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published six days a week in

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, United States, founded in 1896. It is published by

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. The newspaper covers most of Ottawa County, including Holland,

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and

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, as well as northern

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, including

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and Saugatuck.

History

Originally an afternoon paper published six days a week, the ''Sentinel'' moved to Saturday mornings and then added a Sunday edition in the late 1980s. In the late 1990s, the paper adopted a morning format for all seven days. Before adopting the name ''The Holland Sentinel,'' it was called ''The Holland Evening Sentinel'' (1928–1977), and before that the ''Holland Daily Sentinel.'' The paper was formerly owned by

Stauffer Communications Stauffer Communications was a privately held media corporation based in Topeka, Kansas, that owned many publications and broadcast outlets, including the ''Topeka Capital-Journal'' and WIBW (AM), WIBW, WIBW-FM, and WIBW-TV. The company operated fro ...

, which was acquired by

Morris Communications Morris Communications, headquartered in Augusta, Georgia, is a privately held media company with diversified holdings that include magazine publishing, outdoor advertising, book publishing and distribution, visitor publications, and online serv ...

in 1994. Morris sold the paper, along with 13 others, to

GateHouse Media GateHouse Media Inc. was an American publisher of locally based print and digital media. It published 144 daily newspapers, 684 community publications, and over 569 local-market websites in 38 states. Its parent company, New Media Investment Group ...

in 2007. In 2019, GateHouse announced it was acquiring Gannett to become the country's largest newspaper chain in the United States.GateHouse, Gannett merger is official, creating largest U.S. newspaper chain
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''. In the early 2000s, printing operations were moved to the

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, facilities of ''The Flashes,'' a weekly advertising only newspaper that Morris Communications had purchased a few years prior. The paper is now published in Detroit.

References

External links

Official website
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