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Founder Delivers Papers as 2,250 Weeklies Endure Closures

8/11/2026

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Mark Frost, founder of The Chronicle of Glens Falls, drives a Subaru Forester Thursday mornings to deliver the weekly newspaper to local drop-off points.
William Norton waits in his Chevy Silverado at a Hannaford store to collect 40 copies for Stony Creek neighbors.
Zach Metzger, director of the local news project at Northwestern University, notes that about 2,250 independent weeklies remain resilient while 3,500 newspapers have closed since the mid-2000s.

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Story summary

Mark Frost, founder of The Chronicle of Glens Falls, drives a Subaru Forester Thursday mornings to deliver the weekly newspaper to local drop-off points.
William Norton waits in his Chevy Silverado at a Hannaford store to collect 40 copies for Stony Creek neighbors.
Zach Metzger, director of the local news project at Northwestern University, notes that about 2,250 independent weeklies remain resilient while 3,500 newspapers have closed since the mid-2000s.