The ''Stowe Reporter'' is a newspaper based in the US state of

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that is published once a week on Thursdays and has a circulation of 5,000. It serves greater the Mt. Mansfield area, including

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, Morrisville,

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, and across

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, Vermont. Gregory Popa is the paper's publisher.

History

The ''Stowe Reporter'' was founded in 1958 by Dorre Hanna and Martha Ball. It was purchased by Trow Elliman, Alex Nimick, Russ Spring, and Mary and Bob Bourdon two years later, in 1960. Elliman bought out his partners in 1965. He remained publisher of the paper until 1998. In May 1998 the paper was bought by A.B. "Biddle" Duke. Duke was the son of

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and

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. In 2007, Duke spun off another paper, the ''Waterbury Record''. Duke stepped down as publisher in 2014. In 2015, Duke sold his majority share in the paper to Bob Miller and Greg Popa became publisher of the paper. Since 2015, the Stowe Reporter has added more local newspapers to its group, including the

Shelburne News The ''Shelburne News'' is an American newspaper serving the town of Shelburne, Vermont. The paper has a circulation of 4,500-5,000. It is a free, weekly paper published on Thursdays. The paper is owned by the Vermont Community Newspaper Group. ...

, The Citizen, serving Hinesburg and Charlotte, South Burlington's The Other Paper, and the News & Citizen of Morrisville. In January 2019, the company changed its name to the

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Awards

New England Better Newspaper Competition - New England Newspaper and Press Association

Vermont Press Association

Vermont Ski & Snowboard Museum

{, class="wikitable" !Year !Award !Recipient , - , 2014 , Paul Robbins Journalism Award , Bill Collom for race reports published in Stowe Reporter {{Cite web, url=https://www.vtssm.org/paul-robbins-jounalism-award, title=Paul Robbins Journalism Award, website=VTSSM, language=en-US, access-date=2018-10-25 , - , 2012 , Paul Robbins Journalism Award , Linda Adams and Sporty Bell , - , 2012 , Hall of Fame Induction , Trow Elliman

References

Newspapers published in Vermont Publications established in 1958 1958 establishments in Vermont Weekly newspapers published in the United States Stowe, Vermont