Springfield's newspaper?

[A. Joseph Ross]

On 10 Feb 2004 at 14:04, Sean Smyth wrote:

> The Sunday paper has been The Sunday Republican for a number of years, I
> believe. I didn't know the daily had become The Republican, too.

As in many places, there were a number of papers that were consolidated over the years.  I 
believe there was once a Springfield Republican, separate from the Union and the News.  I 
heard from somewhere that it goes back to when "Republican" meant Jeffersonian.   When I 
was at UMass/Amherst in the 1960s, there was a morning Springfield Union, an evening 
Springfield News, and a Sunday Republican, all from the same company.  I'm not sure when 
the daily paper became the Union-News.  I'm under the impression that the change to the 
daily Republican took place sometime about a year ago.
 
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