''The Gettysburg Times'' is an American

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Gettysburg (; non-locally ) is a borough and the county seat of Adams County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The Battle of Gettysburg (1863) and President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address are named for this town. Gettysburg is home to ...

owned by the

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. It published daily, except for Sundays, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. The ''Times'' was founded in 1902 as ''The Progress'', but is also the successor to prior newspapers going back to the ''Adams Centinel'' which was founded in 1800 and was the first newspaper in Adams County.Masthead 1985
''Gettysburg Times'' The Gettysburg Times' focus is Adams County news. Its news staff covers area municipal meetings and events and its sports staff covers seven schools - Delone Catholic, Littlestown, Gettysburg, Bermudian Springs, New Oxford, Fairfield, Bermudian Springs and Biglerville. The newspaper is headed by Managing Editor Alex J. Hayes and Publisher Harry Hartman. In addition to Adams County news, the paper routinely publishes public-interest excerpts from national news sources.

History

In September 1902, Madison Alexander Garvin started ''The Progress''. By 1905, it was renamed ''The Gettysburg Times''.(27 October 1952)
Interesting News Highlights Published in First Daily 50 Years Show Early Trend
''Gettysburg Times'' (50th anniversary issue) The ''Adams Centinel'' was founded by Robert Harper in November 1800 as the first newspaper of any kind in the county. It was a weekly. The wording of "Centinel" was later changed to "Sentinel". In 1867, the ''Sentinel'' combined with the ''Star'' (founded in 1828) to become the ''Star and Sentinel''. The Times and News Publishing Company, then owner of the ''Gettysburg Times'', took over the ''Star and Sentinel'' in 1920, and it published as a weekly until 1961.(27 October 1952)
Robert Harper Founded First Weekly Paper in County, the Adams Centinel, 1800
''Gettysburg Times'' ''The Gettysburg Compiler'', founded in 1818, was also acquired by the Times' owner.McIlhenny, Hugh C. (12 October 1994)
Gettysburg Times history: a 'sick child' comes of age
''Gettysburg Times'' (reprint of March 1984 article) The

, then owner of 12 papers, acquired the paper in early 2013 from the Jones family, after longtime publisher Phil Jones died in 2011.(20 November 2012)
The Gettysburg Times has been sold
''WITF'' (Associated Press story)(20 November 2012)

''Gettysburg Times''(29 October 2011)

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References

External links

Official Website of ''The Gettysburg Times''Gettysburg Times Archives
at Google News (1909-2009)
The Adams Centinel Archives
(1800–05, 1813–60, 1883)
The Centinel
(1805-1813)
Gettysburg Compiler Archives
(1869-1953) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gettysburg Times Daily newspapers published in Pennsylvania Publications established in 1800 1800 establishments in Pennsylvania