NORWALK REFLECTOR PLUS

Ashley Pitts serves as the newsroom clerk and Don Hohler is the librarian. Matt Roche is news editor, Mark Hazelwood is sports editor, and Cary Ashby and Zoe Greszler are staff writers. Andrew Prutsok is the publisher and Joe Centers is the managing editor. Gibbs was the son-in-law of Frederick Wickham, who in turn, was the son-in-law of the founder, Samuel Preston, it can be said that two families have owned the Reflector throughout the 188-plus years it has been a “part and parcel” of Norwalk's history. Inasmuch as he is a son-in-law of the late R.G. The publication was subsequently purchased by Dudley A. Snyder was president of the Associated Ohio Dailies and the vice-president of the World Press Congress prior to his death in 1941. The papers were combined into the Norwalk Reflector-Herald, and every so often you hear an old-timer refer to the paper as the Reflector-Herald. Snyder, who already owned the Norwalk Evening Herald. Lucy Preston's husband, Frederick Wickham, took over editorship of the paper, and it stayed in the family until a century ago. The newspaper office moved out of the house when both the paper and the growing Wickham family needed more room. It suddenly occurred to him that “Reflector” would be a good name, on the premise that the paper would “reflect” the news. It is a family story that Samuel Preston was in the taproom of Obadiah Jenney's Mansion House hotel (where the Chamber of Commerce is now) and noticed a reflector lamp or candle holder on the wall. A year or so into the venture, the editor announced that the paper being used was “homemade” in Norwalk by the Norwalk Manufacturing Company.īefore the first Reflector was ever issued, Preston and Buckingham pondered over an appropriate name. There are marks in the flooring said to have been made by the Stanbury press used in the earliest time. It was planned that the Prestons and Wickhams would occupy the first floor and basement, with the newspaper office on the second floor. This building was completed and occupied in 1836, and since being moved in 1954, houses the museum of the Firelands Historical Society. (next to the present public library), and in the summer of 1835 began building a building there. Samuel Preston's daughter, Lucy, married Frederick Wickham in January 1835. The first Reflector office was in the second story of a mercantile building at 9 W. The Firelands Historical Society preserves an original file, which has also been microfilmed and is available at the public library. The latter gentleman had been a co-owner of Norwalk's very first newspaper, the Reporter. Owners of the new project were Samuel Preston and George Buckingham. has available the paper's run through 1863. The Huron Reflector issued its first edition on Feb. History The Norwalk Reflector's first home, then located on West Main Street, now serves as the home of the Firelands Museum, now on Case Avenue. The group recently announced the sale of the Standard-Examiner to the Provo Daily Herald. The SNG papers are the Grand Haven (Mich.) Tribune, Johnson City (Tenn.) Press, Kingsport (Tenn.) Times-News, Lebanon (Tenn.) Democrat, Norwalk Reflector and the Sandusky Register. It is part of the Sandusky Newspaper Group - a seven-paper organization based in Sandusky, Ohio. The Norwalk Reflector is located at 61 E.

NORWALK REFLECTOR PLUS

The newspaper serves Norwalk and the rest Huron County, plus the Milan and Berlin Heights communities in southern Erie County. federal holidays, in Norwalk, Ohio, United States with a daily distribution of approximately 5,600. The Norwalk Reflector is owned by Ogden Newspapers and is located at 34 Main St., Norwalk, Ohio.The Norwalk Reflector is a newspaper in Norwalk, Ohio, published Monday through Saturday, except U.S. And over the years, the Maple City's homegrown newspaper has consistently produced powerful and award-winning content. The Reflector issued its first edition on Feb. The newspaper's website,, garners millions of readers annually and is consistently updated with fresh content, including local, state and national news and sports. The staff takes on the high-stakes issues, including government spending and elections, and consistently gives its readers the best local sports coverage for Huron County. The Reflector's devoted readership resides in several Ohio communities including Norwalk, Willard, New London, Monroeville, Wakeman and beyond. The daily publication provides must-read news, sports, business, entertainment and more for a region surrounded by rich farmland just 20 miles south of Lake Erie. The Norwalk Reflector is the newspaper of record for Huron County, Ohio. The Norwalk Reflector publishes must-read news from Norwalk & Huron County.

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