Saugus Advertiser
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)GateHouse Media New England
PublisherGateHouse Media New England
Founded1946
Ceased publication2022
Headquarters75 Sylvan Street, C 105, Danvers, Massachusetts 01923  United States

The Saugus Advertiser was an American newspaper covering the town of Saugus, Massachusetts. It was the newspaper of record in Saugus, as it is was the only place Saugus legal notices were printed.

History

The Saugus Advertiser was founded by Colonel Alfred Woodward in 1946. He remained the newspaper's publisher until his death in 1970. He was succeeded by his wife, Virginia.[1] In 1983 she sold the paper to Andrew P. Quigley, who also published the Chelsea Record, the Winthrop Sun Transcript and the East Boston Sun-Transcript.[2] It was later purchased by Neil P. Collins and Mary L. N. McGrew. In 1990 they sold the paper to North Shore Weeklies.[3] In 1996, North Shore Weeklies was dissolved by its parent company, Community Newspaper Company. CNC was later purchased by GateHouse Media, who dissolved CNC into GateHouse Media New England in 2011. In 2022, parent company Gannett ceased publishing the paper.[4]

References

  1. ^ AP (December 28, 1987). "Boy Pleads innocent in ex-publisher's death". The Lewiston Journal. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  2. ^ Kevin Dotson; Don Aucoin (May 27, 1990). "Andrew P. Quigley, 64, A Force in Chelsea Politics, Journalism". The Boston Globe.
  3. ^ Bushnell, Davis (October 27, 1991). "Newspaper wars being waged in Medford and Woburn". The Boston Globe.
  4. ^ Dearing, Tiziana; Wuthmann, Walter; Ochavillo, Vanessa (March 23, 2022). "Newspaper giant Gannett ends print runs for many local weeklies in Mass". WBUR. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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