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Rebel with a cause
By BOB ROZYCKI

Jim Taylor doesn’t look like a revolutionary.

He’s not looking to overturn the government, although the long list of visitors to his construction and demolition-debris recycling center in Montgomery might make the FBI sit up and take note.

The guests have come from far afield -- town of Thompson officials in Sullivan County to California to Uganda and China. And the balmy beach nations from around the Caribbean to the former war-torn country of Kosovo, too, have made the trip to Neelytown Road just off Interstate 84 in Orange County.

Port Authority weighs move to buy Stewart Airport lease
By KATHY KAHN

After Brig. Gen. Dana Demand turned command of the 105th Airwing, based adjacent to Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, over to Col. Verle Johnson, National Express Group, which runs the airport, looked to turn over its command to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Port Authority (PA) representatives, part of the 200-plus audience at the town of Wallkill’s golf club on Jan. 10, observed the changing of the guard at the air base while pondering their own next move.

‘String of pearls’
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

This is the second of a two-part series on developments -- constructed and proposed -- along the Hudson River.

Kelly ponders life after Washington
By KATHY KAHN

Sue Kelly, who served the 19th Congressional District for 12 years, is “weighing her options” after a stinging defeat in the fall elections to transplanted Dutchess County resident John Hall.

Inner muse meets entrepreneurial spirit
Artisan’s ‘fire’ fuels glass-blowing business
By BOB CHUVALA

John Burchetta was on his way to becoming a lawyer when, as he put it, lightning struck. The Carmel native came from a family of trial attorneys, a family friend was dean of the University of Kansas Law School, and Burchetta was a senior at the university when, “on a lark,” he took a glassblowing class.

Citizens group hopes to take the ‘N’ out of NIMBY
By KATHY KAHN

Getting “not-in-my-back-yard” (NIMBY) advocates to have a change of heart will take some doing, said Nancy Proyect,executive director of the Orange County Citizens Foundation (www.occf-ny.org).

Growing business in the shadow of Ground Zero

By KATHY KAHN

Tanya Ehrlich and Michelle Violetto combined mom-power and took a children’s party place from single storefront to franchise in just four years. New City police officer Michael Garvey’s experience after responding to a motor vehicle accident inspired a software program that provides real-time data on New York’s licensed drivers.

New services, women’s programs at Northern Dutchess Hospital
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck recently completed a $17 million expansion project and is now looking to add more services.

Putnam gains Fortune 500 employer
Akzo-Nobel’s R&D moves to Southeast
By KATHY KAHN

Location, location, location. Netherlands-based Akzo-Nobel is in the process of moving its sulfactants research and development laboratory and support staff, where company officials say it will make travel time less burdensome for its 75 scientists, researchers and corporate support staff who live in Putnam County and commute to Westchester County. It expects its facility to be up and running in Southeast by February.