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Jim Gordon

Pet therapy proves good for seniors

Nov-13-09, 11:47 AM

Animal visits brings smiles and health effects to seniors and prisoners.

Rocky road for county budgets

Dec-30-09, 11:51 AM

Dutchess executive predicts Legislature will rue its 2010 spending.

Insurance management company settles

Qualifications were the issue

Jun-01-08, 07:00 PM

Compensation Risk Managers L.L.C (CRM) of Poughkeepsie paid a $96,110 penalty to settle charges it violated licensing provisions of New York insurance law, state insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo announced recently.



Nurturing Green jobs on line and in law   

Oct-23-09, 01:35 PM

New web site, new law seek to create elusive green jobs



Old Media sparks interest in new media idea in Kingston

Jul-17-09, 12:05 PM

NY Times real estate article sparks hits on Kingston computers

Craig Shankles

Two wheelin’

Sep-07-08, 07:00 PM

The core business is printing, but the major interest is a better community.



NXP shuts Fishkill plant

Apr-26-09, 07:00 PM

NXP closing Fishkill plant in July, 622 jobs lost.

Nonprofit matchmaking

Nov-25-09, 11:58 AM

Speaker touts road to effective nonprofit mergers.



Ulster County considers the move.

Sep-11-09, 10:17 AM

Recovery Zone designation allows bonding options

Markets growing across region

Jun-08-08, 07:00 PM

Farmers markets are sprouting like wild flowers.

The GET-go of a Nobel idea

Loan program seeks underserved

Jul-13-08, 07:00 PM

An initiative to create jobs in key Hudson Valley cities that is taking the same grass-roots approach that won a Bangladeshi banker the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 is now in line for additional funding to help it grow into new venues.

Bright potential at Tech City

Mar-12-10, 06:21 PM

Solar panel maker comes to Ulster; 55,000 panels to be made beginning this year.



Albany considers greater farm worker rights

Jun-12-09, 12:51 PM

Proposed farm workers bill of rights alarms Farm Bureau.

Hospital rearms for cancer fight

Cornwall center is state of the art

Jun-22-08, 07:00 PM

St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital has taken a key step to improving care for cancer patients in the Hudson Valley with the groundbreaking last month of a 20,000-square-foot, $17 million cancer care facility.

The no-sale specter

Retailers brace for ‘unique challenges ahead’

Nov-09-08, 07:00 PM

Forget Halloween.



Apple pie this year instead of pumpkin

Sep-25-09, 12:41 PM

Vegetables and gourds blighted; apples plumped in wet season.

All aboard

Apr-06-08, 07:00 PM

Rails grow in popularity.



Budget woes force innovation

Dec-30-09, 12:16 PM

Higher demand, less revenue: Counties face daunting 2010.

Compound interest

Banks would gang up to lend

Mar-15-09, 07:00 PM

With concerns about a credit freeze sapping strength from the economy, Ulster County is seeking to arrange a consortium approach to banking that would spread the risk of making loans to small businesses among a team of institutions. 

Dutchess County electrical licensing law is revoked

Feb-26-10, 02:51 PM

A victory over ‘communistic’ actions, as legislator sees it.