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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Sun Publishing Company |
| Founder(s) | George H. Utter[1] |
| Publisher | Jody Boucher |
| Managing editor | Corey Fyke |
| Sports editor | Larry Kelley |
| Founded | 1893[2] |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 100 Main Street Westerly, Rhode Island 02891 |
| City | Westerly |
| Country | United States |
| ISSN | 1065-1209 |
| OCLC number | 11912123 |
| Website | thewesterlysun.com |
The Westerly Sun is a seven-day daily newspaper published in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States, covering portions of Washington County, Rhode Island, and New London County, Connecticut. The Sun is issued mornings 7 days a week. Until 1995, it published its Sunday edition in the afternoon, and was the only such paper to do so at that time. Because of this unique publishing arrangement, it was the first newspaper that reported on the Pearl Harbor attack.[3]
The Sun is the flagship publication of Sun Publishing Company, which also prints several free weekly newspapers in the area. Sun Publishing is itself a subsidiary of Southern RI Newspapers of Wakefield, RI.
Towns covered by The Sun include Charlestown, Hopkinton, Richmond, South Kingstown and Westerly, Rhode Island; and Groton, North Stonington and Stonington, Connecticut.
- ^ "The Westerly Sun (Westerly, R.I.) 1905-Current". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
- ^ Blessing, Ryan (2023-11-19). "Read all about it: Sun's back issues go digital, courtesy of Westerly Library". Westerly Sun. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
- ^ Baker, Frank (2 April 1995). This fall, it will combine its Saturday/Sunday editions to a special "Weekend Edition" delivered on Saturday mornings, and it will switch from newspaper carrier to mail delivery.Sun Sets on Unique Sunday Newspaper Journalism, Los Angeles Times, Retrieved November 2, 2010