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Core values
Investing in key people, staying ahead of the curve are base for company’s success
By BOB ROZYCKI

Jimmy Smith, his shock of white hair highlighted by a tan he picked up at an industry meeting in the Caribbean, has a bounce to his step as he strides through his company’s headquarters off a two-lane road in rural Campbell Hall.

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Paterson vows to play vital role in reshaping NY
By KATHY KAHN
Lt. Gov. David Paterson shares a common bond with boyhood hero, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Born legally blind, the 52-year-old newly elected Paterson is considered legally disabled. He is also New York’s first African-American lieutenant governor and may be the first to actually use the office to change the status quo in state government.

South Nyack engineering firm brightens half-time extravaganza
By KATHY KAHN
If you enjoyed the lighting effects during the half-time show of the Bears-Colts showdown, you can thank McLaren Engineering for making the event a little bit brighter.

Spanning the globe to develop business
By BOB ROZYCKI
Ed Arace, Lawrence Dwyer Jr. and Luke Rich are each successful in their respective businesses.

Hunter Douglas preps Rockland County site
By ALEXANDER SOULE
Rockland County officials are meeting in early February with window blind maker Hunter Douglas North America Inc. to finalize construction plans for a new headquarters in Pearl River.

Freedman to leave Post at REDC
By BOB ROZYCKI
Holly Freedman, president and chief executive of Rockland Economic Development Corp. for nearly 13 years, is resigning effective April 1 to become the National Executive Service Corps’ vice president and regional director for Westchester and Rockland counties.

County shops Putnam to residents
Campaign aims to keep locals’ dollars here
By BOB CHUVALA
Remember Burma-Shave signs? Probably not. Those pre-Interstate roadside signs captivated vacationing families that would read, in chorus, the Burma-Shave ditty as they drove by the ubiquitous five or six signs spaced out along the highway (On curves ahead; Remember, Sonny; That rabbit’s foot; Didn’t save the bunny; Burma-Shave).

Airport’s owners change, but Stewart name, staff to stay on board
By KATHY KAHN
Seven years after it became the first privatized airport in the nation, Stewart International Airport is back in the hands of the government – almost.