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Highway to heaven
Lofty goals 212 feet above the Hudson By LYNN WOODS

The nonprofit that owns the off-limits Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge and is dedicated to making it a walkway across “the river that flows both ways” hopes to accomplish its mission in time for the 2009 quadricentennial of Henry Hudson’s journey up the river that bears his name. That Hudson “discovered” the river 10,000 years after its shores were settled by natives who named it for its tidal nature is beside the point. Everyone loves a .. Read More

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	Flood-prone region seeks answers But further studies earn ire By BRYAN F. YURCAN In a continuing effort to figure out why the Orange County black-dirt region has had three “50-year floods” in less than three years, farmers, legislators and government officials convened at the county government center for a hearing on the topic. Nurturing light-bulb moments Author courts the genius in all of us By KATHY KAHN Allyn Freeman likes to write books that teach others how to make money. In the process, he’s not doing too badly himself. The author of “Why Didn’t I Think of That: Bizarre Origins of Ingenious Inventions We Couldn’t Live Without” and “The Leadership Genius of Alfred P. Sloan” (chosen by Bloomberg Europe as one of the outstanding managerial books of 2004) shared conventional wisdom with the business breakfast crowd at Rockland Country Club Nov. 1. Belleayre developer lays out plans By LYNN WOODS You can’t accuse Dean Gitter, who was the featured speaker at the Ulster County Chamber of Commerce breakfast Nov. 13, of being dull. Nor is he subtle. The event, which was sponsored by Ashokan Architecture and Planning P.L.L.C. and held at the Holiday Inn in Kingston, provided the developer with a chance to express his view of the process and many changes involved in trying to get his proposed ski resort built. Kinder, gentler future shock Technology is the key, says IBM executive By LYNN WOODS Business in the 21st century will be very different from what it was in the 20th. Successful companies and prospering societies will be built on collaborative partnerships. Innovation will transform not just products and services, but also processes, business models and management systems. Workers will be connected 24/7 in a single integrated global economy, and the betterment of society might be the mandate of business people no less than of social progressives and environmentalists. The unlikely friend of nuclear energy Greenpeace co-founder jumps ship By KATHY KAHN His former colleagues may be frosty, but Patrick Moore got a warm reception from the business community at Casa Mia Manor House in Blauvelt Nov. 9. The co-founder of Greenpeace is now chairman and chief scientist for Greenspirit Strategies Ltd., while acting as a consultant to the New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance. Not your ordinary Joes By KATHY KAHN When Joseph Lepore came from Italy to Bayside in Queens at age 15, he quickly learned America was truly a land of opportunity. Awards wed pride and glamour By LYNN WOODS Hundreds congregated under the huge chandeliers at the Grandview, the waterfront banquet hall in Poughkeepsie, to attend the Dutchess County 2007 Business Excellence Awards dinner Nov. 8.

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