The Meredith News is a weekly newspaper published in Belknap County, New Hampshire. The newspaper has about 3,000 subscribers across the towns of Meredith, Center Harbor, Sandwich, and Moultonborough, and the city of Laconia.[1][2] It is owned by Salmon Press LLC.[3]
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Salmon Press |
| Editor | Erin Plummer |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Headquarters | 5 Water Street, Meredith, New Hampshire 03253 United States |
| Circulation | 3,000 (as of 2018) |
| Website | newhampshirelakesandmountains |
History
editThe first issue was published on July 22, 1880, as the Meredith Weekly News.[4] The publisher George F. Sanborn ran the paper from an office on the second floor of his family home. In 1882, Sanborn started an initiative to build a free public library. At the time, most libraries in the state were "private" libraries that only benefited paying members.[5] The library was implemented in the Sanborn home next to the Meredith News office.[6]
One of Meredith's most prominent residents was Bob Montana, a famous cartoonist known best for illustrating the first Archie comics. Montana was good friends with editor Leo Kershaw of the News, and starting in 1947 Archie comic strips became a regular feature in the Meredith newspaper. Each feature was proudly titled "Archie... By Meredith's Bob Montana".[7]
References
edit- ^ "Database". gotoanr.com. Retrieved 7 Sep 2018.
- ^ "Salmon Press circulation by title". Salmon Press. Retrieved 7 Sep 2018.
- ^ Editor & Publisher International Yearbook 2005: Weeklies. Editor & Pub. 2005. p. 175. ISBN 9781930732278.
- ^ History of Merrimack and Belknap Counties, New Hampshire. J. W. Lewis & Company. 1885. pp. 853-854.
Meredith weekly News.
- ^ "About Us, New Hampshire State Library". www.nh.gov. Retrieved 7 Sep 2018.
- ^ Heyduk, Daniel (2015-03-16). Meredith Chronicles: Passing Time on Lake Winnipesaukee. Arcadia Publishing. p. 100. ISBN 9781625852892.
- ^ Anderson, Carol Lee (2013-10-01). The New England Life of Cartoonist Bob Montana: Beyond the Archie Comic Strip. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781625840233.
External links
edit- Salmon Press website
- Heald, Bruce D., Meredith, Then & Now. Charleston, Chicago, Portsmouth, & San Francisco: Arcadia Publishing (2005).