The state’s oldest and one of its most respected newspapers has joined the Granite State News Collaborative team.

The Sentinel is the fifth oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States, having operated under the Sentinel name since its founding in March 1799. It is known for its community engagement work as well as its stellar, award winning journalism.

“The Keene Sentinel is delighted to join the impressive partnership of organizations in the Granite State News Collaborative,” said The Sentinel’s Digital Content Editor Cecily Weisburgh. “We believe there is strength and innovation in collaboration, and we look forward to bringing a solutions-focused look at the behavioral health issues affecting our state to our readers in the Monadnock Region. Most especially, the areas of mental health and opioid addiction touch our communities, and we are pleased to have the resources of the collaborative to bring in-depth, quality reporting on such important topics.”

As for the GSNC, its members look forward to and very excited by the prospect of adding The Sentinel’s institutional knowledge and investigative reporting acumen to its roster of resources.

“We are very excited that The Sentinel has lent its tremendous stores of talent as well as its time, talent and energy to this project,” said Collaborative project manager Melanie Plenda. “We are so glad they are a part of the team.”

For more information on partnerships with The GSNC contact Melanie Plenda at Melanie.Plenda@collaborativenh.org