Villager (Saint Paul, Minnesota)

The Villager, formerly the Highland Villager, is a Saint [Paul, Minnesota] newspaper. It was founded by Barry Prichard and Arnold Hed in 1953 as the Highland Villager, after Saint Paul's Highland [Park, Saint Paul|Highland Park] neighborhood, and is the Twin Cities' oldest community newspaper. It was the first paper to be distributed in both Minneapolis and Saint Paul. In 2007, it absorbed a sister paper, Avenues.
As of 2021, the Villager circulates in the Saint Paul neighborhoods of Highland Park, Macalester–Groveland, Merriam Park, Snelling–Hamline, Lexington–Hamline, Summit–University, Summit Hill, West 7th/Fort Road, and Downtown; the Minneapolis neighborhoods of Hiawatha and Minnehaha; and suburban Mendota, Mendota [Heights, Minnesota|Mendota Heights], and Lilydale.
The Villager is published twice a month on Tuesday evenings. It reports a readership of 90,000. The newspaper used to be unavailable online but now its website has digital copies of current editions as well as an archive that subscribers may peruse.