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The Westerly Sun
	The Westerly Sun Logo
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Sun Publishing Company
Founder(s)	George H. Utter
Publisher	Jody Boucher
Managing editor	Corey Fyke
Sports editor	Larry Kelley
Founded	1893; 132 years ago
Language	English
Headquarters	100 Main Street Westerly, Rhode Island 02891
City	Westerly
Country	United States
ISSN	1065-1209
OCLC number	11912123
Website	thewesterlysun.com
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The Westerly Sun is a seven-day daily newspaper published in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States, covering portions of Washington County, Rhode Island, and New London County, Connecticut. The Sun is issued mornings 7 days a week. Until 1995, it published its Sunday edition in the afternoon, and was the only such paper to do so at that time. Because of this unique publishing arrangement, it was the first newspaper that reported on the Pearl Harbor attack.^[3]

The Sun is the flagship publication of Sun Publishing Company, which also prints several free weekly newspapers in the area. Sun Publishing is itself a subsidiary of Southern RI Newspapers of Wakefield, RI.

Towns covered by The Sun include Charlestown, Hopkinton, Richmond, South Kingstown and Westerly, Rhode Island; and Groton, North Stonington and Stonington, Connecticut.

Prices

The Westerly Sun prices are: $1.50 daily, $3.00 Thursday and $3.00 Sunday "Weekend Edition".

References

^ "The Westerly Sun (Westerly, R.I.) 1905-Current". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
^ Blessing, Ryan (2023-11-19). "Read all about it: Sun's back issues go digital, courtesy of Westerly Library". Westerly Sun. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
^ Baker, Frank (2 April 1995). This fall, it will combine its Saturday/Sunday editions to a special "Weekend Edition" delivered on Saturday mornings, and it will switch from newspaper carrier to mail delivery.Sun Sets on Unique Sunday Newspaper Journalism, Los Angeles Times, Retrieved November 2, 2010