The Chronicle (Willimantic)

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The Chronicle is a daily newspaper published in Willimantic, Connecticut, serving the Windham area and the eastern Connecticut counties of Windham, Tolland, and New London. It was founded in 1877 and currently publishes editions from Monday to Saturday, with an approximate circulation of 3,000. The Chronicle is owned by Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers.

The Chronicle historically had a daily circulation of approximately 10,000, but began to decline after the start of the 21st century, a phenomenon common to all U.S. daily newspapers.^[1] By 2018, the paper's circulation had dipped below 3,000. For almost all of its history, the newspaper was locally owned and operated by the MacDonald Bartlett Crosbie family of Willimantic.^[2] They sold it in May 2017 to Chronicle Media, L.L.C, a subsidiary of Central Connecticut Communications of New Britain, Connecticut, publisher of the Bristol Press and New Britain Herald daily newspapers and the Newington Town Crier and Wethersfield Post weekly newspapers.^[3] And on April 4, 2022, Central Connecticut Communications announced the sale of the Chronicle to Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers.