The paper was founded by 21-year-old John Prentiss in March, 1799, and it remains one of the oldest news organizations in the country continuously published under the same name!

For operating The Keene Sentinel and mantaining its' long tradition of serving the community in this extremely difficult period for the newpaper industry, the ownership and staff of The Sentinel of Keene New Hampshire have earned recognition by and membership in AmericanMadeHeroes.com!

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The Sentinel, a media enterprise whose main goal is to help the now 100,000 or so people living in southwestern New Hampshire know what's going on - and what will go on - immediately around them and in the world. The Sentinel currently employs about 100 people working in all sorts of jobs: advertising, printing, news, circulation, online operations, business and so on.

The paper is locally owned, which is a rarity these days. The publisher, Tom Ewing, lives in Keene and occupies the corner office. He, like all the other members of The Sentinel team, are answerable to an enterprise that's been serving the community for more than two centuries.