The Hamburg Sun is a weekly subscription-based newspaper that covers local news and sports in Erie County, New York, including in the towns of Hamburg, Eden, Evans, Brant and North Collins, as well as the villages of Angola, Farnham and Blasdell.
[6] In 1945, former employee Dick Allen purchased the Independent for $500 and changed the name to Hamburg Sun.
[7][8][9] Allen, a native of Hamburg, had been employed in newspaper and public relations in Chicago before enlisting to fight in World War II.
[8] On returning from the war he decided to settle down in his hometown, starting his own Hamburg Sun publication before purchasing the Independent and merging the two papers.
[8] The Hamburg Sun ceased publication briefly in 2016 its corporate owner, Community Papers of Western New York, claimed bankruptcy, two years after taking ownership from Metro News.