Alden Advertiser


The Alden Advertiser is an American, English language newspaper serving Alden, Marilla, Darien and the surrounding communities of Erie County in New York.
Founded in 1914 as a weekly, the paper has a circulation of approximately 3,400. Leonard A. Weisbeck Jr. is the owner and editor of the paper.

History

The paper was founded as a weekly by J. Childs. In 1917 the paper was bought by Leo Whitney, formerly of the Record. Whitney would run it until 1929.
In 1932 Joseph A Weisbeck took ownership of the paper. He died in 1962 and turned the paper over to his son Leonard. Weisbeck is former head of the Western New York Publishers Association.