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VOLUME 89 • NO. 32 | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2025
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Carlyle Observer closing after 89 years
INSIDE THIS WEEK:
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our newspaper. While the support from the community never wavered As of December 18, the Carlyle Ob- and we managed to maintain a strong server will be no more. This is the last engagement with our many, many issue of the paper, and the doors will readers, unfortunately we were faced be closed. with a relentless revenue migration This paper began in the 1920’s but of advertising to the foreign-owned was known as the Carlyle Herald and giants, Facebook and Google. We are Ed Homes became the sole owner. In forever grateful of the work and ser1936 the paper was sold to the O’Neill vice by Dolores Young in our local offamily and was renamed the Carlyle ¿ FH ZKR GLG D WHUUL¿ F MRE RI SXOOLQJ Observer. For 89 years it has been stories from the communities in the part of many communities, but now it area into an interesting and engaging will become a part of history. read every week. It has been our pleaPeter Kvarnstrom, president and sure and privilege to serve Carlyle community media for Glacier Media and area for these many years.” Group had this to say. “After more Dolores Young was a familiar face than 20 years of ownership of the each time someone walked into her Carlyle Observer, we have made the Rɤ FH DQG ZDV IXOO RI NQRZOHGJH ZKHQ H[WUHPHO\ GLɤ FXOW GHFLVLRQ WR FORVH it came to the paper, this is what she By Stephanie Zoer
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Arrive Alive PAGE 7
had to say. “I have had the privilege of working with the Carlyle Observer for six and D KDOI \HDUV DQG KDYH HQMR\HG LW YHU\ much,” said Young. But with sadness, sometimes all good things come to an end. Firstly, I would like to thank everyone for the honour of working with you. Thank you to all the businesses that supported the Observer through the 89 years of being in business. Also, thanks to all freelance writers whom I had the privilege to work with and for supplying all the wonderful articles, photos etc. to the Carlyle Observer.” We would like to thank everyone who supported the Carlyle Observer RYHU WKH \HDUV 3OHDVH HQMR\ WKH ODVW issue of the paper.
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