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The Burlington County Times is a daily newspaper located in Willingboro Township, New Jersey

Willingboro Township, New Jersey

Willingboro is a Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States and a suburb of Philadelphia. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population was 31,629....

, USA

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The Times is owned by Calkins Media

Calkins Media

Calkins Media is a media company based in Levittown, Pennsylvania, which owns 8 newspapers and 3 television stations, all of them are ABC affiliates. It was established in 1937 as Calkins Newspapers, Inc...

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With offices in Willingboro, Medford and Mount Holly Township, New Jersey

Mount Holly Township, New Jersey

Mount Holly Township is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States as well as an eastern suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2000 United States Census, the township population was 10,728. It is the county seat of Burlington County....

, the paper covers municipal, county and state-wide issues as well as local and professional sporting events.

Coverage

The paper publishes weekly special sections, including "What's Happening", a guide to local entertainment; "All About U", a women's news section; and "To Do", a broader entertainment guide with movie reviews and more.

The Times shares a Website, phillyBurbs.com, with two Calkins newspapers in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

, Bucks County Courier Times and The Intelligencer
The Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pennsylvania)
The Intelligencer is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper published in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The newspaper serves central and northern Bucks County as well as adjacent areas of eastern Montgomery County...

. In 2007 the paper launched its own section of the site, phillyBurbs.com/BCT, which features daily news stories, editorial content, obituaries, photographs, videos, and a community calendar. The Times also has a breaking news site.

History

The paper was founded in 1958 at the urging of builder William Levitt

William Levitt

William Jaird Levitt was an American real-estate developer widely credited as the father of modern American suburbia. He came to symbolize the new suburban growth with his use of mass-production techniques to construct large developments of houses selling for under $10,000...

. S.W. Calkins, who already owned the Bucks County paper, started a Levittown Times in Burlington, New Jersey

Burlington, New Jersey

Burlington is a city in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States and a suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 9,920....

, with offices on U.S. Route 130

U.S. Route 130

U.S. Route 130 is a north–south U.S. Highway completely within the state of New Jersey. It runs from Interstate 295 and US 40 at Deepwater in Pennsville Township, Salem County, where the road continues east as Route 49, north to US 1 in North Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, where...

. The paper was printed at the Courier Times plant in Pennsylvania.

The New Jersey operation was relocated to Willingboro and renamed the Burlington County Times.

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