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Kathy Kahn

Chamber music

Business advocates address ’09

Jan-11-09, 07:00 PM

We asked regional chamber of commerce presidents what they would like to see happen this year in Albany for their members and for all small businesses.

Stewart won’t be built in a day

Manhattan rail link via N.J. seen

Nov-09-08, 07:00 PM

There were no tricks, but some treats, for those who attended breakfast at Anthony’s Pier 9 Halloween morning. 

Accolades for exporters

May-25-08, 07:00 PM

The world is fast becoming one economy and several Hudson Valley business were honored recently for recognizing that fact and plunging successfully into the global economy.

Dyson study puts health coverage in bull’s-eye

Oct-14-07, 07:00 PM

Updating its 2002 study on economics and quality of living, the Dyson Foundation released Many Voices One Valley Oct. 8.

State comptroller updates Orange chamber members

Nov-01-09, 07:00 PM



Doug Thompson

The durable and the delectable

Mar-01-09, 07:00 PM

Doug Thompson has no trouble swimming a mile or stirring up enough hearty soup to warm the hearts of those who call Main Street Bistro their home away from home.

GET opens incubator in Orange

Newburgh looks to help small startups

May-25-08, 07:00 PM

When Gateway to Entrepreneurial Tomorrow was created by Marist College and the Dyson Foundation in 2003, it was an experiment: Could a program be created to help minority and low-income families realize an American dream of owning their own business?

Panel weighs in on economic, labor outlook for new administration

Apr-01-07, 07:00 PM

Calling the state’s current economic climate a “perfect storm of unaffordability,” Empire State Development Corp.’s new co-chairmen Patrick Foye and Dan Gunderson outlined several ideas to create a friendlier business environment in New York.

Rhinebeck Savings expands

Apr-16-10, 10:05 AM

Rhinebeck Savings Bank opens in LaGrange.

Get on the bus, Gus

Gas pains, traffic drive riders to public transit

Jul-27-08, 07:00 PM

Gas prices aren’t going under the $4 mark with the same zeal they vaulted past it and tolls are rising, so taking a bus, whether across town or into White Plains or Manhattan is a comparative bargain for anyone living in points north, despite  fare hikes looming ahead for commuters.

Chamber tilts green

May-21-10, 02:29 PM

The ‘greening’ of business is a new initiative for the Orange County Chamber of Commerce

Bethel Woods takes off

Aug-13-10, 01:08 PM

In its third year, Bethel Woods for Performing Arts continues to build its offerings.

Stewart adjusts and abides tough times

Feb-01-09, 07:00 PM

Into its second year of managing Stewart International Airport, the Port Authority is getting to know the Hudson Valley.

A velvet hammer called harmony

Confab will urge unity in face of problems

Sep-23-07, 07:00 PM

If there are more school districts in one New York county than there are in the entire state of Virginia, it may answer the question as to why other states with fewer layers of regulation are looking more attractive to New York’s dwindling population.

Orange county partnership fetes IDA

Jun-11-10, 01:27 PM

Orange County’s economic development arm honors the county’s IDA as its most valuable partner.

Brotherhood presses on

Investments are transforming America’s oldest winery

Sep-30-07, 07:00 PM

“Napa Valley? No way,” declared Cesar Baeza.



Dan Grady: The journey, beginning to end

Jan-25-10, 10:20 AM

Each day is a gift, says Dan Grady, executive director of Hospice.

Gathering the workers to fuel nano wave

Jun-25-10, 12:59 PM

The Hudson Valley high-tech talent pool meets the Capital District nanotech industry.

Getting old means getting active

Touting the benefits of exercise, no matter the level

Jul-15-07, 07:00 PM

Life begins at 40.

Stewart casts cold eye on carbon

Nov-11-07, 07:00 PM

Stewart International Airport presents an opportunity for aviation experts and engineers to work with “essentially a blank slate,” said Anthony Shorris, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which now runs the Newburgh facility.