Arwady became publisher of The Republican on December 31, 2009; he was previously publisher of The Newark Star-Ledger, where he had threatened to shut down that newspaper amid financial crises. In 2019, the New England Newspaper Association awarded The Republican, the "Newspaper of the Year" title as a daily, and among Sunday newspapers, for its investigative reporting on the Springfield Police Department controversies earlier that year. Longtime editor and Yankee Quill winner Wayne E. Phaneuf retired in 2020 and was succeeded by Cynthia G. Simison and later Larry Parnass . Images See also Republican Block, the newspaper's home from 1858 to 1867 History of American newspapers Notes References Parts of this article come from Cambridge History of English and American uLiterature (1921) in the public domain.'' External links The Republican, online edition Other publications by The Republican George S. Merriam, Life and Times of Samuel Bowles V. 1 (1885) Richard Hooker, The Story of an Independent Newspaper (1924) John J. Scanlon, The Passing of the Springfield Republican (1950) 1824 establishments in Massachusetts Advance Publications Mass media in Springfield, Massachusetts Newspapers published in Massachusetts Publications established in 1824