Poughkeepsie Journal Lays Off Seven, Including Executive Editor
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DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- Media giant Gannett Company Inc., announced Tuesday that it had laid off about 2 percent of its total workforce, including seven employees from the Poughkeepsie Journal, where Executive Editor Stu Shinske was laid off, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal.
Shinske began with the Journal in 1989 as deputy city editor before becoming news editor in 1994, and managing editor in 1996, said the Poughkeepsie Journal.
In 2001, he moved to the Courier-Post at Cherry Hill, N.J., before becoming the executive editor of the Norwich Bulletin in Ma…
Yorktown HS Cheerleaders Support Family Of Victim Of DWI Fatality
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- It only took a few seconds for the Yorktown High School Varsity cheerleaders to raise three fingers in memory of Robby Schartner, a member of the Manhattanville Men's Lacrosse team, who wore Number 3, and was killed by an alleged drunk driver, but it was an important few seconds.The cheerleaders were taking part in an effort supported by Schartner's family by helping to remind people not to drink and drive, said Joann Baker, a mother of one of the cheerleaders.
Schartner, 21, who grew up in Rye, graduated from Brookfield (Conn.), High School and lived in Fishkill, was prono…
