It moved to Jersey City in 1887, and relocated to Union Hill in 1890.

[3] Starting in the late 1970s, the staff of the Dispatch aggressively covered the notorious political corruption in Hudson and Bergen counties.

During the same period other mayors and even a district attorney were prosecuted on corruption charges in part due to investigative journalism by the Dispatch.

[citation needed] Allbritton Communications bought the paper in 1977.

[citation needed] In 1991 the paper was purchased by Newhouse Newspapers and merged into The Jersey Journal.