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A bout the 2018 Better Newspaper Contest … A 3 163 newspapers submitted 2,743 entries. Participating newspapers competed for awards in 65 categories, and for Newspaper of the Year, the Stuart C. Dorman Award for Editorial Excellence and the John J. Evans Award for Advertising Excellence. 546 awards were presented during NYPA's Spring Conference April 5th and 6th, 2019. The entries were judged by members of the Wisconsin Press Association. The winners were determined based on the following point system: EACH FIRST PLACE AWARD........................................20 POINTS EACH SECOND PLACE AWARD...................................10 POINTS EACH THIRD PLACE AWARD......................................5 POINTS THE TOP FIVE — GROUP OR CHAIN NEWSPAPERS TOTAL CONTEST POINTS: Times/Review Newspapers — 425 POINTS The Suffolk Times, The News-Review, Shelter Island Reporter Johnson Newspaper Corporation — 365 POINTS Watertown Daily News, The Daily News, Livingston County News, Register-Star, Daily Mail The Press Newspaper Group — 310 POINTS The Southampton Press - Eastern, The Southampton Press - Western, The East Hampton Press Schneps Community News Group — 265 POINTS Astoria Times, Bay News Bayside Times, Bronx Times Reporter and Bronx Times, Brooklyn Graphic, The Brooklyn Paper, Caribbean Life, Chelsea Now, The Courier Sun, The Extra Courier, Downtown Express, El Correo de Queens, The Flushing Times, Forest Hills / The Western Courier, Gay City News, Healthwise Magazine, Long Island Press, Manhattan Express, Mill Basin Courier, North Shore Towers Courier, Northeast Courier, Noticia, Park Slope Courier, Queens Business Today, Queens Courier, Queens Family, Ridgewood Times and Times Newsweek, The Villager Express, The Ledger, The Villager (NYC) Herald Community Newspapers — 250 POINTS Baldwin Herald, Bellmore Herald, East Meadow Herald, Franklin Square Elmont Herald, Freeport Herald Leader, Glen Cove Herald Gazette, Long Beach Herald, Lynbrook East Rockaway Herald, Malverne West Hempstead Herald, Merrick Herald, Nassau Herald, Oceanside Island Park Herald, Oyster Bay Guardian, Rockaway Journal, Rockville Center Herald, Sea Cliff Glen Head Herald Gazette, Seaford Herald Citizen, South Shore Record, Valley Stream Herald, Wantagh Herald Citizen, The Jewish Star, The Riverdale Press The Sag Harbor Express — 220 POINTS Dan's Papers — 190 POINTS The Independent — 160 POINTS Albany Business Review — 155 POINTS The Highlands Current — 135 POINTS THE TOP FIVE — SINGLE FLAG NEWSPAPERS TOTAL CONTEST POINTS: The Suffolk Times — 155 POINTS The Independent — 135 POINTS The Highlands Current — 125 POINTS The News-Review — 120 POINTS The Southampton Press - Eastern Edition — 115 POINTS The Sag Harbor Express — 105 POINTS THE TOP FIVE NEWSPAPERS TOTAL EDITORIAL CONTEST POINTS: Dan's Papers — 100 POINTS The Suffolk Times — 50 POINTS Albany Business Review — 50 POINTS Saratoga Today — 50 POINTS Lynbrook/East Rockaway Herald — 45 POINTS Putnam County News & Recorder — 45 POINTS The Sag Harbor Express — 40 POINTS THE TOP FIVE NEWSPAPERS TOTAL ADVERTISING CONTEST POINTS: NYNAME WINNERS The Post-Standard — 45 POINTS Finger Lakes Times — 45 POINTS Watertown Daily Times — 35 POINTS The Daily Mail — 20 POINTS