Scarsdale Inquirer

{{Infobox newspaper | name = Scarsdale Inquirer | type = Weekly newspaper | publisher = Deborah White | chief_editor = Valerie Abrahams | founded = {{start date|1901}} | ceased_publication = {{end date|2024}} | headquarters = 1075 Central Park Ave. Suite 101 Scarsdale, NY 10583 | website = {{URL|scarsdalenews.com}} }}

'''''Scarsdale Inquirer'''''<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/22/obituaries/burnham-finney-editor-and-writer-92.html |title=Burnham Finney; Editor and Writer, 92 |quote=served as editor and publisher of The Scarsdale Inquirer. |date=December 22, 1992}}</ref> was<ref name="ScarsDInq.SDnews2019">{{cite news |newspaper=Scarsdale News |url=https://www.scarsdalenews.com/sports/features/scorekeeper/20-years-of-us-reflections-from-veteran-sports-editor/article_32daf21e-ec2d-11e9-b490-2b06f05143ed.html |title=20 years of us: reflections from veteran sports editor |quote=When I started at The Scarsdale Inquirer on Oct. 11, 1999 |date=October 11, 2019}}</ref> a local newspaper<ref name="ScarsDInq.NYT68">{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/10/19/archives/humphrey-ticket-endorsed-by-the-scarsdale-inquirer.html |title=Humphrey Ticket Endorsed By The Scarsdale Inquirer |date=October 19, 1968}}</ref> in Scarsdale, New York founded in 1901<ref name="ScarsDInq.ChronLOC" /><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=HRVH Historical Newspapers |publisher=Hudson River Valley Heritage service (HRVH.org) |date=November 17, 1944 |page=11 |url=https://news.hrvh.org/veridian/?a=d&d=scarsdaleinquire19441117.2.94.2 |title=Masthead, Scarsdale Inquirer: 21 June 1973}}</ref> as a weekly.<ref name="ScarsDinq/NYT99">{{cite news |author=Singer |first=Penny |date=August 8, 1999 |title=Weeklies' Publisher Sees Papers as a Force |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/08/nyregion/weeklies-publisher-sees-papers-as-a-force.html |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> The paper's weekly print edition<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scarsdalenews.com/site/forms/subscription_services |title=Subscription services (print and digital)}}</ref> was published on Fridays;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scarsdalenews.com/site/llc_notice_information.html |title=LLC Notice Information |access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref> and its website's daily e-Edition was self-described as "365 days."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scarsdalenews.com/eedition |title=e-Edition: Scarsdalenews.com}}</ref>

==History== The first issue of the newspaper was dated July 4, 1901.<ref name="ScarsDInq.ChronLOC" /> By 1980 the newspaper was up to its seventh publisher.<ref name=ScarsDInq.ChronLOC>{{cite web |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83031627/ |title=About The Scarsdale inquirer}}</ref> Its founder died in 1929;<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/06/21/archives/brown-founded-scarsdale-inquirer.html |title=Brown Founded Scarsdale Inquirer. |date=June 21, 1929}}</ref> the first publisher, who died in 1970, "frequently gave lectures based on Scarsdale history and was appointed historian in 1965."<ref name=ScarsDPub1.NYT70>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/25/archives/stephen-angell-92-a-realty-executive.html |title=Stephen Angell, 92, A Realty Executive |quote=first publisher of The Scarsdale Inquirer |date=August 25, 1970}}</ref>

The Scarsdale Woman's Club was organized in 1918, and one year later<ref name=ScarsDBriefHist>{{cite web |url=https://www.scarsdalehistoricalsociety.org/brief-history-of-scarsdale |title=Brief History of Scarsdale}}</ref> they bought<ref>{{cite news |author=Marszalek |first=Diana |date=July 27, 2008 |title=A Women's Club Is Now Truly Historic |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/27scarsdalewe.html |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> and began publishing the paper. They sold it about 40 years later.<ref name=ScarsDBriefHist/>

From 1980 until his death in 1989, William H. White "was the owner and publisher of the ''Scarsdale Inquirer.''"<ref name="ScarsDinq/NYT99"/> He was succeeded by his daughter Deborah.<ref name="ScarsDinq/NYT99"/>

Their website is named ''scarsdalenews.com'', and it competes with (and is mentioned by) ''Scarsdale News and Opinion'', a part of the ''patch.com'' hyperlocal website.<ref name=ScarsDInq.Patch2018>{{cite web |website=Patch |url=https://patch.com/new-york/scarsdale/scarsdale-news-opinion-june-22-2018-issue |title=Scarsdale News and Opinion June 22, 2018 Issue: Scarsdale Voters Choice Party |date=June 22, 2018 |access-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref> The ''Inquirer'' is cited by other newspapers.<ref>{{cite news |author=Chapman |first=Mark |date=December 5, 2011 |title=Officials: E-mails Hurt Scarsdale Voting Process |url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/scarsdale/news/officials-e-mails-hurt-scarsdale-voting-process/457040 |newspaper=The Daily Voice (American hyperlocal news)}}</ref><ref name=ScarsDInq.Patch2018/><ref name=ScarsDInq.NYT68/>

On January 15, 2024, the newspaper suspended publication citing financial difficulties having failed to distribute its usual Friday, January 12 edition.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wallenstein |first=Joanne |date=2024-01-18 |title=Scarsdale Inquirer Suspends Publication After 123 Years |url=https://scarsdale10583.com/section-table/102-shout-it-out/10650-scarsdale-inquirer-suspends-publication-after-123-years |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Scarsdale 10583 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McKay Wilson |first=David |date=January 19, 2024 |title=Weeklies in Scarsdale, Bedford, Rivertowns suspend operations; talks underway to help |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2024/01/19/scarsdale-inquirer-weekly-newspapers-suspend-operations-bedford-rivertowns-westchester-ny/72272971007/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=The Journal News |language=en-US}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://www.scarsdalenews.com Official website] * ^That link don't work no more

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