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Mary Sue Iarocci

Reading, writing, religion

Jan-11-09, 07:00 PM

Living with a struggling economy, people are having trouble affording the tuition at private, Catholic, college preparatory high schools throughout Westchester.

‘Celebrating Transformation’

Jun-11-09, 03:21 PM

  Hundreds of business people, government officials, supporters and guests joined the Greyston Foundation June 4 in “Celebrating Transformation” at the foundation’s annual benefit at X20 Xavier’s on the Hudson.

In down economy, staffing agencies get creative

Apr-12-09, 07:00 PM

As a small-business owner, Allison Madison understands that “if businesses go under, we all suffer.”



Hotels thrive in Yonkers

Jan-29-10, 01:23 PM

In the past year, two hotels have sprung up in Yonkers

Death be not static

Survey charts changes in funeral industry

Nov-30-08, 07:00 PM

The old saw that death and taxes are the constants of existence could use an update. Taxes keep coming as always, but death, it appears, ain’t what it used to be.



Manhattanville College has new president

Aug-07-09, 11:01 AM

Molly Easo Smith joins Manhattanville as its eleventh president

Business In Brief

Apr-12-09, 07:00 PM

Hospital offers ‘rapid’ radiation treatment

System ‘easier on the patient’

Jan-18-09, 07:00 PM

Patients undergoing radiation therapy at White Plains Hospital Center no longer have to hold still in uncomfortable positions for minutes on end while being treated.



Landscape design adapts with times

Jul-02-09, 12:38 PM

Landscape architects and designers are looking for alternative ways to market their services.

17 condo-lofts remain in rehabbed building

Jun-29-08, 07:00 PM

Half of the live-work residences at Knickerbocker Lofts in New Rochelle have been sold.

Money minders re-enter the equation

Jan-22-10, 11:16 AM

The financial services industry was hit hard by the recession, but it’s coming back.

Earnings in brief

Pepsi Bottling posts gain

Oct-19-08, 07:00 PM

Somers-based Pepsi Bottling Group Inc.’s board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.17 per share on PBG’s common stock.

From diner to drugstore

Thru-way out, Walgreen’s in

Jul-20-08, 07:00 PM

For residents, last week’s closing of a New Rochelle landmark, the Thru-way diner, is well summed up by City Manager Charles Strome III: "We would have preferred that the diner stayed, but it’s out of our control."

Moving on

Up, down or sideways is the question

Oct-12-08, 07:00 PM

Businesses are downsizing and people are opting for storage space before the bank gets its hands on the family couch. 

Home Depot to shutter Home Expo stores

Feb-08-09, 07:00 PM

Home Expo, the interior décor arm of The Home Depot, is closing in New Rochelle, leaving the city with a big-box footprint.

The literary staycation

Come read with me as a business plan

Oct-05-08, 07:00 PM

A few months back, Steven Schragis was in the car, listening to the radio on his way home to Manhattan when he came up with an idea to turn a renowned business hotel and conference center into a nearby getaway.



Blog about food catches on quickly

Jun-12-09, 11:17 AM

Startup culinary blog CeramicCanvas.com already has an international fan base.

Mentors, students make PACT at Mercy

New program to help students plan classes, careers

Mar-08-09, 07:00 PM

The bureaucracy – and long lines – often associated with higher education in terms of academic advising, student affairs and career services will be eliminated for 500 incoming first-time, full-time students at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry this fall.

The case for staying put

Jan-22-10, 11:02 AM

There’s a misperception that financially distressed companies will sell for steep discounts.

Business Briefs

Jan-25-05, 07:00 PM

White Plains-based Bunge Limited said it is lowering its earnings expectations for the full year ended Dec. 31, 2008.