gowanda and the Beautiful Land of the Cattaraugus''. Gowanda, NY: Niagara Frontier Publishing Company, Inc./Gowanda Area Bi-Centennial Committee, Inc. The town of North Collins was founded in 1852 as the "Town of Shirley" from the northern part of the town of Collins. In 1853 the town assumed its current name. In 1911, the community of North Collins set itself off from the town by incorporating as a village. The Gamel Hexadecagon Barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the tow ...
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Lee Enterprises
Lee Enterprises, Inc. is a publicly traded American media company. It publishes 77 daily newspapers in 26 states, and more than 350 weekly, classified, and specialty publications. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 by Alfred Wilson Lee and is based in Davenport, Iowa. The company also provides online services, including websites supporting its daily newspapers and other publications. Lee had more than 25 million unique web and mobile visitors monthly, with 209.1 million pages viewed. Lee became majority partner of TownNews.com in 1996; Town News creates software for newspaper publication purposes. The company offers commercial printing services to its customers. Lee Enterprises is currently the fourth largest newspaper group in the United States of America. The company acquired Howard Publications (16 daily newspapers) for $694 million in 2002 and Pulitzer, Inc. (14 daily, over 100 non-daily), for $1.5 billion in 2005. From January 2012 to April 2017, the company's executiv ...
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The Buffalo News
''The Buffalo News'' is the daily newspaper of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area, located in downtown Buffalo, New York. It recently sold its headquarters to Uniland Development Corp. It was for decades the only paper fully owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. On January 29, 2020, the paper reported that it was being sold to Lee Enterprises. History The ''News'' was founded in 1873 by Edward Hubert Butler, Sr. as a Sunday paper.Frequently Asked Questions
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On October 11, 1880, it began publishing daily editions as well, and in 1914, it became an inversion of its original existence by publishing Monday to Saturday, with no publication on Sunday. During most of its life, the ''News'' was known as ''The Buffalo Evening News''. A gentleman's agreement between the ''Ev ...
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Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Southern Ontario. With a population of 278,349 according to the 2020 census, Buffalo is the 78th-largest city in the United States. The city and nearby Niagara Falls together make up the two-county Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which had an estimated population of 1.1 million in 2020, making it the 49th largest MSA in the United States. Buffalo is in Western New York, which is the largest population and economic center between Boston and Cleveland. Before the 17th century, the region was inhabited by nomadic Paleo-Indians who were succeeded by the Neutral, Erie, and Iroquois nations. In the early 17th century, the French began to explore the region. In the 18th century, Iroquois land surrounding Buffalo Creek ...
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Newspaper Of Record
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Blasdell, New York
Blasdell is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 2,553 according to the 2010 Census. The name is derived from Herman Blasdell, the first station master of the Erie and Pennsylvania railroad depot. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. Blasdell is in the northern part of the town of Hamburg and is bordered to the north by the city of Lackawanna, directly south of Buffalo. The village calls itself the "Gateway to the Southtowns" of Erie County. History The community grew as a railroad town around the Erie Railroad. Blasdell was incorporated in 1898 as a village. Wrestler Ilio DiPaolo was a longtime resident, before his death in 1995. In 1965 he opened an Italian restaurant on South Park Avenue. It is now run by his family. Blasdell is one of two municipalities in Erie County to have a registered Conservative as its executive, the other being Newstead. Geography Blasdell is located at (42.795108, -78. ...
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Farnham, New York
Farnham is a village in the town of Brant, Erie County, New York, United States. The population of Farnham was 381 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village is named after Leroy Farnham, a local landowner and merchant. Farnham is located in the western part of the town of Brant, north of the Cattaraugus Reservation and southeast of Evangola State Park. History The Village of Farnham was incorporated in 1892, having been built up around the Lake Shore Railroad. Geography Farnham is located at (42.591643, -79.085173). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Farnham is at the junction of New York State Route 5 and New York State Route 249. Demographics At the 2000 census, there were 322 people, 113 households and 87 families living in the village. The population density was 266.7 per square mile (102.7/km2). There were 126 housing units at an average dens ...
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Angola, New York
Angola is a village in the town of Evans in Erie County, New York, United States. Located east of Lake Erie, the village is southwest of downtown Buffalo. As of the 2010 Census, Angola had a population of 2,127. An unincorporated community known as Angola on the Lake, with a population of 1,675, lies between Angola village and Lake Erie. History The community was previously called "Evans Station". ''Circa'' 1854 or 1855, a post office was established there, bearing the name "Angola". The first postmaster was John H. Andrus, who later became county clerk. The new name was apparently chosen because, at that time, local residents (primarily Quakers) were supporting missionary efforts in the Portuguese colony of Angola in Africa. The economy of the village improved with the arrival of a railroad line in 1852. The Village of Angola was incorporated in 1873. In June 2004, an attempt to dissolve the village was thwarted by a judicial ruling that the petitions for a referendum were ...
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Brant, New York
Brant is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the town had a population of 2,065. The town was named after the Mohawk leader Joseph Brant. Brant is located in the southwestern part of the county and is known as one of the "Southtowns". It is southwest of Buffalo. History The first white settler, Moses Tucker, arrived around 1816. The area was originally in the town of Willink and was organized March 25, 1839, from parts of the towns of Evans and Concord. An early history J.H. French's ''Gazetteer of the State of New York'', Syracuse, New York: R. Pearsall Smith, 1860, contains the following entry for the town of Brant: ":BRANDT – was formed from Collins and Evans, March 25, 1839. It lies upon the shore of Lake Erie, in the S.W. corner of the co. The surface is generally level, with a gentle inclination toward the lake. Cattaraugus Creek forms a part of the S. boundary. The other principal streams are Big Sister, Delaware, and Mud ...
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Broadsheet
A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long Vertical and horizontal, vertical pages, typically of . Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner (format), Berliner and Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid–Compact (newspaper), compact formats. Description Many broadsheets measure roughly per full broadsheet spread, twice the size of a standard tabloid. Australians, Australian and New Zealand broadsheets always have a paper size of ISO 216, A1 per spread (). South Africa, South African broadsheet newspapers have a double-page spread sheet size of (single-page live print area of 380 x 545 mm). Others measure 22 in (560 mm) vertically. In the United States, the traditional dimensions for the front page half of a broadsheet are wide by long. However, in efforts to save newsprint costs, many U.S. newspapers have downsized to wide by long for a folded page. Many rate cards and specification cards refer to the "broadsheet size ...
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Evans, New York
Evans is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 16,356 at the 2010 census. The town derives its name from David E. Evans, an agent of the Holland Land Company and nephew of land agent Joseph Ellicott. The town is approximately southwest of Buffalo and is a rural community with of waterfront. The town is located close to the major trading centers of the Northeast and is a bi-national gateway for commerce due to the region's border location with Canada. History The town of Evans was established in 1821 from part of the town of Eden. The first settler arrived ''circa'' 1804, but there was no permanent settlement until 1808. David Evans was named the local agent of the Holland Land Company in 1827. He was known for his humane management of the company business in relation to the impoverished settlers. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.08%, is water. The New York State Th ...
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