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BRT a short-sighted solution, at best

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Foggy Bottom Follies, Part ???

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Cover Story

Art for another art’s sake
Sculptor’s company creates armor,
props for theater
By BOB ROZYCKI

“What do you do with a master’s in art?” Nino Novellino asks. “You end up sleeping in the park under a statue,” he pauses for comic timing, “but at least you know who sculpted the statue.”

Novellino laughs. He can he’s come a long way since he was nearly that student in the park.

Top Stories

Immigration policy bashed
Current system confusing, even dangerous
By LYNN WOODS

The mired status quo of U.S. immigration policy is aggravating a work-force crisis that could seriously undermine the U.S. economy.

The impact is being felt across all sectors to different degrees.

Hanging a shingle earns increased scrutiny
Diverse Poughkeepsie team wrestles with sign law
By KATHY KAHN

The signs and the times they are a changin’. Especially on Route 9, one of Dutchess County’s busiest corridors.

Issues big and bigger fill Orange County plate
By KATHY KAHN

“We are at war and terrorism hasn’t gone away.”

The speaker was Orange County Executive Edward A. Diana, who nonetheless also addressed more quotidian concerns development, taxes, education, and then some at the county chamber of commerce’s midyear meeting at Wallkill Country Club recently.

Rock mecca tunes in zoning nuts and bolts
By KATHY KAHN

Town of Bethel Supervisor Harold Russell doesn’t want his town to be milked by pricey developers, but he isn’t particularly fond of moratoriums either.

Davis foundation gives $20M to Scenic Hudson
Money is slated to preserve and protect the shoreline
By KATHY KAHN

Shelby Cullom Davis started out with $50,000 on Wall Street after World War II and built a family empire, eventually leaving $900 million to the Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation. The foundation’s goal was to support education and other worthwhile causes at the time of his death, something it’s been doing since 1994.

Restaurants pay up after they ignored time clock
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

A company running two Hudson Valley restaurants agreed to pay its employees almost $53,000 in back wages and interest to settle a U.S. Labor Department lawsuit.

Labatt shuffles to Buffalo
By ALEXANDER SOULE

Buffalo, whose denizens guzzle more Labatt Blue beer than any other U.S. city, is the new headquarters of Labatt USA, which is returning there after years in Norwalk, Conn.