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The News of Cumberland County
, previously the
Bridgeton Evening News
, was a daily newspaper in
Cumberland County, New Jersey
, United States. It was published from 1879 until 2012, when it merged with two other papers from the
South Jersey
area,
Today's Sunbeam
and the
Gloucester County Times
, to form the
South Jersey Times
.
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The paper was founded as the
Bridgeton Evening News
in 1879.
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For most of its existence it focused on news in
Bridgeton, New Jersey
, but it produced a zoned edition for the neighboring city of
Millville
named the
Millville Evening News
as well. The paper was successful during the 20th century, attaining a circulation of over 25,000, the highest of any New Jersey paper south of
Camden
. In 1989 the paper's owners, the Schofield family, sold it to the
American Publishing Company
(now the
Sun-Times Media Group
). The company subsequently sold the
Bridgeton Evening Times
to
MediaNews Group
in 1996.
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Advance Publications
bought MediaNews' New Jersey and Pennsylvania newspapers in 2000.
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Advance renamed the paper
Bridgeton News
; the Millville zoned edition became the
Millville News
. Both editions were merged on November 3, 2008 to form
The News of Cumberland County
. In 2012
The News
was merged with two other Advance Publications papers in the South Jersey area,
Today's Sunbeam
and the
Gloucester County Times
, to form the
South Jersey Times
.
News
staff were brought over to the new regional publication; its last edition was published on November 3, 2014.
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