The Dover Post/ Community News
Family of Community Newspapers
County, plus part of adjacent Maryland. Serving the rapid-
ly-growing Middletown-Odessa-Townsend area and be-
yond, The Transcript is popular with local advertisers and
offers a great opportunity to reach a market that can drive
either north or south for major shopping. The weekly
paid
circulation is more than 6,500 households
.
Hockessin Community News
The Hockessin Community News is
circulated free
to
homes throughout 110 communities and upscale develop-
ments in Delaware's prime 19736 and 19707 zip codes, as
well as partially through the neighboring 19808 and 19711
zip codes. As the single weekly community newspaper cov-
ering this area, the Hockessin Community News has a
devoted and responsive readership. The
circulation is
15,852 copies
distributed Thursdays by carrier and mail.
Dover Post
By far the largest audited newspaper in central Delaware,
the
Dover Post
blankets Greater Dover with
door-to-door
free delivery
early every Wednesday morning. The Post has
a page count of over 120 and is well-read and well-liked.
Existing and potential customers look to it regularly for its
ads as well as for local news, features, recipes, editorials,
columns, school news, entertainment news, things to do, a
huge and extremely popular classified section and more! The
Post's audited circulation is dominant at
more than 31,400
households
.
Airlifter, Dover Air Force Base
The Airlifter is filled with information important to the jobs
and careers of active military personnel, as well as what’s
happening on base of interest to active military, their depen-
dents, reserve personnel and military retirees. The circula-
tion of
6,082 copies
is
available free
on base, and delivered
door-to-door at all base housing on Fridays.
Greenville Community News
The Greenville Community News circulation area compris-
es the famous "chateau country" highlands north and
northwest of Wilmington. The
free circulation
also includes
3,000 homes in neighboring Chadds Ford, PA. Forty-three
of the state's finest estate communities are targeted in the
10,660 copies mailed and delivered Tuesdays
. Zip codes cov-
ered completely are 19732, 19735, 19806, 19807, 19317 and
19357. Part of zip 19805 is also covered. The Greenville
Community News is this area's only weekly community
newspaper.
Mill Creek Community News
The Mill Creek Community News weekly newspaper covers
the residents of the many communities from the Kirkwood
Highway to the Pennsylvania line who live in the Mill
Creek Valley area of New Castle County. This newspaper's
coverage is adjacent to and east of the Hockessin Commu-
nity News and the Greenville Community News. Like these
two well- established and well-read newspapers, Mill Creek
Community News concentrates on local news of prime
interest to the people who live in the area it serves.
11,659
copies are delivered free every Wednesday.
Milford Beacon
The Milford Beacon is
delivered by direct mail
each week to
the homes of more than 5,900 Milford, Delaware residents
living within the 19963 zip code. Additional newsstand cir-
culation, and subscriptions bring the
total circulation to
more than 7,000
.
Sussex Countian, Georgetown, Millsboro and More
Based in Georgetown, the county seat of Sussex County, the
Sussex Countian has been a recognized source for advertis-
ing, local news and legal advertising for more than 120
years. The Countian is considered central Sussex’s newspa-
per of record, and proudly serves many of Sussex’s growing
communities including Milton, Millsboro, Long Neck,
Dagsboro, Frankford and Selbyville. The Countian’s
paid
circulation is more than 3,600 copies a week.
Smyrna/ Clayton Sun-Times
The Sun-Times, the oldest continuously-published newspa-
per in the state, is
delivered by mail to the subscribers
in
and around the towns of Smyrna and Clayton. It is a vital
part of the community for both readers and advertisers, as
it has been since 1854, and its
paid circulation is more than
4,000 households
. Many advertisers use the low pick-up rate
to add the Sun-Times to their Dover Post or Middletown
Transcript buy, since shopping opportunities in the area are
somewhat limited, especially in certain categories.
Middletown Transcript
Since 1868, The Middletown Trancript has been the newspa-
per for close community coverage of southern New Castle
Brandywine West Community News
Circulated to 11,241 homes
in the Brandywine hundred
area, the Brandywine Community News reaches families
throughout the 19803 and 19810 zip code areas – the high-
est average incomes in Northern New Castle County.
Brandywine East Community News
Debuted in October 2005, the Brandywine East Community
News is
circulated to 10,000 homes
in the 19703, 19809 and
19810 zip codes, along the Philadelphia Pike-Claymont cor-
ridor, including the areas of Bellefont, Edgemoor, Haneys
Corner and Arden.
Updated 11/4/08