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A totally organic experience
Well, 98 percent anyway
By BOB CHUVALA

Ian Diamond and David Richard believe their organic-food market is unique in every sense of that word. “There’s nothing like us east of the West Coast,” Diamond said, playing off the old “east of the Mississippi” phrase.

What makes their Organic Connection in Brewster so different is their claim to be 98 percent organic.

Top Stories

Business, labor hail workers’ comp deal
BY BRYAN F. YURCAN

Business and labor don’t always agree on issues, but both have collectively lauded an agreement to reform the state workers’ compensation system.

New economic chief outlines plans for region
BY KATHY KAHN

To a casual onlooker, it might have seemed a movie star was visiting Poughkeepsie’s Grand Hotel.

Brothers find affordable-housing niche a good fit
BY KATHY KAHN

While many talk the affordable-housing talk, Larry Regan and his brother, Ken, bring the concept to life. The principals of Regan Development in Ardsley have been building homes and apartment complexes for low-to middle-income families and seniors since they began their business 20 years ago.

11th Galante associate pleads guilty in trash-hauling case
By BOB CHUVALA

The controller for James Galante’s trash-hauling businesses in Danbury, Conn., has pleaded guilty to tax fraud and wire fraud -- the 11th Galante associate to plead guilty out of 29 indicted in June in the federal racketeering and extortion case.

Champion for the work force
Regional housing exec builds momentum on ‘affordable’ issues
BY BRYAN F. YURCAN

When John P. Afoun makes his next trek to Capitol Hill to advocate for affordable housing policies, he’ll do so with a little more clout.

Preparing for the next generation of science technologists
BY KATHY KAHN

More than 1,200 middle school and high school students from across the Hudson Valley packed SUNY New Paltz’s gym on Feb. 21 for Engineering Day and to meet Diane Bollen, a member of the NASA Mars Rover Science Team. The students were also able to view a scale model of the spacecraft, in addition to dozens of hands-on exhibits provided by local technology companies.

InBrief
BY KATHY KAHN

Spring Valley Marketplace sold

Spring Valley Marketplace was on the verge of becoming a ghost mall when DLC Management of Tarrytown bought it in 1999 for some $29 million. The company renovated the mall, adding more than 20,000 square feet of retail space, resurfaced its parking lot and in the process, attracted many new tenants, including Target, Christmas Tree Shops and Bed, Bath & Beyond.

Hudson Valley in ‘remarkable transformation’
Pattern for Progress head outlines 2007 agenda
BY KATHY KAHN

Prior to formally taking office as president of Pattern for Progress, Jonathan Drapkin toured the mid-Hudson counties and did a lot of listening. As a result, the think tank’s new leader told more than 400 guests, at the organization’s first President’s Breakfast, that the Hudson Valley is in a period of “remarkable transformation.”

Advanced Coating’s expansion will add 80 jobs
BY KATHY KAHN

Patrick Foye, the state’s new Economic Development Corp. co-chairman, pointed to Advanced Coating Technologies (ACT) expansion in Wallkill as an example of the type of business the region’s economic development agencies are working to attract.

InBrief : Education

SUNY New Paltz has inducted five local business people into its 2007 School of Business Hall of Fame.