Original sentence: In response to anti-gay editorials and opinion pieces published by the Republican-American between 2004 and 2006, residents of Washington, Connecticut asked the local board of selectmen  to stop publishing legal notices  in the paper.The Waterbury RepublicanAmerican, headquartered in Waterbury, Connecticut is America's 193rd-largest newspaper (as of September 2005) with an average Sunday circulation of 61,100.The name resulted from the merger of two newspapers in the early 1990s—the American and the Republican—by their owner, William J.The paper is known for editorials against liberals, Democrats and perceived-Communists (c.The paper was criticized for an August 2006 editorial labeling Democratic senatorial candidate Ned Lamont a Marxist
Edited sentence: In response to the 33 anti-gay editorials and opinion pieces that the Republican-American published between 2004 and 2006, residents of Washington, Connecticut asked the local board of selectmen  to stop publishing legal notices  in the paper.The Waterbury RepublicanAmerican, headquartered in Waterbury, Connecticut is America's 183rd-largest newspaper (as of September 2005) with an average Sunday circulation of 62,503.The name is the result of the merging of two newspapers in the early 1990s, the American and the Republican, by their owner, William J.The paper also was criticized for an August 2006 editorial labeling moderate Democratic senatorial candidate Ned Lamont a Marxist.The paper is known for a right-wing editorial page that frequently rails against liberals, Democrats and perceived-Communists (c