The Gazette van Detroit, the sole Flemish-American
newspaper in the U.S. ,
is stopping publication, the Detroit Free Press reports.
The online paper will shut down by December.
Its print edition ended in 2015.
"The 3rd and 4th generation descendants
of our immigrant ancestors no longer read Dutch in large numbers," says
the paper’s website. "Nor do many retain active ties to Europe ."
Flemish immigrant Camille Fools founded the
paper in 1914. These days the paper is run by volunteers, including a Belgian
correspondent. They turn out a monthly 24-page publication.
"The role that the Gazette plays wasn’t
the same that it was 100 years ago," said Trui Moerkerke, a
Belgian journalist who worked on articles for the paper. "I think
it’s amazing what they did for more than a century, and it’s really a great
accomplishment."
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