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		Ulster planners unveil open space plan By LYNN WOODS From the river to the mountains, Ulster County is blessed with abundant natural and cultural resources. Encroaching development has threatened these attributes, but to date much of the municipalities’ response has been fragmented and reactive. .. Read More



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	Earlier last week IBM overcomes sluggish system sales to post Q3 gains
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	Economic data are strong Mid-Hudson region trumps Albany area By LYNN WOODS Recent studies about the Hudson Valley’s economic performance have not been exactly stellar in their appraisal. But some statistics released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis a few weeks ago cast the region in a brighter light. Fighting the ‘unaffordability’ factor By KATHY KAHN Like Jack, the state must be “nimble and quick” when it comes to jumping over the candlestick of sluggish business, says Patrick Foye, downstate co-chairman of New York’s Empire State Development Corp. Here lies Fluffy Funeral director makes switch from two-legged to four-legged burials By KATHY KAHN It’s a quiet, sunny day at Rainbow Ridge Pet Cemetery and Crematorium in Fishkill. Owner Elizabeth Dreeben makes the daily reverse commute from her Yonkers home and not only enjoys the quiet of the Hudson Valley, but the fork in the road she took on her career path: Dreeben, a funeral director for several years, is now strictly taking care of funerals and cremations for animals. Medical spending skyrockets By BRYAN F. YURCAN Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid accounted for more than $1 trillion of the $2.3 trillion the federal government spent in 2005, according to a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau earlier this month. Commission OKs airport transfer By KATHY KAHN With the stroke of a pen – but not before it spent an hour in executive session – the Stewart Airport Commission gave the necessary blessing for the transfer of the airport’s lease from National Express Group to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. A push to farm indoors ‘In-season’ could morph to ‘year-round’ By BRYAN F. YURCAN Get ready for homegrown tomatoes in January. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) released a report last week detailing the potential for Controlled Environment Agriculture in the state by the year 2020. And the winner is … Eight awards in Ulster By LYNN WOODS At the annual 2007 Business Recognition Awards dinner, held at Kingston’s Wiltwyck Golf Club Oct. 11, the Ulster County Chamber of Commerce and Ulster County Development Corp. handed out eight awards to business people of distinction. The 270 attendees included many of the county’s top business leaders as well as economic development executives from the region and several elected officials, notably U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey and state Assemblyman Kevin Cahill. BOCES opts high-tech Programs move with the times By LYNN WOODS On a recent Friday morning, a group of about 20 people sat in a classroom at Ulster BOCES to learn about three seemingly unrelated topics: robots, patents and BOCES itself. ‘Idol’ tour fined for child labor law violation By BRYAN F. YURCAN This is one sour note that would even make “American Idol” loser Sanjaya cringe.

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