''Silent News'' was the premier national

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

for the

deaf Deafness has varying definitions in cultural and medical contexts. In medical contexts, the meaning of deafness is hearing loss that precludes a person from understanding spoken language, an Audiology, audiological condition. In this context it ...

. Founded by Julius Wiggins (1928-2001), ''Silent News'' was published from January 1969 until 2003. Wiggins and his family moved from

Toronto, Ontario Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

, Canada to a home in

Fair Lawn, New Jersey Fair Lawn is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, and a bedroom suburb located northwest of New York City. As of the 2020 United States Census, the borough’s population was 34,940, which constituted a 7.7% increase from 32, ...

, where they began development of a newspaper for the deaf that was launched in January 1969.Matsumoto, Lori
"''No Sound'' speaks up for the world of silence"
''The Mirror'', July 5, 1970. Accessed November 30, 2017. "Julius Wiggins was born here in Toronto and grew up here. His love of the city and its idiosyncrasies are obvious. He and his wife and three children lived on Acton Avenue in Downsview for 10 years before moving to Fair Lawn, New Jersey to begin publishing ''Silent News'' a year and a half ago."

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* * Deaf culture in the United States Defunct newspapers published in New Jersey Defunct newspapers published in New York (state) Newspapers established in 1969 Publications disestablished in 2003 {{US-newspaper-stub

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