The Daily Hampshire Gazette has been continuously published since September 6, 1786. Originally published to inform the community about Shays’ Rebellion, it is one of the earliest newspapers in the United States and the oldest daily newspaper in Massachusetts.
Based in Northampton, the Gazette covers 20 cities and towns in Hampshire County as well as select southern towns of Franklin County. The Gazette publishes six days a week in print, as well as online at gazettenet.com.