Disney Cutting Hundreds Of Jobs In Latest Wave Of Layoffs: Reports
Hundreds of employees across Disney's television, film, and corporate finance divisions are being laid off as the company continues a sweeping cost-cutting effort, according to reports.
The Walt Disney Company began laying off "several hundred" employees worldwide on Monday, June 2. The layoffs were first reported by Deadline.
Most of the layoffs hit Disney Entertainment, including its film and TV marketing, television publicity, casting, and development divisions. Corporate finance teams were also affected, the report said.
Although no entire teams will be eliminated, the job cuts ar…
Covid-19: German Shepherd In NY, One Of First Dogs In Nation To Test Positive, Dies At Age 6
A dog in New York who was one of the first in the country to be diagnosed with COVID-19 died shortly before his seventh birthday.
Buddy, a German Shepherd living with his family in Staten Island, began having trouble breathing in mid-April, around the time the COVID pandemic peaked in New York.
When the dog began getting sick, he was tested and it was determined he was positive for COVID-19.
He also had lymphoma, his family said, which was diagnosed on the day of his death on Saturday, July 11, according to a report in National Geographic.
The Mahoneys said approximately every two w…
Seniors From Byram Hills, Horace Greeley Among Top 20 Global Finalists For Google Science Fair
Two seniors from the area ranked among the top 20 global finalists for the Google Science Fair.
Described as the “largest and most prestigious online science fair in the world,” the Google Science Fair offers students ages 13 to 18 the chance to pursue their interests in various STEM fields.
Ethan Jacobs, a senior at Byram Hills High School in Armonk, and Isha Puri, a senior at Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, are just two of the 20 global finalists. In addition to the United States, finalists also hail from India, China, New Zealand, Ireland, South Korea, Turkey, Thailand, Indonesi…
Memorial Planned For West Islip's George Holmes, Capitol Hill Photographer, Painter
A West Islip native who served in the United States Air Force then became a Capitol Hill photographer and Civil War painter will be remembered this week in a memorial service.
George R. Holmes died on Aug. 27, 2018, at age 85 in Alexandria, Va. His service is Friday, June 7 at 11:30 a.m. at Long Island National Cemetery.
He was born on Sept. 13, 1932. After serving his country, Holmes made Washington D.C., his home, where he worked as a photographer on Capitol Hill.
He had a driving ambition to paint and draw and studied at The American University as an art major. He …
Big Fish: Massive, 14-Foot Atlantic Sturgeon Spotted In Hudson River
At first, it came as a shock. Then it quickly turned into a happy discovery.
Researchers aboard a boat using a special sonar system on the Hudson River spotted a huge fish that turned out to be an Atlantic sturgeon more than 14 feet in length.
The discovery, which occurred last summer at Hyde Park in Dutchess County, is detailed in an article published this week by National Geographic.
"When I first saw it, I said, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me,’ ” John A. Madsen, a University Delaware geologist, who was accompanied by Dewayne A. Fox of Delaware State University, is quoted as saying in…
