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Home grown
BY BOB ROZYCKI

Rolling along Pulaski Highway, Pine Island is surrounded by an ocean of rich, dark black earth.

The ultraplush soil that once was the bottom of a large glacial lake pulls you in with each step if you dare venture out into a field on a late winter day.

At the Rogowski Farm, a red-tailed hawk skims silently just feet above the fields looking for prey.

Top Stories

PA director accentuates the positives
New jobs with higher wages expected at Stewart Airport
BY KATHY KAHN

There’s one thing Hudson Valley residents can be sure of: Stewart Airport will remain Stewart Airport, “and that’s final,” Anthony Shorris told a packed house at Ulster Community College March 20. Then came the questions and concerns about what the new owners will bring to Stewart. The Port Authority’s (PA) executive director came to accentuate the positives and acknowledge the negatives of its latest acquisition to participants at the Hudson Valley Economic Summit.

Mohawks' casino approval likely, industry expert says
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

Proponents and detractors of a Sullivan County casino that would be run by the St. Regis Mohawk tribe may have several more months to state their respective cases.

Beacon’s new green waterfront conference center

BY KATHY KAHN

Brick factories, paper clips, Nabisco cracker boxes, IBM -- those were the industries Beacon was once made of. But one by one, manufacturers packed up and left, turning Beacon (www.cityofbeacon.org) into another mid-Hudson story of “the city that used to be.”

Foreigners making mark in valley’s labor market

By ALEXANDER SOULE

With the deadline for 2008 H-1B visa applications just a week away, U.S. Department of Labor statistics show that 200 organizations in Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Ulster counties hired a total 900 foreign workers last year under the program.

InBrief

Hillside changes name

The Newburgh-based construction and development company Hillside Homes & Development Corp. has changed its name to Hillside Companies Inc.

There’s nothing petty about the cost of crime
By Kathy Kahn

What does a mugging cost taxpayers? According to Rockland District Attorney Michael Bongiorno, when a 101-year-old woman is beaten and robbed of $33 it can translate into $1 million at the end of the day. And while crime is down in Rockland, the costs to business, residents and the state continue to climb.

Deadline set for proposals to run state racing franchise
By Bryan Yurcan

The six corporations vying for the right to operate the state’s lucrative racing franchise will lay out their proposals during public forums early next month.

Moody’s gives Bridge Authority high rating
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

The New York state Bridge Authority is one of only three toll-funded public or government transportation agencies in the nation to receive an “Aa2” rating by Moody’s Investor Services Global Credit Research.

SUNY gets $4M to proceed with plans for Newburgh campus
By Kathy Kahn

SUNY Orange has received $4 million in funding from the Orange County Legislature to complete the environmental review process for its proposed campus on Newburgh’s lower Broadway.