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Macy's To Lay Off 400-Plus New York Employees
Macy’s has announced closing dates for several of its New York stores, according to syracuse.com, which reported that the closures will leave more than 400 people out of work.
The department store chain, which is set to close about 65 stores nationally in 2017, said it will shutter stores in the upstate city of Rochester, town of Clay and village of Johnson City, and in the Douglaston section of Queens on April 18, according to syracuse.com.
In total, the store plans to close about 100 of its stores across the country in the coming years. Its stores in Yonkers, Yorktown, West Nyack, Nanuet,…
Park Ridge Paves Way For Five-Story Building Downtown
PARK RIDGE, N.J. -- Borough leaders and a local developer have reached an agreement expected to bring a five-story, mixed-use development to Kinderkamack Road, according to the Pascack Press.
Citing a statement from Mayor Terry Maguire, the Pascack Press reported that the development by Park Ridge Transit, LLC will include 17,000 square feet of retail space, 240 apartments (including 24 affordable housing units), 432 parking spaces and a community center.
The development, which is to be built on Kinderkamack Road just north of Madison Avenue, is expected to displace as many as five individu…
Nrhs Junior And Mentor To Appear On 'The Steve Harvey Show'
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – A New Rochelle High School junior and his mentor from The Guidance Center of Westchester are set to appear on “The Steve Harvey Show.”
According to a statement, Francisco Maldonado and his mentor, Daniel Bonnet, will appear on the Thursday, Jan. 12, episode of the show.
Bonnet, director of the Center for College & Career at The Guidance Center of Westchester, has mentored Maldonado for the past four years, according to the statement, which said that the two are expected to discuss their relationship and President Barack Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative.
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Tuckahoe Author Releases Third Book In 'Columbus Avenue Boys' Trilogy
TUCKAHOE, N.Y. – A Tuckahoe author is back this month with the final installment in his fiction “Columbus Avenue Boys” series.
David Carraturo has released the third installment of his trilogy, “Cameron's Quest,” according to a statement from the author.
The third book follows parts I and II of the trilogy, “Cameron Nation: Going All-In to Save his Country,” and "Columbus Avenue Boys: Avenging the Scalamarri Massacre," respectively, according to Carraturo.
The latest fictional tale focuses on the adventures of Chris Cameron, Sal Esposito and Tony Albanese, according to Carraturo,…
