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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Westchester.

Our newspaper information for Westchester is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

We don't know of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westchester. That said, we do have a list of papers that were published in the broader area surrounding Westchester. Our list contains 82 papers that were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Westchester.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Westchester.  

Newspapers Neighboring Westchester ...

The following newspapers were published within 15 miles [24.1 km] of Westchester.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Westchester.

  • Published In Moodus [Middlesex County] ...
  • Published In East Haddam [Middlesex County] ...
  • Published In Salem  ...
  • Published In Chester [Middlesex County] ...
    • The New Era (from 1874)
  • Published In Lyme  ...
    • The Sound Breeze (from 1889)
  • Published In Portland [Middlesex County] ...
  • Published In Cromwell [Middlesex County] ...
  • Published In Middletown [Middlesex County] ...
    • We know of 63 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Middletown. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Middletown
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> of Westchester. This extended list includes all the papers from Middletown. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Westchester
  • Published In Essex [Middlesex County] ...
    • Riverside Intelligence (from 188?)
    • The Saybrook Mirror (from 1849)
    • The Valley News (from 1861)
    • The Visitor (from 1859)
  • Published In Ivoryton [Middlesex County] ...
  • Published In Durham [Middlesex County] ...
    • Middlesex Merchant (from 1992)
    • The Gazette (from 198?)
    • The Gazette (from 1991)
    • The Shopper News & Gazette (from 1990)
  • Published In Rocky Hill [Hartford County] ...
    • Chronicle (from 2001)
      • Years of publication:  2001 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Chronicle
      • Holdings for:   LCCN 2010237540
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 608048269
  • Published In Middlefield [Middlesex County] ...
    • Town Times (from 1994)
      • Years of publication:  1994 to current
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Town Times
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN94053289
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 31203384
  • Published In Willimantic [Windham County] ...

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Westchester) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westchester. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5455, Longitude: -72.4130