The Bulletin is the daily newspaper of Norwich, Connecticut, and we aim to inform you of the issues in your community, connect you with your neighbors, and enable you to develop a deeper understanding of the people and policies that make our community thrive. Our history as the newspaper of record for the city dates back more than 235 years to 1791, when Ebenezer Bushnell founded the Weekly Register (1791-1795).
We seek to tell the stories you need to know and provide multidimensional insights and information. We cover the fun and the cute, as well as the serious and the somber. If we make a mistake, we say so.
What does The Bulletin cover?
Formerly The Norwich Bulletin, our priority remains the Rose City. We also focus on the communities of Griswold, Killingly and Plainfield, and to a larger extent, New London and Windham counties.
Our newsroom’s chief focus is local reporting featuring interviews, on-the-ground research, firsthand scenes and public records.
No partisan or outside business interests dictate what stories our reporters do here at The Bulletin. We stick to strict ethical standards rooted in our country’s historic principles of an independent and inquisitive press.
The Bulletin staff
Matt Grahn is our city reporter, covering what’s happening in Norwich, both in the government and on the streets. He also covers the town of Griswold.
Connor Linskey is our public safety reporter covering breaking news as well as trends and the impact on the community. He also covers the towns of Killingly and Plainfield.
Sandy Meindersma is our editor. She leads the news reporters and is responsible for editing stories and directing our daily local news coverage.
Jimmy Zanor is our sports director, covering all things in high school sports in The Bulletin communities.
You can find our faces, full bios, contact information and recent stories in the staff directory.
A brief history of The Bulletin
The Bulletin was first published on Nov. 29, 1791, as the Weekly Register. It became known as the Chelsea Courier in 1796, named for the downtown Norwich district known as Chelsea and published by Thomas Hubbard. William Hicks Oat and Charles Denison Noyes purchased the newspaper in 1898, a business move that kept the families in charge for more than 80 years.
In 1860, the Courier merged with the Norwich Morning Bulletin. In 1873, the Bulletin Co. was formed, and the paper’s name was changed again to Norwich Bulletin. A competitor, The Norwich Evening Record, was first published in 1888 and was absorbed by the Norwich Bulletin in 1927. The Bulletin issued its first Sunday edition, the Norwich Sunday Record, in 1930. The name was changed to the Norwich Bulletin Sunday Edition in 1960, and then to the Sunday Bulletin in 1981.
The Norwich Bulletin changed its name to The Bulletin in 2011, and the Sunday edition adopted the general moniker in 2025.
In November 1981, shortly after Gannett began publishing USA TODAY, it purchased the Norwich Bulletin. Gannett owned the paper for 26 years, before selling it to GateHouse Media Inc., in 2007. GateHouse Media bought Gannett in 2019, and The Bulletin remains a member of the Gannett/USA TODAY Network of more than 200 daily and weekly newspapers across the country.
How to talk to The Bulletin or send us story ideas
If you have a tip for our reporters to look into, thoughts on our coverage or have a correction email editor Sandy Meindersma at [email protected].
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