[6] George sold the Gazette to John S. Brown, who returned the paper to weekly publication beginning with his first issue, published on July 18, 1838.
[7][8] On the Gazette's editorial page, Brown state that he was "'an old-fashioned Democrat,' which was in reality an admission that he was a Whig and opposed to the Jacksonian administration.
"[8] While the Gazette retained a strong readership among Whigs and independents, Hunterdon County had become Democratic with the election of Andrew Jackson as president in 1828.
[9] In 1838, the same year that Brown bought the Gazette, a rival newspaper appeared under the name Hunterdon Democrat.
[10] Within months, the rival editors began making personal attacks on each other in addition to their sniping on political topics.
Earlier in his career, Huffington had worked at Philadelphia area newspapers with Seymour, the Democrat's owner and editor.
[11] Early in 1844, Swallow sold the Gazette to Buffington, then moved to Lambertville where he started a newspaper.
[13] Family ownership continued in the 1980s when Thomas was joined in the publication of the newspaper by his three children, Catherine, John, and Howard.
Catherine's husband, Jay Langley, became editor in 1988, while Mack rejoined the newspaper in 1989 as general manager.