| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid, Digital |
| Owner(s) | Richner Communications |
| Publisher | Clifford and Stuart Richner |
| Editor | None |
| Founded | 1949 (as Southeaster) |
| Language | American English |
| Headquarters | 2 Endo Boulevard Garden City, Nassau County, New York 11530 |
| City | Garden City |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 2,952 (as of 2018) [1] |
| Sister newspapers | Long Island Herald newspaper chain, Nassau Herald, The Jewish Star, Oyster Bay Guardian, The Riverdale Press |
| ISSN | 2469-813X |
| OCLC number | 883786393 |
| Website |
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The Wantagh Herald is an American weekly newspaper that serves Garden City, Wantagh, and Seaford in Nassau County, New York. [2] It is published on Thursdays with a circulation of 3,081 as of 2018. [1]/ref>
It is considered a paper of public record by Nassau County clerk's office. [3]
History
The Wantagh Herald Citizen was founded as the Southeaster in 1949 and became the Wantagh Seaford Citizen in 1953. [4] [2] The paper was split in two and changed in 2014 to the Wantagh Herald Citizenand Seaford Herald Citizen. In 2021, they both became the Wantagh Herald and Seaford Herald. [5]
G.L. Bricker, an early editor of the Southeaster paper in Wantagh, was sued for a million dollars for libel by the New York Communist Party. [6]
In 1958, Faith and Johannes Laursen purchased the paper, along with Merrick Life, Bellmore Life, and the Freeport-Baldwin Leader. [7] Johannes Laursen was briefly the head of the New York Press Association. [8] [9] The four papers together comprised L&M Publications, which was later run by the Laursen's children, Linda Toscano and Paul Laursen. [10]
L&M Publications was acquired in 2013 by Richner Communications, and the Wantagh Seaford Citizen was added to Richner's newspaper group, Herald Community Newspapers. It was split into two newspapers; the Wantagh Herald Citizen and Seaford Herald Citizen. In 2021, both papers dropped the Citizen from their title, and are now the Wantagh Herald and Seaford Herald. [7] [10]
Awards
Herald Community Papers received 2nd place in the New York Press Association's 2017 Better Newspapers Contest, in the category of Group or Chain Newspapers. [11] The Wantagh Herald Citizen also received 2nd place in that 2017 contest for Best Small Space Ad. [11]
References
- ^ a b "ANR report (New York)" (PDF). American Newspaper Representatives (ANR). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ a b "About The Wantagh citizen". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018., OCLC 31299460
- ^ "Designated Newspapers". Nassau County, New York. Nassau County Clerk's Office. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018.
- ^ "About The Southeaster". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018. OCLC 33005356
- ^ "The Wantagh Seaford citizen". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018., OCLC 21814568
- ^ "G.L. Bricker dies at 67". Tampa Bay Times. December 4, 1959. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018.
- ^ a b "Richner Communications to acquire L&M Publications". Herald Community Newspapers. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
- ^ "Albany Insight". Springville Journal. January 12, 1967. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018.
- ^ Nason, Marilyn (September 8, 1969). "Says School Business of Public". The Post-Star. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018.
- ^ a b Incantalupo, Tom (July 12, 2013). "Richner Communications to acquire L&M Publications". Newsday. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018.
- ^ a b "New York Press Association 2017 Better Newspapers Contest" (PDF). New York Press Association. 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.