By TAYLOR HARTZSTAFF WRITER For 40-years, The Observer has provided its readers with news of local sports, politics, education, and day-to-day life in the town of Southington. While other news sources have come and gone, The Observer has survived for four decades as a valued source of information and an important part of the community. Begun as a family-run weekly shopper by Anthony Urillo in 1963, and expanded into a community newspaper in 1975, the paper has served as a publication focused on all things Southington. “There’s no other place for anyone to read about Southington,” said John Goralski, editor of The Southington Observer. “Since we only focus on one community, we do it in a way no one else can.” Read by 15,000 Southington residents each week, The Observer has long served as a resource that “is positive and lets the community be invested in their local government,” said editor and publisher William J. Pape II of Maitland Publishing, who purchased The Step Saver and The Observer in July of 2000. Over the past 15-years, Pape has helped The Observer expande its presence in Southington and surrounding towns, adding weekly editions in Plainville and Bristol. Pape said that Maitland Publishing, […]
By TAYLOR HARTZSTAFF WRITER For 40-years, The Observer has provided its readers with news of local sports, politics, education, and day-to-day life in the town of Southington. While other news sources have come and gone, The Observer has survived for four decades as a valued source of information and an important part of the community. Begun as a family-run weekly shopper by Anthony Urillo in 1963, and expanded into a community newspaper in 1975, the paper has served as a publication focused on all things Southington. “There’s no other place for anyone to read about Southington,” said John Goralski, editor of The Southington Observer. “Since we only focus on one community, we do it in a way no one else can.” Read by 15,000 Southington residents each week, The Observer has long served as a resource that “is positive and lets the community be invested in their local government,” said editor and publisher William J. Pape II of Maitland Publishing, who purchased The Step Saver and The Observer in July of 2000. Over the past 15-years, Pape has helped The Observer expande its presence in Southington and surrounding towns, adding weekly editions in Plainville and Bristol. Pape said that Maitland Publishing, […]