Roebuck unhappy with Alter’s plan

BY: Ben Mook
POSTED: January 4, 2012
Tags: Alter Communications, andrew a. buerger, baltimore jewish times, Bankruptcy, chapter 11, chespeake life, creditor, dr. scott rifkin, h.g. roebuck & son, maria ellena chavez-ruark, mid-atlantic health care llc, ronnie l. buerger, rosenberg martin greenberg, style magazine, tydings and rosenberg, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, william l. hallam

The publisher of the Baltimore Jewish Times, embroiled in a bitter Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, has filed a new plan that would shift most of the ownership to a new group of investors led by businessman Dr. Scott Rifkin. The proposed reorganization is the latest effort of Alter Communications Inc. to exit bankruptcy. The court [...]

Jewish Times bankruptcy case extended

BY: Andy Marso
POSTED: October 19, 2011
Tags: Alter Communications, andrew a. buerger, baltimore jewish times, bankruptcy court, charles m. roebuck, h.g. roebuck & son, james f. schneider, jewish times, lawsuit

The parties involved in the Alter Communications bankruptcy case have been granted a 30-day extension to come together on a plan for post-Chapter 11 restructuring. Judge James F. Schneider had given Alter — publisher of the Baltimore Jewish Times — and its former long-time printer, H.G. Roebuck & Son Inc., until Oct. 21 to reach [...]

Court to weigh competing plans for Jewish Times

BY: Andy Marso
POSTED: September 18, 2011
Tags: alter communications inc., andrew a. buerger, baltimore jewish times, Bankruptcy, bankruptcy judge, chapter 11, h.g. roebuck & son inc, jewish times, lawrence d. coppel, rosenberg martin greenberg llp, william l. hallam

A bankruptcy judge will begin hearing arguments Tuesday from Baltimore Jewish Times owner Alter Communications Inc. and its former printer, H.G. Roebuck & Son Inc., to decide whose vision for the future of the company will prevail. Alter filed a Chapter 11 petition in April 2010 after its printer sued for breach of contract and [...]