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Jim Gordon

Middletown energy plant proposal in arbitration

Sep-14-08, 07:00 PM

A proposal to build a waste to energy plant in the city of Middletown is awaiting resolution. 



New Empire Zone regs criticized by development officials

May-03-09, 07:00 PM

Economic development officials are questioning the changes in the state’s Empire Zone regulations.

Invest locally … in wind

Dec-23-09, 12:24 PM

Law allows Central Hudson to invest in renewables here through subsidiaries.



Prism Solar lands grant to expand

Jul-31-09, 12:02 PM

Company’s film intensifies sunlight, boosts electric output.

IBM layoffs fly beneath radar

Legislators have questions; BigBlue has no comment

Apr-05-09, 07:00 PM

IBM is engaged in another round of layoffs, this time reportedly with up to 5,000 jobs slated to be lost.

Tax revenues fall

Less money all around in Dutchess

Mar-15-09, 07:00 PM

The final Dutchess County sales tax and mortgage tax income for 2008 showed a multimillion-dollar shortfall beneath projections, according to budget director Valerie Sommerville.

Too good to be true

Attorney general nails four for shady ads

May-25-08, 07:00 PM

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo last week announced settlements with four Hudson Valley car dealers that misled consumers by promising certain vehicle offers but hid specific qualifiers in the fine print or untenable disclaimers.

Sunny stimulus plan

Solar proponents gear up

Feb-22-09, 07:00 PM

The math is still being worked out.

Mass (car) exodus?

Mass-transit operators see increase in riders

Jun-01-08, 07:00 PM

Transportation experts have long pondered what it would take to get Americans to abandon their cars in favor of mass transit.



Drier weather would boost farms and tourism

Jun-26-09, 02:59 PM

A soggy month has not yet damaged crops or hurt the tourist season, but time is running out.

Green concerns spawn like-colored meetings

Nov-16-08, 07:00 PM

Somewhere, OPEC is meeting, dreaming of black ink and black gold.



Driven to the edge

May-22-09, 04:21 PM

Chrysler and GM dealers in the area face franchise closings and nonrenewals and at least one Westchester dealer is fighting in court to keep his business.    



Labor costs at issue

Sep-25-09, 10:59 AM

Dutchess County Legislature says the county must consider PLA for public projects

Benedictine nurses unionize

Nov-23-08, 07:00 PM

About 200 nurses will now be unionized after nurses at Benedictine hospital voted 110-56 in favor of union representation by the New York State Nurses Association.

County leader prevails in IDA suit

Oct-02-09, 11:25 AM

Court rules for executive in IDA suit and a veto awaits work-pay agreement.



Really, green house

Dec-04-09, 12:05 PM

An ultra-efficient home employs the greenest building ideas.



Mountains vie for Vt.-bound skiers

Nov-13-09, 12:59 PM

It’s a border war for business along the Thruway.

Gillibrand, Paterson tout strengths of the region

Feb-01-09, 07:00 PM

Gov. David Paterson and Senator-designate Kirsten Gillibrand said last week that the secret to economic development in the Hudson Valley is playing to its strengths, especially using its diverse agricultural endeavors and its burgeoning renewable energy initiatives.

Down on the dump

HVME wades into waste stream from new home

Jul-27-08, 07:00 PM

The Hudson Valley Materials Exchange has a new home in New Paltz and its executive director says the move is an opportunity to embark on a new direction, not only preventing stuff from becoming garbage, but educating people about the inherent worth in surplus products ranging from storm windows to roofing tiles to art supplies.



Greening America

May-10-09, 07:00 PM

Necessity today is the mother of reinvention. Proponents of a green economic revolution are counting on it