It is the only daily newspaper published in Sussex County, New Jersey and one of the oldest in the state.

[4] In 1925, the paper got its first permanent home when a one-story building was built on High Street in Newton.

Soon after its purchase, its parent company, New Media Investment Group, bought Gannett in a merger that assumed its name and its headquarters in Virginia, with Mike Reed as CEO.

Today, The New Jersey Herald is published six days a week (Sunday-Friday, excluding Saturday).

[5] The New Jersey Herald covers many local news and sporting events mainly throughout Sussex County, and regularly publishes articles from the Associated Press that cover state, national, and world events.