Walter Paine (May 9, 1923 – October 4, 2018) was an American author, journalist, and publisher.
Paine, a former editorial writer for the Baltimore Sun,[1] met James D. Ewing, who was interested in purchasing a newspaper, and in October 1954, they purchased the Keene Sentinel, in Keene, New Hampshire.
[5] Ewing took over full control of the Sentinel, and Paine continued to serve as editor and publisher of the Valley News for twenty-four years.
[1] In 1957 in his role as Valley News editor, Paine mounted an investigation into the transparency and practices of the managers of the town of Lebanon that led to the shift to a town council form of government there.
[9] In 2006 his children's book Cousin John: The Story of a Boy and a Small Smart Pig was published by Bunker Hill.