The ''Hamburg Sun'' is a weekly subscription-based newspaper that covers local news and sports in
Erie County,
New York
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North Collins, as well as the villages of
Angola,
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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
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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 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.
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.
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.
References
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Newspapers published in New York (state)
Erie County, New York