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Kathy Kahn

D.C. representatives highlight stimulus spending locally

May-10-09, 07:00 PM

The region’s D.C. voices came to New Windsor to talk about ARRA money that is either in the pipeline or is already here.

Jockeying for position

Accountants size up economy, horseflesh

Aug-24-08, 07:00 PM

Accountants and bankers watched the ponies at Saratoga Aug. 7, with everyone cheering their favorite among racetrack dandies and gut-feeling touts.

Getting to midtown in a zip

Jun-15-08, 07:00 PM

Sikorsky Aircraft used to have an outpost at Stewart International Airport when National Express held the lease.

Mobility Tax Blasted

An MTA levy in the land of the car

Mar-08-09, 07:00 PM

To show MTA officials the distaste its Hudson Valley “colonies” share over the so-called mobility tax.



Orange county opens business incubator

Aug-14-09, 10:42 AM

Eleven subsidized are spaces ready to go with the idea they will flourish and lead to bigger things.

New marketing manager at Stewart International Airport

Aug-12-07, 07:00 PM

Carol L. Smith has been named general manager of marketing at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, effective Sept. 10.



Sharon Warantz: Healthy habits make for a better life

May-17-09, 07:00 PM

Having a company name like Jellybean Promotions can be deceiving: its owner is a Weight Watchers devotee.

Parallel problems plague former farmer

As hives decline, author battles stroke

Oct-19-08, 07:00 PM

Those who go to the store and wade through the collection of fruits and vegetables may not get what the buzz is all about.

The LED welcome mat

Bridge is a colorful character

Feb-15-09, 07:00 PM

New York City has the chameleon-lighted Empire State Building. The Hudson Valley has its own version of the famous Manhattan landmark: the star-spangled Mid-Hudson Bridge.

Comptroller places pension fund among the best

Aug-19-07, 07:00 PM

Thomas P. DiNapoli announced Aug. 14 the New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF) had a funded ratio of 104 percent, making it the best-funded public pension fund in the state and among the best in the nation.

Economy aweigh

River key to financial independence

Nov-16-08, 07:00 PM

The captain of a modern boat with an old history sees the banks of the Hudson River as the key to disengaging from the economic roller coaster of Wall Street.



Nyack restaurant opens

Dec-18-09, 12:14 PM

New eatery introduces recession-busting pricing to bring in customers.

Brick house

Haverstraw proves resilient

Sep-07-08, 07:00 PM

The brick makers are gone now, but the village once known as “Bricktown” and “Brick Capital of the World” is steadily reinventing itself to meet the challenges of the new millennium without the 40-plus brickyards that were once its backbone.

Small businesses land record fed contracts

Aug-28-09, 08:55 AM

SBA surpasses goals in federal contract awards.



Art of appraising is juggling act

Sep-18-09, 10:32 AM

Appraisers on evolving learning curve.

Higher learning calling

Pick up the phone – it’s the future

Sep-23-07, 07:00 PM

SUNY Orange officially opened its new Frontier TechLab, a state-of-the-art lab at the heart of the college’s new telecommunication’s degree program, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the college’s Middletown campus recently.



The 21st-century dump

Aug-14-09, 03:26 PM

A recycler celebrates 25 years in business; ready to roll out b-to-b program.

Grocer expands presence in Orange

Mar-12-10, 06:06 PM

Work continues at new site of C&S Wholesale Grocers.

Pattern symposium urges group action

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.

Speak up, Business Council chief urges

Grease for squeaky wheels

Jul-27-08, 07:00 PM

Ken Adams, president of the Business Council of New York State, made his first appearance in Rockland County on Thursday, July 17, courtesy of the Rockland Business Association, saying he’d like to put “empire” back on the state’s license plate – and have it mean something.