Wantagh Herald Citizen
{{See also|List of newspapers in New York}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Wantagh Herald
| image =
| caption =
| type = Weekly newspaper
| format = Tabloid, Digital
| language = American English
| foundation = 1949 (as Southeaster)
| ceased publication =
| owners = Richner Communications
| publisher = Clifford and Stuart Richner
| editor = None
| political =
| circulation = 2,952
| circulation_date = 2018
| headquarters = 2 Endo Boulevard
Garden City, Nassau County, New York 11530
| publishing_country = United States
| publishing_city = Garden City
| oclc = 883786393
| sister newspapers = Long Island Herald newspaper chain, Nassau Herald, The Jewish Star, Oyster Bay Guardian, The Riverdale Press
| ISSN = 2469-813X
| website = {{URL|liherald.com/wantagh}}
}}
The Wantagh Herald is an American weekly newspaper that serves Garden City, Wantagh, and Seaford in Nassau County, New York.{{Cite web |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94061035/ |title=About The Wantagh citizen |website=Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012053917/https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94061035/ |archive-date=October 12, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=October 11, 2018 }}, {{OCLC|31299460}} It is published on Thursdays with a circulation of 3,081 as of 2018.{{Cite web |url=http://gotoanr.com/documents/database/new-york.pdf |title=ANR report (New York) |website=American Newspaper Representatives (ANR) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012014559/http://gotoanr.com/documents/database/new-york.pdf |archive-date=October 12, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=October 11, 2018 }}
It is considered a paper of public record by Nassau County clerk's office.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/461/Designated-Newspapers |title=Designated Newspapers |website=Nassau County, New York |publisher=Nassau County Clerk's Office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012053913/https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/461/Designated-Newspapers |archive-date=October 12, 2018 |url-status=live }}
History
The Wantagh Herald Citizen was founded as the Southeaster in 1949 and became the Wantagh Seaford Citizen in 1953.{{Cite web |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn96083579/ |title=About The Southeaster |website=Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012014555/https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn96083579/ |archive-date=October 12, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=October 11, 2018 }}{{OCLC|33005356}} 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.{{Cite news |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90066175/ |title=The Wantagh Seaford citizen. |work=Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers |access-date=October 10, 2018 |publisher=Library of Congress |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012014549/https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90066175/ |archive-date=October 12, 2018 |url-status=live }}, {{OCLC|21814568}}
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.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24445586/gl_bricker_dies_at_67/ |title=G.L. Bricker dies at 67 |date=December 4, 1959 |work=Tampa Bay Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012014633/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24445586/gl_bricker_dies_at_67/ |archive-date=October 12, 2018 |url-status=live }}
In 1958, Faith and Johannes Laursen purchased the paper, along with Merrick Life, Bellmore Life, and the Freeport-Baldwin Leader. Johannes Laursen was briefly the head of the New York Press Association.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24464517/albany_insight/ |title=Albany Insight |date=January 12, 1967 |work=Springville Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012094404/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24464517/albany_insight/ |archive-date=October 12, 2018 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24464615/says_school_business_of_public/ |title=Says School Business of Public |last=Nason |first=Marilyn |date=September 8, 1969 |work=The Post-Star |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012054026/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24464615/says_school_business_of_public/ |archive-date=October 12, 2018 |url-status=live }} The four papers together comprised L&M Publications, which was later run by the Laursen's children, Linda Toscano and Paul Laursen.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newsday.com/business/richner-communications-to-acquire-l-m-publications-1.5677387 |title=Richner Communications to acquire L&M Publications |last=Incantalupo |first=Tom |date=July 12, 2013 |work=Newsday |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012094412/https://www.newsday.com/business/richner-communications-to-acquire-l-m-publications-1.5677387 |archive-date=October 12, 2018 |url-status=live }}
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.{{Cite news |url=http://www.liherald.com/stories/Richner-Communications-to-acquire-LM-Publications,48755 |title=Richner Communications to acquire L&M Publications |work=Herald Community Newspapers |access-date=October 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012053926/http://www.liherald.com/stories/Richner-Communications-to-acquire-LM-Publications,48755 |archive-date=October 12, 2018 |url-status=live }}
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.{{Cite web |url=https://nynewspapers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/BNC_Awards_17lwrs.pdf |title=New York Press Association 2017 Better Newspapers Contest |year=2018 |website=New York Press Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709064707/http://nynewspapers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/BNC_Awards_17lwrs.pdf |archive-date=July 9, 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=October 12, 2018 }} The Wantagh Herald Citizen also received 2nd place in that 2017 contest for Best Small Space Ad.
References
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External links
- [http://www.liherald.com/wantagh/ Official website]
Category:Newspapers published in New York (state)
Category:Nassau County, New York