• by Ray Schultz , July 18, 2024

The Times Hudson Valley Media group, a publisher in New York State, is acquiring two weekly newspapers:The Cornwall Local and The News of the Highlands, increasing the company’s roster to five publications. 

The sale is effective on August 1. The terms were not disclosed.

Carl Aiello, founder of the Times Hudson Valley Media group, will serve as publisher and Mary Jane Pitt will remain as editor.

Both papers will be converted to tabloid size, marching The Wallkill Valley Times, Mid Hudson Times, and Southern Ulster Times. All five newspapers will go to press on Tuesday evenings, and will hit newsstands on Wednesdays, and local mailboxes on Thursdays.

“Our late father’s main objective in purchasing the News of the Highlands and later The Cornwall Local some fifty years ago was to preserve independent local journalism that informs and supports our local communities,” says Simon Eristoff, president of News of the Highlands Inc.

Eristoff adds, “To best position the News and the Local to continue providing vital community journalism in the decades to come, we recently concluded an agreement whereby the News of the Highlands Inc. will become a part of Times Hudson Valley Media, a highly regarded and experienced publisher of several local news weeklies in neighboring Orange County communities.”