Caledonian-Record

Infobox Newspaper
name = The Caledonian-Record


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type = Daily Newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = 1837
ceased publication =
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publisher = Mark M. Smith
editor = Dana Gray
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circulation = 9,609
headquarters = 190 Federal Street
St. Johnsbury, Vermont 05819 USA

oclc = 12180513
ISSN = 1054-3716
website = [http://www.caledonianrecord.com Caledonian-Record]

"The Caledonian-Record" is a daily newspaper published in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. [ [http://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/45/2592/6108 Mondo Times.com] ] It was established in 1837. [http://www.vtliving.com/newspapers/caledonianrecord/ VT Living.com: Caledonian Record Publication Profile] Accessed online: July 14, 2007] It employs a staff of 36. [http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/contact_us/]

Circulation

The paper is distributed in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and the North Country of New Hampshire. It maintains a New Hampshire office located at 25 Federal Street in Littleton, New Hampshire. [ [http://www.discoverourtown.com/NH/Littleton/Publications/74268.html Littleton, NH] , Discover Our Town. Accessed online: July 14, 2007] It is published daily except Sunday and some holidays. [http://www.highschooljournalism.org/Content.cfm?id=117 ASNE Partnership profile: Lyndon Institute/Caledonian-Record] , High School Journalism. Accessed online: July 14, 2007] [ [http://www.nh.gov/nhnews/CaledonianRecord.html Resources for New Hampshire Residents - Caledonian Record] , NH.gov. Accessed online: July 14, 2007]

The "Caledonian" has focused on local news from 50 communities, which are located in three Vermont counties and two New Hampshire ones. [ Alexander, Mary Jane, (Winter 1998) [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3677/is_199801/ai_n8779338/pg_3 Civic journalism as rationale for aggressive coverage of domestic assault] , Newspaper Research Journal. Accessed online: July 14, 2007] The average daily net paid circulation for six months ending March 2008 was 9,609. [ [http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/newstitlesearchus.asp Audit Bureau of Circulations] ] .

Penetration of the primary market area of St. Johnsbury and Lyndonville was under 93%. For the area immediately surrounding St. Johnsbury the Caledonian provided coverage of 80% of the occupied households. [ [http://www.caledonianrecord.com/pages/about_us/About Us] , The Caledonian Record Online. Accessed online: July 14, 2007]

History

Albert G. Chadwick began publishing the paper as a weekly in August, 1837. It is the oldest paper in the county. It started as a four page, twenty-four column paper. [ Gazetteer of Lamoille and Orleans Counties, VT.; 1883-1884, Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child; May 1887]

It was a Whig paper when it started fact|date=May 2008. At the time, Vermont was strongly Whig fact|date=May 2008. The paper advocated the principles of the Free Soil element and became an early adherent and unswerving supporter of the principles of the Republican Party. It was edited and published by its founder for 18 years. George D. Rand and Charles M. Stone bought it in July 1855. Stone became the sole owner, editor and publisher in April 1857.

In 1875 it was still a weekly newspaper. Subscribers paid $1.50 a year.

Caledonian-Record Pub. Co., Inc. v. VT State College

The "Caledonian" garnered attention in 2003 over a court case entitled "Caledonian-Record Pub. Co., Inc. v. VT State College." The "Caledonian" wanted to have access to student disciplinary records and hearings from Lyndon State College. Lyndon state claimed that it was exempt from making the requested information public per the Vermont Public Records Act and the Open Meetings Law. The local court sided with Lyndon State College, and an appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court followed. The Vermont Supreme Court upheld the verdict. [(September 12, 2003) [http://www.splc.org/newsflash.asp?id=659 Newspaper loses bid to access student disciplinary records, But newspaper can access 'final results' of hearings, Vermont Supreme Court rules] Student Press Law Center. Accessed online: July 14, 2007] [ [http://www.gannett.com/go/newswatch/2003/september/nw0926-8.htm LEGAL WATCH: STUDENT DISCIPLINARY RECORDS EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE IN VERMONT] Gannett. Accessed online: July 14, 2007] [ [http://www.hackneypublications.com/lica/sample.html HackneyPublications.com] ] Julie Fothergill, an attorney with the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, stated that the ruling "is important for all public bodies because it indicates how the Court may interpret other exceptions to the Public Records Law." [Fothergill, Julie (September 2003) [http://resources.vlct.org/u/lc_03_09a.pdf STUDENT DISCIPLINARY RECORDS ARE EXEMPT FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE] VLCT News. Accessed online: July 14, 2007] [(September 8, 2003) [http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=11902 Newspaper loses bid to access student-discipline files] , First Amendment Center. Accessed online: July 14, 2007.]

The Caledonian Recently

The "Caledonian" was the first Vermont newspaper to publish online fact|date=May 2008. In 2007 the paper employed a staff of 40, and its sales ranged from one million to five million dollars annually.

In 2007 the paper became involved in a partnership with the ASNE at Lyndon Institute to publish a school newspaper, the first the school has had, entitled "The Campus News".

In 2008 the paper outsourced the printing of the paper to Upper Valley Press in Haverhill, N.H., citing equipment, quality control and personnel problems. [ [http://caledonianrecord.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=38218&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=&S=1 Denied:1up! Software ] ]

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External links

[http://www.caledonianrecord.com/ Official site]