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== ''The Monthly Advance'', founded by Horace B. Durant, was published in 1871. Within four months, it was renamed the ''Weekly Advance''. In 1876, that publication was renamed ''The Washington Observer''. It became a daily newspaper in 1889, owned by E.F. Acheson and Winfield McIlvaine. Acheson became sole owner in 1890. == |
== ''The Monthly Advance'', founded by Horace B. Durant, was published in 1871. Within four months, it was renamed the ''Weekly Advance''. In 1876, that publication was renamed ''The Washington Observer''. It became a daily newspaper in 1889, owned by E.F. Acheson and Winfield McIlvaine. Acheson became sole owner in 1890. == |
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In addition to its daily and weekly newspapers and their related websites, the company also publishes monthly magazines and other special-interest publications.{{cn|date= May 2014}} |
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The Observer Publishing Co. is one of the largest employers in Washington County. Its circulation reaches readers in Washington, Greene and southern Allegheny counties. |
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The company has always focused on the community, whether through the pages of its newspapers or through its employee and family charitable commitments. Those include service to the Washington, Waynesburg and McMurray Rotary clubs; Washington & Jefferson and Waynesburg colleges; the United Way of Washington and Greene counties; Washington Hospital Board of Directors and Foundation; and the Washington Community Foundation. |
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There is also a long commitment to the newspaper industry through its alliance with the [[Pennsylvania Newspaper Association]]. Jack Stewart was one of the founding members of the organization, which held its first meeting and was housed in its infancy in the ''Observer'' Washington office. Stewart served as president of the organization for the first two years, the only person to serve two terms as president until 2004. The state presidency has also been held by John and Bill Northrop, as well as the late Jim Lyon, former ''Observer'' general manager and executive vice president. |
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The Observer Publishing Co. is also committed to literacy and the promotion of a lifetime of reading through its highly successful Newspaper in Education program. Each week during the school year, educators in all the school districts within the newspaper's circulation area are offered the ''Observer–Reporter'' as an in-classroom tool, as well as other teaching resource materials. |
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 Observer–Reporter Building | |
| Owner(s) | Observer Publishing Co. |
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| Publisher | Thomas Northrop |
| Editor | Liz Rogers |
| Headquarters | Washington, Pennsylvania |
| Website | http://www.observer-reporter.com/ |
The Observer–Reporter is a daily newspaper covering Washington and Greene counties in Pennsylvania, with some overlap into the South Hills of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County. The newspaper is published by the Observer Publishing Company in Washington, Pennsylvania.
The Monthly Advance, founded by Horace B. Durant, was published in 1871. Within four months, it was renamed the Weekly Advance. In 1876, that publication was renamed The Washington Observer. It became a daily newspaper in 1889, owned by E.F. Acheson and Winfield McIlvaine. Acheson became sole owner in 1890.
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