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 […]

LaCorte In, Leon Out

Just two weeks after being removed from the Democratic primary race, Suffern mayor and county executive candidate Dagan Lacorte was returned to the ballot by State Supreme Court Justice Gerald Loehr today. Lacorte’s campaign suffered a setback when county executive opponent David Fried and three of his volunteers challenged 3,337 of Lacorte’s 4,435 ballot petitions. […]

County Legislature, Highway Department to explore fixes for Thiells-Mt. Ivy Road

County Legislature, Highway Department to explore fixes for Thiells-Mt. Ivy Road

BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – The Rockland County Legislature’s Planning and Public Works Committee held a discussion session on July 30 to examine solutions to the situation on Thiells-Mt.Ivy Road, a county road in North Rockland which has long been criticized for unsafe conditions. In response to suggestions by resident and input from the […]

Job Fair for The Shops at Nanuet

The Shops at Nanuet, located at 75 W Route 59, will be hosting a job fair on Friday, August 23, 2013 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The job fair will be at the Comfort Inn and Suites, a few miles east of the mall at 425 East Route 59, Nanuet. There will be many […]

Hudson Tragedy

Hudson Tragedy

BY BILL DEMAREST As funeral arrangements are being prepared for the victims, additional charges are being considered against the Nyack man who drove the boat in the Friday night, July 26 double fatal accident on the Hudson River near the Tappan Zee Bridge, according to the Rockland County district attorney. The incident, which stunned residents […]