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Newtown
Business
Newtown Company To Close, 71 Employees To Lose Jobs Newtown Company To Close, 71 Employees To Lose Jobs
Newtown Company To Close, 71 Employees To Lose Jobs A company is closing its Fairfield County plant causing 71 employees to lose their jobs. Cascades Containerboard Packaging in Newtown said in a letter to the First Selectman Jeffery Capeci, its intent to permanently close its manufacturing facility located at 1 Edmond Road, between April 12 and April 26. "We have advised the employees that the layoff will be progressive between the above two dates," the company said. "We have also advised that this action is expected to be permanent." The company said employees will not be offered positions in other plants as the m…

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by Kathy Reakes
Arlington
Business
Ballston Macy's, Recently Approved For Redevelopment, Among 5 To Shutter Across U.S. Ballston Macy's, Recently Approved For Redevelopment, Among 5 To Shutter Across U.S.
Ballston Macy's, Recently Approved For Redevelopment, Among 5 To Shutter Across U.S. A Virginia Macy's store is among a handful to shutter across the U.S., a spokesperson confirmed. Macy’s will close five full-line locations located at Ballston (Arlington, VA), Bay Fair (San Leandro, CA), Kukui Grove (Lihue, HI), Simi Valley Town Center (Simi Valley, CA), and Governor’s Square (Tallahassee, FL). The closures mean more than 2,300 employees will be laid off, CNN reports. A Macy's spokesperson said its workforce will be reduced by 3.5% "to become a more streamlined company." “At Macy’s, we continue to reposition our store fleet to better meet the needs of our customers i…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hampden
Business
Friendly's In Palmer Closed After 62 Years In Business Friendly's In Palmer Closed After 62 Years In Business
Friendly's In Palmer Closed After 62 Years In Business Friendly's, the ice cream and restaurant chain and a mainstay on North Main Street in Palmer, has closed its doors for good.   The restaurant abruptly shut down the store on Monday, June 19, leaving a sign on the front window that reads, "This restaurant has permanently closed. THANK YOU for your patronage." It directed anyone in Palmer in the mood for a Fribble to the next closest Friendly's in Springfield. The Palmer location opened in 1961, according to reports.   A spokesperson for the company could not be reached, and it's unclear how many employees lost thei…

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by Josh Lanier
Hudson
Business
Bed Bath & Beyond To Eliminate Nearly 1,300 Jobs At These NJ Locations Bed Bath & Beyond To Eliminate Nearly 1,300 Jobs At These NJ Locations
Bed Bath & Beyond To Eliminate Nearly 1,300 Jobs At These NJ Locations Nearly 1,300 Bed Bath & Beyond workers are about to lose their jobs in New Jersey, according to a WARN notice filed by the company. The WARN notice was filed with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, saying hundreds of jobs are going to be eliminated across the state. Jobs will be eliminated from the following locations: Port Reading (e-commerce fulfillment center), 572 jobs, March 28 Secaucus (warehouse), 84, April 5 Union (headquarters), 377, April 9 Totowa (Harmon), 262, April 1 Earlier this year, Bed Bath & Beyond announced it would be closin…

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by Cecilia Levine
Warren Hunterdon
News
Viral TikToker Back Again With Fundraiser For Homeless Hackettstown Couple Viral TikToker Back Again With Fundraiser For Homeless Hackettstown Couple
Viral TikToker Back Again With Fundraiser For Homeless Hackettstown Couple Remember the TikToker from New Jersey who recently went viral after launching a fundraiser to help an 81-year-old Walmart worker retire? He’s back again with a new campaign for an elderly couple who were left homeless after several financial difficulties. Devan Bonagura, 19, raised more than $186,000 for Hackettstown Walmart worker Nola Carpenter after creating a GoFundMe and posting a series of TikTok videos, DailyVoice.com previously reported. Now, he has his sights set on helping 40-year-married couple Eric and Millie Cornish of Hackettstown. Eric had a heart attack about two weeks ag…

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by Valerie Musson
Mercer
News
Shutdown Of NJ Hospital Puts Mercer County Patients At Risk: Report Shutdown Of NJ Hospital Puts Mercer County Patients At Risk: Report
Shutdown Of NJ Hospital Puts Mercer County Patients At Risk: Report Trinity Health and Capital Health in Trenton have made an agreement for the sale of St. Francis Medical Center, which is owned by Trinity Health, causing a massive potential shift in the area's healthcare landscape, NJ.com reports. If the sale moves forward, some of the medical services that St. Francis currently offers will relocate to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, while the remainder would be removed, according to the report. The abrupt shift would cause Trenton’s approximately 90,000 residents to feel a resounding impact in terms of quality and type of care, Health Care Co…

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by Valerie Musson
Baltimore
Real Estate
2 Baltimore Hotels Closing, 50 Workers Unemployed: Report 2 Baltimore Hotels Closing, 50 Workers Unemployed: Report
2 Baltimore Hotels Closing, 50 Workers Unemployed: Report Two hotels in Downtown Baltimore will close for good next month leaving 50 employees out of work, union reps told wbaltv. Deals to sell the Radisson Hotel Baltimore-Inner Harbor and Holiday Inn Baltimore-Inner Harbor are set to go through on March 8, the Unite Here Local 7 rep said. It is not yet clear what will replace the hotels. Click here for more from wbaltv.

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by Cecilia Levine
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock
Business
Fair Lawn's Nabisco Factory Closing Friday Fair Lawn's Nabisco Factory Closing Friday
Fair Lawn's Nabisco Factory Closing Friday The smells of freshly-baked cookies wafting through Fair Lawn will be no more come the end of this week. The long-standing Nabisco factory will bake its last batch on Friday. Last February, Mondelez International announced it would be closing its Nabisco plants in Fair Lawn and Atlanta, Georgia. The closure of the Fair Lawn plant -- the largest producer of Oreos -- meant leaving 600 workers unemployed. “We are going to miss the smell of fresh baked cookies that equates to hundreds of jobs," Mayor Kurt Peluso said. "Our focus over these last few months has been on finding jobs for t…

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by Cecilia Levine
New Haven
Police & Fire
Regal Cinemas Temporarily Closing 500 Theaters - 14 in MA and CT Regal Cinemas Temporarily Closing 500 Theaters - 14 in MA and CT
Regal Cinemas Temporarily Closing 500 Theaters - 14 in MA and CT With not enough blockbuster movies to screen, on Thursday, Oct. 8 Regal Cinemas is temporarily closing more than 500 theaters in the U.S. and Canada. This includes 10 theaters in Massachusetts and four in Connecticut. In all 536 theaters will close and impact 40,000 employees across the U.S. Massachusetts movie theaters began reopening in August after they were shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic in March. But moviemakers have been experimenting with airing new releases in people’s homes, major markets like New York City are yet to reopen, and customers are still cautious about going to the…

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by Kristin Palpini
Worcester
Business
MA Cities With Highest-In-Nation COVID-19 Unemployment Rates May Surprise You MA Cities With Highest-In-Nation COVID-19 Unemployment Rates May Surprise You
MA Cities With Highest-In-Nation Covid-19 Unemployment Rates May Surprise You Several Massachusetts cities are on a nationwide list of community economies that were hardest hit by COVID-19. 24/7 Wall Street has compiled a ranking of the 35 metro areas and cities that have suffered the most job losses due to the pandemic. Worcester, Boston, Springfield, and Pittsfield all made the list. Our neighboring states fared better. There are no communities from Connecticut, Vermont, or New Hampshire on the list. New York and Pennsylvania are, however, well represented. There are currently about 13.6 million Americans out of work now. The unemployment rate stood at 10.2 perc…

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by Kristin Palpini
Middlesex NJ
Business
Bed Bath & Beyond Cutting Nearly 3,000 Jobs Starting Immediately Bed Bath & Beyond Cutting Nearly 3,000 Jobs Starting Immediately
Bed Bath & Beyond Cutting Nearly 3,000 Jobs Starting Immediately Bed Bath & Beyond will cut nearly 3,000 jobs under a plan to cut costs and streamline operations. Jobs will start to be eliminated immediately, the company said in a statement on Tuesday, Aug. 25. "In conjunction with the organizational realignment, the company has implemented a significant workforce reduction of approximately 2,800 roles from across its corporate headquarters and retail banner stores, effective immediately," the statement said.  "This action is designed to further reduce layers at the corporate level, significantly reposition field operations to better serve…

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by Joe Lombardi
Hartford
Business
Nearly 100 Delivery Drivers To Lose Their Jobs In Bristol Nearly 100 Delivery Drivers To Lose Their Jobs In Bristol
Nearly 100 Delivery Drivers To Lose Their Jobs In Bristol Delivery company Sheffield Express in Bristol will close on Sept. 30 - all 95 employees are set to lose their jobs. The closure is expected to be permanent, said owner John Riley in a letter to the Connecticut Rapid Response Team. The company employs 95 delivery diverse, Riley said. Sheffield Express made many deliveries for Amazon - the online retail giant has been trimming back on delivery drivers after expanding during the holiday season and start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In July, another Bristol distributor, Systemized Logistics announced that Amazon had cut ties with the company a…

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by Kristin Palpini
Hartford
Business
Amazon To Lay Off More Than 50 Employees At CT Distribution Site Amazon To Lay Off More Than 50 Employees At CT Distribution Site
Amazon To Lay Off More Than 50 Employees At CT Distribution Site Layoffs are predicted now that Amazon has cut ties with Bristol distributor Systemized Logistics. Almost two years ago, Amazon opened a “delivery station” in Bristol’s 229 Technology Park. It was a sorting destination with an initial staff of 100 people. Estimates said the number of employees could grow to as many as 500, said Mayor Ellen Zoppo-Sassu. More than 50 people will be laid-off, the New Britain Herald reported. “We encourage those affected by the layoff to take advantage of the local branch of the American Jobs Center for reemployment assistance,” the mayor said. In a statement…

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by Kristin Palpini
Mount Pleasant
Business
New Sears Closure Announced In Hudson Valley New Sears Closure Announced In Hudson Valley
New Sears Closure Announced In Hudson Valley Another one bites the dust. A new Sears location in the Hudson Valley is set to shut its doors amid massive nationwide closures of traditional brick-and-mortar stores. Sears at the Poughkeepsie Galleria will be the latest to close, with signs going up reading “store closing sale,” and “everything must go” throughout the store. Transformco, Sears’ parent company, has been liquidating dozens of Sears and Kmart locations after acquiring the assets of Sears Holding Corporation last year. No official date has been set for the Poughkeepsie closing. Sears and Kmart have closed thousands of job…

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by Zak Failla
Nassau
Business
Long Island-Based Manufacturer Lays Off 340 Long Island-Based Manufacturer Lays Off 340
Long Island-Based Manufacturer Lays Off 340 More than 300 people, including 44 locally, were left jobless when Premier Fixtures LLC, a Hauppauge-based manufacturer of customized merchandising displays and fixtures, closed its door last week. The company, known for its custom architectural woodwork, filed a WARN notice with the state Labor Department saying the company would close on the same day it filed the notice on Wednesday, Sept. 11. In addition to the lay-offs at the plant located at 400 Oser Ave., a total of 296 employees have also lost  jobs at the company's Virginia and Washington locations. The company listed eco…

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by Kathy Reakes
Yorktown
Business
Kmart In Yorktown Heights Closing Its Doors Kmart In Yorktown Heights Closing Its Doors
Kmart In Yorktown Heights Closing Its Doors The Kmart in Yorktown Heights in the Yorktown Green Shopping Center is closing its doors in mid-December, according to store officials.  "After careful review, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to close the Kmart store in Yorktown Heights," said company spokesman Larry Costello. "The liquidation sale is expected to begin in mid-September and the store is planned to close by mid-December. We encourage customers to continue shopping on Kmart.com for all their product needs." Although Costello did not say how many employees would lose their jobs, a WARN notice to the sta…

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by Kathy Reakes
DV Plus - Fairfield
Lifestyle
Amazon Starts Hiring At New CT Fulfillment Center As State Report Shows Loss Of 1.5K Jobs Amazon Starts Hiring At New CT Fulfillment Center As State Report Shows Loss Of 1.5K Jobs
Amazon Starts Hiring At New CT Fulfillment Center As State Report Shows Loss Of 1.5K Jobs First, the good news: This summer, Amazon plans to hire 1,800 workers at a new fulfillment center in North Haven -- its fourth facility in the state. The bad news: Connecticut suffered a net loss of 1,500 jobs in May, its fifth consecutive month of job losses. The state's unemployment rate remained at 3.8 percent. “Amazon’s relationship with Connecticut continues to grow as the company is seeing the value of our state as an emerging hub of its northeast operations,” Gov. Ned Lamont said. Connecticut has recovered nearly 81 percent of the 120,300 seasonally adjusted jobs lost since 2008.&n…

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by Jon Craig