The Times Herald (Norristown, Pennsylvania) The Times Herald (Norristown, Pennsylvania) The Times Herald is a daily newspaper in Norristown, Pennsylvania. The newspaper began as the "Norristown Gazette", which published its first edition on June 15, 1799. The newspaper's first publisher was David Sower, the son of Christopher Sower, a controversial figure who published ant-war sentiments and was branded a 'Tory,' a derogatory term used to describe Americans who were 'loyal to the British' during the American Revolution. In 1800, the name of the newspaper was changed to the ""Norristown Herald and Weekly Advertiser"", a name it retained in various forms until 1922, when it was
The Herald Times Reporter press was brought on a schooner from Milwaukee. A weekly newspaper called the "Weekly Press" was printed; it was renamed the "Weekly Herald" in 1955. In 1898, the "Weekly Herald" became a daily newspaper; the Herald-Press Publishing Company was formed and it printed the "Daily Herald" and "Weekly Press". The "Weekly Press" was absorbed into the "Daily Herald" in 1953 and the newspaper became known as the "Herald Times". It purchased the "Two Rivers Reporter" based in nearby Two Rivers in 1970 and the newspaper took its current name "Herald Times Reporter". It was purchased by Gannett Company in 2000.