Timelines 8/10/13

Reimer’s iPad recordings examined as evidence of misconduct Former Town of Ramapo employee Melissa Reimer is now faced with penalties for perjury stemming from secret recordings of town meetings on her iPad. Reimer is now being investigated for recording investigative interviews with a deputy town attorney, Beth Finkelstein, and the personnel director, Linda Condon. According to […]

Police Killing of 95-year-old War Hero in Illinois Outrages Nation

Police Killing of 95-year-old War Hero in Illinois Outrages Nation

COMMENTARY BY MICHAEL RICONDA When John Wrana, a U.S. Air Corps veteran who served in Burma and India during World War II, flew into a fit at his assisted living home in Park Forest, Illinois because he didn’t want to receive surgery at a nearby hospital, one might not think the best course of action […]

Jennifer’s sweet lil beauty blog: Focus, my friend

Jennifer’s sweet lil beauty blog: Focus, my friend

BY JENNIFER MOCCIO “Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.” -H. L. Hunt “The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now.” -Leo Babauta “That’s been one of my mantras – […]

Janet Hasson Fires Caryn McBride

Janet Hasson Fires Caryn McBride

The Rockland County Times has learned that Rockland County Chief Editor Caryn McBride is among the casualties of the recent purge of 17 journalists  and 26 total staffers at the Gannett-owned Journal News newspaper. McBride gained fame earlier this year for her involvement in the Journal News gun map fiasco. Police reports indicated McBride had called the […]

HULL’S BLOG: Living in the State of Denial

HULL’S BLOG: Living in the State of Denial

Whose heads are in the sand now that the Mall received a $20 million give-back? “What state do you live in? The State of Denial” – Bill Watterson, The Essential Calvin and Hobbes Continuing to vanish into the thin air are the past and forgotten Pyramid’s Palisades Promises. The Journal News has a comprehensive article in its July 31, 2013 issue on the […]

JOURNAL NEWS FIRES 26 STAFFERS

JOURNAL NEWS FIRES 26 STAFFERS

They don’t fire guns, they fire people instead. The Journal News Media Group publisher Janet Hasson was handed the grim task of laying off 26 employees, including 17 members of her own newsroom, due to new workforce shrinkage demanded by her corporate bosses at Gannett. The left-leaning newspaper reduced total employment from 232 to 206 […]