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West Point

Point - Counterpoint

There may be no better-known campus in America than West Point, set on bluffs overlooking the Hudson River at a dogleg critical to America’s independence. It is also set cheek-by-jowl next to Highland Falls, a village with fewer souls than the U.S. Military Academy’s 4,000-plus cadets.
Relations between the academy and locals are on the mend, but have been historically strained, notably by a 16,000-acre federal land grab in the 1930s

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State, counties fare poorly in Economic Growth Index
By LYNN WOODS

In school a “C” grade is usually viewed as signifying mediocre performance, but when it comes to measuring economic development in the state of New York, it’s not so bad. At least that’s the feedback from business leaders in Westchester and Orange counties, both of which rated a C in The Business Council of New York State’s first-ever Economic Growth Index.

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Confab will urge unity in face of problems
By KATHY KAHN

If there are more school districts in one New York county than there are in the entire state of Virginia, it may answer the question as to why other states with fewer layers of regulation are looking more attractive to New York’s dwindling population.

Business incubator threatened with closure
By LYNN WOODS

The Hudson Valley Center for Innovation, a not-for-profit business incubator located in the town of Ulster, may close by the end of this year if it doesn’t receive the $250,000 in funding it has requested from Ulster County. Managing director Les Neumann spoke in front of the Ulster County Legislature earlier this month pitching the center’s accomplishments and answering questions, but it’s not certain the funds will be forthcoming.

Higher learning calling
Pick up the phone – it’s the future
By KATHY KAHN

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

Family health center moves, expands
By KATHY KAHN

The health center sitting at the corner of Washington Street and lower Broadway in Newburgh has seen its share of patients over the past 40 years.

Thunder road
Once a highway to nowhere; now a rainmaker
By KATHY KAHN

Maureen Halahan of Orange County Partnership laughs when she remembers the initial reaction to Lou Heimbach’s “road to nowhere” when first introduced more than 25 years ago.

Dutchess County’s housing market stable, brokers say
By ANGELIQUE CHIELLI

Dutchess County’s housing market is “healthy,” according to Emily Craig, broker for Prudential Serls Prime Properties in Fishkill. Despite the nature of the current market, “the sales time has been prolonged for the residences that have not taken modest price reductions,” said Craig. “Therefore, compared to last year at this time, properties for sale take longer to close.”

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