Oyster Bay Guardian facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Oyster Bay Guardian |
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The original home of the Guardian in November 2021
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| Location | 43 W Main St, Oyster Bay, New York, 2 Endo Blvd, Garden City |
| Built | 1906 |
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Oyster Bay Landmark
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| Official name: The Printery | |
| Designated | March 10, 1987 |
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The Oyster Bay Guardian is a newspaper that comes out every week. It has been published in Oyster Bay, New York, since 1899.
A man named Nelson Disbrow started the paper. He also got a building on West Main Street for his newspaper work. The newspaper has moved to a new place, but its first building is still there. Today, that old building is used for commercial printing. It is now a special Town of Oyster Bay Landmark. You can also learn about it on the Oyster Bay History Walk audio tour.
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The Story of the Newspaper
Starting the Guardian
The building known as The Printery has brown shingles on the outside. It was the main place for the Oyster Bay Guardian newspaper. Nelson Disbrow started this weekly newspaper in 1899.
Before starting the Guardian, Nelson Disbrow worked at other big newspapers in New York. He came to Oyster Bay in 1892. There, he first worked for another local paper called The Oyster Bay Pilot.
Moving Around Town
Between 1899 and 1906, the Guardian newspaper moved several times. Its very first office was above a meat market on South Street. Later, it moved to the Vail Building at 80 South Street.
In 1905, a problem with a competing newspaper caused the Disbrows to lose their office in the Vail Building. It was hard for them to find a new place to rent in town.
The Printery Building
Nelson Disbrow decided to buy his own land on West Main Street. In 1906, he built the building that became known as The Printery. He continued to print the weekly newspaper there. He also ran his own private printing business.
New Owners and Growth
After Nelson Disbrow passed away in 1928, his son Leslie Disbrow took over The Printery. Leslie made the Guardian newspaper bigger, from four pages to eight pages.
In 1967, the Disbrow family sold the newspaper. A new group of local women formed the Oyster Bay Publishing Company and bought it. They chose Edwina Snow to manage the paper. The Disbrow family sold The Printery building separately to Elizabeth Schneider. She started her own private printing business there.
The Guardian newspaper also had an office at 32 East Main Street. This was the former home of the grandparents of Gloria O'Rourke. She was a special editor and wrote a column called "Harbor Lights."
In 1999, the Guardian celebrated 100 years of being a newspaper. It has always been owned independently. The paper still reports on the weekly news and events in Oyster Bay.
Today, The Printery building continues its work under William Miller and Mary Abbene. They run their print shop there.
In October 2010, a company called Richner Communications bought the Oyster Bay Guardian.
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