| The Westerly Sun | |
| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Format: | Broadsheet |
| Foundation: | 1857 |
| Owners: | Sun Publishing Company |
| Publisher: | Jody Boucher |
| Managing Editor: | Corey Fyke |
| Headquarters: | 100 Main Street Westerly, Rhode Island 02891 |
| Website: | thewesterlysun.com |
The Westerly Sun is a seven-day daily newspaper published in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States, covering portions of Washington County, Rhode Island, and New London County, Connecticut. The Sun is issued mornings 7 days a week. Until 1995, it published its Sunday edition in the afternoon, and was the only such paper to do so at that time.[1]
The Sun is the flagship publication of Sun Publishing Company, which also prints several free weekly newspapers in the area. Sun Publishing is itself a subsidiary of Southern RI Newspapers of Wakefield, RI.
Towns covered by The Sun include Charlestown, Hopkinton, Richmond, South Kingstown and Westerly, Rhode Island; and Groton, North Stonington and Stonington, Connecticut.
The Westerly Sun prices are: $1.50 daily, $3.00 Thursday and $3.00 Sunday "Weekend Edition".