Gwiazda Polish for Star was a weekly newspaper published in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in Polish from  to  with an English section gradually introduced starting in   The founder and publisher was the Polish born Stephan Nowaczyk a printer who immigrated to Philadelphia in the s and started the newspaper in his home in Port Richmond with used equipment in   When he died in  his wife Francis became the publisher until  when their daughter Gertrude became the last publisher until  when the paper was dissolved