Wantagh Herald Citizen

Wantagh Herald Citizen
Type Weekly
Format Broadsheet, Digital
Owner(s) Richner Communications
Publisher Clifford and Stuart Richner
Editor Timothy Denton
Founded 1949 (as Southeaster)
Headquarters Nassau County, New York, United States
Circulation 2952
ISSN 2469-813X
OCLC number 883786393
Website www.liherald.com/wantagh/

The Wantagh Herald Citizen is an American weekly newspaper that serves Garden City, Wantagh, and Seaford, NY.[1] It is published on Thursdays. Estimated circulation is 3,081.[2] It is currently edited by Timothy Denton.[3]

It is considered a paper of public record by Nassau County clerk's office.[4]

History

Founded as the Southeaster in 1949,[5] it became the Wantagh Seaford Citizen in 1953.[6] The name was changed in 2014 to the Wantagh Herald Citizen.[7]

G.L. Bricker, an early editor of the Southeaster paper in Wantagh, was sued for a million dollars for libel against the New York Communist Party.[8]

In 1958, Faith and Johannes Laursen purchased the paper, along with Merrick Life, Bellmore Life, and the Freeport-Baldwin Leader.[9] Johannes was for a time the head of the New York Press Association.[10][11] The four papers together comprised L&M Publications, which was later run by the Laursen's children, Linda Toscano and Paul Laursen.[12]

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.[9][12] 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.[13] The Wantagh Herald Citizen also received 2nd place in that 2017 contest for Best Small Space Ad.[13]

Official website

References

  1. ↑ "About The Wantagh citizen". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "ANR report (New York)" (PDF). American Newspaper Representatives (ANR). Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  3. ↑ "Who to contact at Herald Community Newspapers". Herald Community Newspapers. Herald Community Newspapers. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  4. ↑ "Designated Newspapers". Nassau County, New York. Nassau County Clerk's Office.
  5. ↑ "About The Southeaster". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "The Wantagh citizen". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  7. ↑ "The Wantagh Seaford citizen". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  8. ↑ "G.L. Bricker dies at 67". Tampa Bay Times. 4 December 1959.
  9. 1 2 "Richner Communications to acquire L&M Publications". Herald Community Newspapers. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  10. ↑ "Albany Insight". Springville Journal. 12 January 1967.
  11. ↑ Nason, Marilyn (8 September 1969). "Says School Business of Public". The Post-Star.
  12. 1 2 Incantalupo, Tom (12 July 2013). "Richner Communications to acquire L&M Publications". Newsday.
  13. 1 2 "New York Press Association 2017 Better Newspapers Contest" (PDF). New York Press Association. 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
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