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The Maryland Gazette was founded in Annapolis, Maryland in 1727 and published through 1734 [4] by William Parks. [5] [6] Parks moved to Virginia in 1736. [7] The newspaper was both Maryland and the South's first publication, as well as the sixth in the colonies. Publication became irregular after 1730, before being discontinued in 1734. [8]
The Gazette published weekly community newspapers serving Montgomery, Prince George's, Frederick, and Carroll counties in Maryland, including a subscription-based weekend edition covering business and politics throughout the state. The group of papers consistently won awards from the Suburban Newspapers of America, and regional awards.
Maryland Advocate & Farmer's & Mechanics Register: Cumberland: 1831 1835 [57] Maryland Free Press: Hagerstown: 1862 1876 On hiatus from 1863-1866. Also published as Reporter and Advertiser, 1875-1876. Maryland Gazette: Annapolis: 1727 1734 [33] Maryland Herald & Elizabeth-Town Advertiser: Hagerstown: 1797 1801 [58] Maryland Gazette, and ...
The Capital (also known as Capital Gazette as its online nameplate [1] and informally, [2] [3] while the Sunday edition is called The Sunday Capital) is a daily newspaper published by Capital Gazette Communications in Annapolis, Maryland, to serve the city of Annapolis, much of Anne Arundel County, and neighboring Kent Island in Queen Anne's County.
Oxford is one of the oldest towns in Maryland. While Oxford officially marks the year 1683 as its founding because in that year it was first named by the Maryland General Assembly as a seaport, the town began between 1666 and 1668 when 30 acres (120,000 m 2) were laid out as a town called Oxford by William Stephens Jr.. By 1669 one of the first ...
The R. Clayton Mitchell Jr. Bridge, [2] formerly known as the Kent Narrows Bridge, is part of US 50/US 301 and was built during the early 1990s as part of upgrades to US 50/US 301 on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The Waterman's Memorial Bridge, a drawbridge formerly known as the Old Kent Narrows Bridge, is part of Maryland Route 18 as well as ...
Parks was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, England on May 23, 1699. [1] He learned printing as a trade and maintained printing houses at Ludlow, Hereford and Reading. [5] [6] [7] It is uncertain whether Parks learned the printing trade in London or as an apprentice in one of the many provincial printing establishments in England. [8]
The Prince George's Enquirer and Southern Maryland Advertiser was a weekly newspaper published from 1882 to January 30, 1925, in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. [1] It replaced a paper that had been established during the American Civil War by Michael J. Slayman, The Prince Georgian and Southern Maryland Advertiser . [ 2 ]