The ''Eagle Times'' is a daily newspaper based in
Claremont, New Hampshire
Claremont is the only city in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 12,949 at the 2020 census.
History Pre-colonial native populations
Before colonial settlement, the Connecticut River#Pre-1614: American Indian popula ...
, US, serving the
Connecticut River Valley in
New Hampshire
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and
Vermont
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. It was published from the 1970s. It closed on July 10, 2009, and resumed publishing on October 12, 2009, under new ownership.
The paper circulates in Claremont,
Charlestown,
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,
Newport
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,
Plainfield and
Unity, New Hampshire, and
Ascutney,
Springfield,
Weathersfield and
Windsor, Vermont
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. Reporting is focused on local features and local government. The paper produces A&E and Sunday Magazine sections.
History
The ''Eagle Times'' was formed when the Claremont ''Daily Eagle'' merged with the
Bellows Falls-Springfield ''Times Reporter'' in the 1970s. The ''Eagle Times'' website went online September 1, 2005. The paper was independently owned by publisher Harvey Hill at this time.
Eagle Publications also owned several weekly and specialty publications, including the ''Connecticut Valley Spectator'' of
Lebanon, New Hampshire
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, the ''Message for the Week'' of
Chester, Vermont
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History
The town was originally chartered by New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth as Flamstead in 1754. The terms of the charter were no ...
, the ''Weekly Flea'', and the ''Argus Champion''. The ''Argus Champion'', which was based in
New London, New Hampshire
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The town center, where 1,266 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined as t ...
, was discontinued on July 30, 2008, a year prior to the other publications.
The combined papers had 197,445 readers, according to the company's last published rate card before the closure.
On July 9, 2009, the parent company of ''Eagle Times'', Eagle Publications, Inc., filed for Chapter 7 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and printed its final edition on July 10, 2009. All of its employees were laid off and all of their remaining newspapers, the ''Connecticut Valley Spectator'', the ''Weekly Flea'', and the ''Message for the Week'', were also discontinued at that time. The website was still accessible until the afternoon of July 14, 2009.
The publisher cited monthly losses, and the shift of readers and advertisers to the internet as reasons for the bankruptcy. It is also believed that the increasing cost of newsprint was partially to blame.
After emerging from bankruptcy in October 2009, the newspaper opened for business again, printing its first new issue Monday, October 12.
On February 23, 2012, the paper restarted its web site, a
www.eagletimes.com
Controversy
In November 2009, the state of New Hampshire guaranteed 75 percent of a $250,000 loan to the ''Eagle Times'', leading to questions about conflicts of interest and journalistic integrity. The paper's publisher, Harry Hartman, denied any conflict of interest, saying that "No one gets deferential treatment in our newsroom."
External links
Claremont paper closes today*
* {{Dead link, date=October 2010, bot=H3llBot
Sullivan County, New Hampshire
Newspapers published in New Hampshire
Publications disestablished in 2009
Claremont, New Hampshire