Talk:The Breakwater Light

A fact from The Breakwater Light appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 November 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that The Breakwater Light was the first newspaper in the first town in the first state?

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 02:09, 7 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that The Breakwater Light was the first newspaper in the first town in the first state? Source: this ("The Delaware Pilot is an outgrowth of the old Breakwater Light, the first newspaper ever published in Lewes.") verifies The Breakwater Light as the first newspaper in Lewes, Delaware. Lewes has the motto "The First Town in the First State" (see [1] for example to verify this)
- ALT1: ... that The Breakwater Light was the first newspaper in the first town in the first state? Source: same as above
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Carlton Martial