in the early 1960s another paper -- "the newark weekly" -- was founded by reginald b. "rocky" rockwell and henry galperin—and a newspaper battle began in this small college town which ended with "the newark weekly" purchasing the "newark post" -- and renaming the publication the "weekly post". the paper ran in this format for a number of years—even going daily as "the daily post"—for less than a full year beginning in 1972—and returning to its weekly publication. in the early 1980s the "weekly post" ceased publication for a couple of years, but was revived by its owners in its original name as the "newark post", and since then has come back as a strong community newspaper.