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Ka-ching!
Shoppers defy doomsayers and storm malls By KATHY KAHN

Turkey-stuffed shoppers camped out in front of Poughkeepsie’s Galleria Mall starting about 3 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, said Kate Waage, the mall’s marketing director.

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BREAKING NEWS

New century, new name for poughkeepsie chamber
By KATHY KAHN

On November 30, Charles North, president of the Poughkeepsie Area Chamber of Commerce, announced a new name and direction for his organization: As of January 1, 2008, it will be known as the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce.

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	Fighting words Finances and business climate raise ire By BRYAN F. YURCAN Billions in red ink on the state ledgers and entrenched obstacles to doing business here are finding sharper focus now that New York’s always-contentious budget season nears. Rent-a-cars and trains hitch up By MARY SUE IAROCCI Metro-North anticipates new revenues and potential ridership gains as a result of a new program partnership with Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Get smart Three-prong approach to good development By LYNN WOODS Economic growth. Preservation of the rural environment. A tough balance growing ever more delicate in Ulster County. The Colonel’s secret recipe for success KFC program rewards grit with scholarships By LYNN WOODS College scholarships normally award academic excellence, but the KFC Colonel’s Scholars scholarship program, which was launched two years ago, has a different emphasis: It seeks to award students who have a proven ability to do well under duress. Partnership recognizes best and brightest By KATHY KAHN Bright lights and plenty of fanfare greeted more than 500 guests at the Orange County Partnership’s annual dinner and awards ceremony at Anthony’s Pier 9 Nov. 27. Stewart lauds Port Authority plans for airport By KATHY KAHN James Wright, who heads the Stewart Airport Commission, praised the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s leadership at the commission’s last meeting of 2007. He, like many on the panel, is ready to “move forward into 2008.” Health care reform in Valley tops coalition agenda By RYAN DORAN It was standing-room-only at a recent Access to Health Care Coalition meeting as members stirred the waters, proposed solutions and gave multiple perspectives for the health care issues facing Westchester and Putnam counties.