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Train riders up; fares to follow
By LYNN WOODS

Fares on the Metro-North Railroad are due for an increase by the end of the year. The details are yet to be hashed out.

$22 million will fund rail fixes

The state Department of Transportation has unveiled a $22 million initiative for rail improvements between Albany and New York City. The funding was an outgrowth of the state Senate High-Speed Rail Task Force, established in 2005 with the goal of making immediate improvements as well as plan for long-term upgrades.

What, me worry?
Port Authority and Stewart enter terra incognita
By KATHY KAHN

Will the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey be the Hudson Valley’s partner or protagonist? It all depends what side of the table you are sitting on.

The heat is on
Global warming leaps from theory to real deal
By LYNN WOODS

On Sept. 12, the Poughkeepsie Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast featured a presentation by climate change expert Dr. William Schlesinger, who recently joined the staff of the Institute of Ecological Studies, an international center for scientific research and education based in Millbrook. The breakfast was held at the Wallace Center at the Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, in Hyde Park, and was sponsored by Marist College.

Home prices dwarf paycheck gains
But study says young workers are staying
By KATHY KAHN

If the quality of life can be measured by the quality of per-capita income, a recent study indicates the region west of the Hudson River could use an infusion of good-paying jobs. The nonprofit Orange County Citizens Foundation made that determination and many others easier to understand and compare when it unveiled its Quality of Life report Sept. 6.

Dutchess rail trail approved
By KATHY KAHN

The Dutchess Rail Trail’s design and environmental processing has been approved by both the state Department of Transportation and the federal Highway Traffic and Safety Administration.

College, Frontier Communications cut ribbon on telecom lab
By KATHY KAHN

SUNY Orange officially opened its new Frontier TechLab, a state-of-the-art laboratory at the heart of the college’s new telecommunication’s degree program, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the college’s Middletown campus Wednesday morning,

SUNY Orange President William Richards and Maggie Wilderotter, chairman and CEO of Citizens Communications Company, the parent company of Frontier, hosted the event, which featured brief remarks from state Sen. John Bonacic, Orange County Executive Ed Diana and Joan Wolfe, chairwoman of the college’s board of trustees.

Lowe’s to Clarkstown

A new Lowe’s Home Furnishings store is expected to open in Clarkstown during the second quarter of 2008.

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