The Sentinel was founded in 1942 by William D. Caccese. The Merckx Family of Malaga, Franklin Township purchased the weekly newspaper in July of 2008.
Cindy Merckx is the Editor & Publisher. Norman Merckx Jr. is the Sports Editor and Graphic Designer. We are a family business providing the communities in Gloucester County and surrounding areas with local news.
The paper is published every Thursday of the year by Cindy Merckx Publications, LLC t/a The Sentinel of Gloucester County. There are 1,000+ subscribers with the majority of paid subscribers in the Franklin, Elk, Monroe and Washington Township area, as well as the Boroughs of Clayton, Newfield and Glassboro and the city of Vineland.
Legal notices are published every week of the year. Our publication date is every Thursday. Our deadline for legal advertising submissions is every Friday by 5PM in order to be published for the following Thursday. We provide a printed notarized affidavit of publication with an invoice after publishing at no additional charge.
There is no charge for submitting a death notice or obituary with photograph that will be published on our website and on our social media site at no additional charge. Printed obituaries are edited without photograph due to available space at no charge.