Popular game show seeks two contestants from New York area “Come on Down!” will be the call to post at Empire City Casino on Tuesday, August 20, as contestants have a chance to take the first step to compete and win big on “The Price Is Right.” The iconic CBS television game show comes to […]
PHOTO BY THOMAS MCGUIRE After half a decade of sitting more than half empty, the shopping center owned by Gator Corporation on 9W in southern-most Stony Point is finally about to welcome a major tenant. Aldi Supermarket will fill the space, with a grand opening celebration scheduled for August 22. The stores hours will be […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE The Thiells United Methodist Church council vote 13-1 last Tuesday night to repair the Sandy-caused damage and get the church’s thrift shop back in operation. In addition the thrift shop will have its roof raised to create more community and fellowship room and upstairs restrooms for the church’s increasing congregation. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]