List of newspapers in Connecticut

This is a list of newspapers in Connecticut.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Daily newspapers (currently published)

• CTNewsJunkie – Hartford
• The Advocate – Stamford
• The Bristol Press – Bristol
• The Bulletin – Norwich
• The Chronicle – Willimantic
• Connecticut Examiner^[1] – Old Lyme
• Connecticut Inside Investigator^[2] – Hartford
• Connecticut Post – Bridgeport
• The Day – New London
• Fairfield County CT Inquirer – Norwalk
• Greenwich Time – Greenwich
• Hartford Courant – Hartford
• New Britain Herald – New Britain
• The Hour – Norwalk
• Journal Inquirer – Manchester
• The Middletown Press – Middletown
• New Haven Register – New Haven
• The News-Times – Danbury
• Record-Journal – Meriden
• The Register Citizen – Torrington
• Republican-American – Waterbury

Weekly newspapers (currently published)

• Afroasia Newspaper – Stamford
• Amity Observer – Amity
• The Bethel Community Gazette – Bethel
• The Bloomfield Messenger – Bloomfield
• The Branford Review – Guilford
• The Brookfield Community Gazette – Brookfield
• The Brookfield Journal – New Milford
• The Cheshire Herald – Cheshire
• The Chronicle Weekly – Willimantic
• The Commercial Record – South Windsor
• The Connecticut Mirror – Hartford
• The Darien Times – Darien
• East Hartford Gazette – East Hartford
• East Haddam News – East Haddam
• The Easton Community Gazette – Easton
• Fairfield Citizen-News – Fairfield
• Glastonbury Citizen – Glastonbury
• Haddam-Killingworth News – Haddam, Killingworth^[3]
• Herald Press, 1996 – present^[4]
• Huntington Herald – Shelton
• Inquirer Group – Hartford
• Jewish Ledger – West Hartford
• Kent Good Times Dispatch – Kent
• Killingly Villager – Killingly
• The Lakeville Journal – Lakeville
• Litchfield Enquirer – Litchfield
• The Monroe Community Gazette – Monroe
• Mystic River Press – Mystic
• The New Canaan Advertiser – New Canaan
• The New Canaan Sentinel – New Canaan
• New Haven Advocate – New Haven
• New Milford Times – New Milford
• Newington Town Crier – Bristol
• The Newtown Bee – Newtown
• The Newtown Community Gazette – Newtown
• North Haven Citizen – North Haven
• Northend Agents – Hartford
• Pictorial-Gazette – Guilford
• Putnam Villager – Putnam, Connecticut
• The Redding Community Gazette – Redding
• Redding Sentinel - Redding
• Reminder News – Vernon
• The Ridgefield Community Gazette – Ridgefield
• The Ridgefield Press – Ridgefield
• Shoreline Times – Guilford
• Sol, El – Stamford
• The Sound – Madison
• Stratford Crier – Stratford
• Thomaston Express – Thomaston
• Thompson Villager – Thompson, Connecticut
• Town Times – Durham and Middlefield
• Town Times – Watertown
• Town Tribune – New Fairfield
• Tribuna (a.k.a. La Tribuna, "The Tribune") – Danbury
• Trumbull Times – Shelton
• Valley News – Bristol
• Voices and Voices Weekender – Southbury
• West Hartford News – Bristol
• The Windsor Locks Journal Weekly – Windsor Locks
• The Windsor Journal Weekly – Windsor
• Westport Minuteman – Westport
• Westport News – Westport
• The Wilton Bulletin – Wilton
• Winsted Citizen – Winsted
• Windsor Journal – Bristol
• Windsor Locks Journal – Bristol
• Woodstock Villager – Woodstock, Connecticut

University newspapers

• The Campus Lantern – Eastern Connecticut State University (Willimantic)
• Charger Bulletin – University of New Haven (West Haven)
• The Daily Campus – UConn. (Storrs)
• The Echo – Western Connecticut State University (Danbury)
• Fairfield Mirror – Fairfield University (Fairfield)
• The Hartford Informer – University of Hartford (West Hartford)
• Wesleyan Argus – Wesleyan University (Middletown)
• The Trinity Tripod – Trinity College (Connecticut) (Hartford)
• Yale Daily News – Yale (New Haven)
• The Southern News – Southern Connecticut State University (New Haven)
• The Spectrum – Sacred Heart University (Fairfield)
• The Recorder – Central Connecticut State University (New Britain)

Defunct

• American Sentinel, including 1823–1826, weekly^[4]
• Bridgeport Evening Farmer (1866–1917)^[5]
• The Bridgeport News, weekly, closed 2018
• Connecticut Spectator, including May 1814 - December 1814, weekly^[4]
• The Constitution, former weekly newspaper, including during 1842–1884^[4][6]
• The Daily Herald, former daily newspaper^[6]
• The Darien News-Review, weekly, closed 2019
• East Haven Courier, weekly, closed 2024
• The Easton Courier, weekly
• Evening Press, including 1918–1919, daily ex. Sun.^[4]
• Fairfield Minuteman, closed 2017
• Farmington Valley Herald^[7]
• The Hartford Times (1817–1976)^[8]
• Manchester Herald^[9]
• The Meriden Journal^[10]
• Middlesex Gazette, including 1790-1834 (with gaps), weekly^[4]
• Middletown Daily Constitution, including 1872-1876, daily ex. Sun.^[4]
• Middletown Daily Sentinel, including January 1876 - June 1876, daily ex. Sun.^[4]
• Middletown Sun, including 1908-1914, daily ex. Sun.^[4]
• The Middletown Times, daily newspaper in Middletown during 1913-1914^[6] or during 1914-January 1915^[4]
• The Middletown Tribune, Republican newspaper in Middletown, Connecticut including 1893-1906, daily ex. Sun^[6][4]
• The Monroe Courier, weekly
• The New Canaan News-Review, weekly, closed 2019
• News and Advertiser, including 1851-1854, weekly^[4]
• North Haven Courier, weekly, closed 2024
• Penny Press, including 1884-1939, daily ex. Sun.^[4]
• The Redding Pilot, weekly
• The Sentinel and Witness, former weekly newspaper, including 1869-1884^[4][6]
• Regional Standard – Guilford
• The Stratford Star, weekly
• Waterbury Democrat^[11]
• The Weston Forum, weekly (1970-2018)
• Winsted Evening Citizen^[12]

Danbury

Newspapers published in Danbury, Connecticut:

• Farmers Chronicle, W., June 17, 1793 - Sept. 19, 1796^[13]
• Farmer's Journal, W., March 18, 1790 – June 3, 1793^[13]

Fairfield

Newspapers published in Fairfield, Connecticut:

• Fairfield Gazette, W., July 13, 1786-Feb. (?), 1787^[13]
• Fairfield Gazette, Or The Independent Intelligencer, W., Feb. 15 (?), 1787-Aug. (?), 1787^[13]

Hartford

Newspapers published in Hartford, Connecticut:

• American Mercury, W., July 12, 1784-June 25, 1833^[13]
• The Connecticut Courant, W., Oct. 29, 1764-May 31, 1774; Feb. 17, May 5, 12, 1778; Mar. 21, 1791-Dec. 29, 1800+^[13][14]
• The Connecticut Courant, And Hartford Weekly Intelligencer, W., June 7, 1774-Feb. 10, 1778^[13]
• The Connecticut Courant And The Weekly Intelligencer, W., Feb. 24, 1778-Mar. 14, 1791^[13]
• The Freeman's Chronicle, Or The American Advertiser, W., Sept. 1, 1783-July 8, 1784^[13]
• Hartford Gazette, S.W., W., Jan. 13, 1794-Mar. 19, 1795^[13]

Litchfield

Newspapers published in Litchfield, Connecticut:

• Collier's Litchfield Weekly Monitor, W., Jan. 7-June 16, 1788^[13]
• The Farmer's Monitor, W., Mar. 5-Dec. 31, 1800+^[13]
• Litchfield-County Monitor, W., Dec. 11, 1790-Jan. 3, 1791^[13]
• Litchfield Monitor, W., Jan. 10, 1791-Jan. 4, 1792; Aug. 27, 1794-June 3, 1795^[13]
• Litchfield Monitor And Agricultural Register, W., June 10, 1795 – May 11, 1796^[13]
• The Litchfield Weekly Monitor, June 23, 1788^[13]
• The Monitor, W., Jan. 11, 1792-Aug. 20, 1794; Feb. 28, 1798-Feb. 26, 1800+^[13]
• Weekly Monitor, W., Mar. Or April 1785-Nov. 28, 1786; June 11-Dec. 31, 1787; June 30, 1788-May 11, 1789; Nov. 17, 1789-Dec. 4, 1790; May 18, 1796-Feb. 21, 1798^[13]
• Weekly Monitor And American Advertiser, W., Dec. 21, 1784-Mar. 1785^[13]
• Weekly Monitor And Litchfield Town And County Recorder, W., Dec. 5, 1786-June 4, 1787^[13]
• Weekly Monitor And The Litchfield Advertiser, W., May 18 - June 8, 1789^[13]

Middletown

Newspapers published in Middletown, Connecticut:

• The Middlesex Gazette, W., Nov. 8, 1785-Oct. 29, 1787; Mar. 3, 1792-Dec. 26, 1800+^[13]
• The Middlesex Gazette, Or Federal Adviser, W., Nov. 5, 1787-Feb. 25, 1792^[13]

New Haven

Newspapers published in New Haven, Connecticut:

• The Connecticut Gazette, W., July 5, 1765-Feb. 19, 1768^[13]
• Connecticut Gazette, With The Freshest Advices Foreign And Domestick, W., Apr. 12, 1755-Apr. 14, 1764^[13]
• The Connecticut Journal, W., Sept. 13, 1775-Jan. 3, 1799; Apr. 4, 1799-Dec. 31, 1800+^[13]
• The Connecticut Journal, And New-Haven Post-Boy, W., Oct. 23, 1767-Sept. 6, 1775^[13]
• Connecticut Journal And Weekly Advertiser, W., Jan. 10- Mar. 28, 1799^[13]
• The New-Haven Chronicle, W., Apr. 18, 1786-Sept. 11, 1787^[13]
• New-Haven Gazette, W., May 13, 1784-Feb. 9, 1786^[13]
• The New-Haven Gazette, W., Jan. 5-June 29, 1791^[13]
• The New-Haven Gazette, And The Connecticut Magazine, W., Feb. 16, 1786-June 18, 1789^[13]

New London

New-London Summary, Or The Weekly Advertiser, 1759

Newspapers published in New London, Connecticut:

• The Bee, W., June 14, 1797-Dec. 31, 1800+^[13]
• The Connecticut Gazette, W., May 11, 1787-Dec. 25, 1799^[13]
• Connecticut Gazette, And The Commercial Intelligencer, W., Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1800+^[13]
• Connecticut Gazette, And The Universal Intelligencer, W., Dec. 17, 1773-May 4, 1787^[13]
• The New-London Advertiser, W., Mar. 2-Apr. 13, 1795^[13]
• The New-London Gazette, W., Nov. 18, 1763-Dec. 10, 1773^[13]
• The New-London Summary, W., sometime Between May 6 And 17, 1763-Sept 23, 1763^[13]
• The New-London Summary, Or The Weekly Advertiser, W., Aug. 8, 1758-sometime between May 6 And June 10, 1763^[13]
• Springer's Weekly Oracle, W., Oct. 21, 1797-Dec. 28, 1800+^[13]

Newfield

Newspapers published in Newfield, Connecticut:

• American Telegraphe, W., Apr. 8, 1795-July 6, 1796; Apr. 5, 1797-Oct. 29, 1800^[13]
• American Telegraphe, & Fairfield County Gazette, W., July 13, 17-Mar. 2, 1797^[13]

Norwich

Norwich Packet or, the Country Journal, 1785

Newspapers published in Norwich, Connecticut:

• Chelsea Courier, W., Nov. 30, 1796-May 24, 1798^[13]
• The Courier, W., May 31, 1798-Mar. 15, 1800^[13]
  • The Oxford English Dictionary attests the first recorded use of the term "Hello" to The Courier in 1826.^[15]
• The Norwich Packet, W., Dec. 29, 1777-June 1, 1779; June 9, 1791-Dec. 30, 1800+^[13]
• The Norwich Packet; And The Connecticut, Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, And Rhode-Island Weekly Advertiser, W., Oct. 7, 1773-Dec. 22, 1777^[13][16]
• The Norwich Packet And The Country Journal, W., Feb. 8, 1787-Sept. 24, 1790^[13]
• The Norwich Packet And The Weekly Advertiser, W., June 8, 1779-Sept. 26, 1782^[13]
• The Norwich Packet, Or The Chronicle Of Freedom, W., Oct. 30, 1783-Apr. 7, 1785^[13]
• The Norwich-Packet, Or The Country Journal, W., Apr. 14, 1785-Feb. 1, 1787^[13]
• Vox Populi Norwich Packet, W., Oct. 1, 1790-June 2, 1791^[13]
• The Weekly Register, W., Nov. 29, 1791-Aug. 19, 1795^[13]

Sharon

Newspapers published in Sharon, Connecticut:

• Rural Gazette, W. Mar. 31, 1800^[13]

Stonington

Newspapers published in Stonington, Connecticut:

• Impartial Journal, W., Oct. 8 (?) 1799-Dec. 30, 1800+^[13]
• Journal of the Times, W., Oct. 10, 1798-Sept. 17, 1799^[13]

Windham

Newspapers published in Windham, Connecticut:

• The Phenix, Or Windham Herald, W., Mar. 12, 1791-Apr. 12, 1798^[13]
• Windham Herald, W., Apr. 19, 1798-Dec. 26, 1800+^[13]

See also

• List of newspapers in Connecticut in the 18th century
• List of radio stations in Connecticut
• List of television stations in Connecticut

Adjoining states

• List of newspapers in Massachusetts
• List of newspapers in New York
• List of newspapers in Rhode Island

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