The Chronicle (Goshen and Chester)

The Chronicle[1] is "a weekly that covers Chester and Goshen."[2]

An example of their effectiveness is that The Chronicle fought a Freedom of Information case and won the right "to allow the photocopying of disclosure forms" from the county's government.[3] The concession resulted in "that the county would even post them online." Previously they were told that "while the disclosure forms may be inspected and their contents copied by hand, they could not be photographed or photocopied."[4]

History
Goshen's Town hall
Chester's Town hall

The newspaper was launched in 2001[5] as an addition to the Straus News family of local newspapers: their seventh. Unlike the first five, which were acquisitions of existing newspapers, this was the second one founded by Straus. The Chronicle included a local teacher's culinary column, "Rosemary, It's Thyme."[6]

Straus News

In 1986 the family of R. Peter Straus sold WMCA (AM), a radio station operating in New York City,[7] and over the following 17 years purchased five newspaper and started three more, including The Chronicle. By 2014 they were the publishers of "14 local weeklies across New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania" and five in Manhattan.[8][5][9][10]

Controvertial

"The identities of two people who posted anonymous comments" on the newspaper's web site was the subject of a 2010 grand jury's subpoena; it was quashed.[2][11][12]

References
  1. Cecilia Levine (October 5, 2017). "LEGOLAND Will Get Its Water, Sewer Service From Goshen". South Orange Daily Voice. to supply the 521-acre site with said service, The Chronicle reports.
  2. Oliver Mackson (February 9, 2010). "Judge tosses subpoena seeking identities of paper's Web site posters". Times Herald-Record.
  3. Pamela Chergotis (June 19, 2014). "County grants right to photocopy financial disclosure forms". The Photo News.
  4. "Ethics board denies Chronicle's request to photocopy disclosure forms". The Chronicle. May 9, 2014.
  5. "Straus News: Our History". Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  6. "Patricia A.B. Wallace, Art Teacher, 68". Sullivan County Democrat. October 29, 2002.
  7. "Rachel Tofel and Cameron Ferrante". The New York Times. November 2, 2014.
  8. Sydney Ember (March 9, 2014). "Manhattan Community Papers Revamped Under New Editor". The New York Times.
  9. "New Owner for Small N.Y. Papers". The Wall Street Journal.
  10. "Media exec Tom Allon drops mayoral bid". Crain's New York Business. March 18, 2013. In January, Isis Venture Partners sold a number of its weekly neighborhood-focused publications to Straus News.
  11. "New York v. The (Chester) Chronicle". Digital Media Law Project. February 23, 2010.
  12. "Straus News wins subpoena case". West Milford Messenger. September 30, 2011.
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