Recently added articles from Times Herald-Record (Middletown, NY):
Middletown, N.Y., real-estate office merges with nearby firm.
Oct 05, 2007 ... Byline: Tim Tresslar Oct. 5--MIDDLETOWN -- Courtney Duff & Associates, a local real estate and development firm, has merged with another area brokerage. The resulting brokerage will operate as Prudential One Duff Realtors, company executives said. The deal brings ...
Orange, Dutchess counties lead New York for jobs, drop to middle nationwide.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Levensohn Oct. 2--The good news? When it comes to creating and keeping jobs, Orange and Dutchess counties make up the best-performing metropolitan area in New York state. The bad news? The Orange/Dutchess area ranked in the ...
Natural gas line will bring industry to New York towns, O&R Utilities says.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Levensohn Oct. 1--WAWAYANDA, N.Y. -- Orange and Rockland Utilities is building a natural gas pipeline to nowhere. Everyone involved swears this is a good thing. The utility company is spending $510,000 to install about three-quarters of a ...
Utility builds natural gas pipeline 'on spec' for future industry.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Levensohn Oct. 1--WAWAYANDA -- Orange and Rockland Utilities is building a natural gas pipeline to nowhere. Everyone involved swears this is a good thing. The utility company is spending $510,000 to install about three-quarters of a mile of ...
Projections show increase in cost most home-heating fuel prices.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Randall Sep. 28--Whether you heat with oil or gas, propane or electricity, you'll be digging deeper into your pockets to pay for it this winter. If you use heating oil or propane, you'll have to dig all the way down to the lint. At least ...
New York motorists, transit riders likely to see toll, fare hikes.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Judy Rife Sep. 27--NEW YORK -- The march toward a fare and toll increase in early 2008 has begun in earnest at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. At its first meeting since raising the specter of increases in July, the MTA Wednesday hired a consultant ...
Lease transfer pending for Stewart International Airport.
Sep 26, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Randall Sep. 26--At least one more body must be heard from before the Stewart International Airport lease is transferred to the Port Authority. And that's the Stewart Airport Commission itself. State law requires the advisory panel to make ...
Ulster County, N.Y., favored contractors in jail bidding, panel says.
Sep 25, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Brooks Sep. 25--KINGSTON, N.Y. -- The Ulster County district attorney should investigate whether top former county officials broke state law and violated policy in connection with the bidding process on the troubled Ulster County Jail project, a special county panel ...
Times change for Chester.
Sep 23, 2007 ... Byline: Raja Abdulrahim Sep. 23--CHESTER -- When the Fantastic Four, Poison Ivy and Wolverine came to historic downtown, it seemed the transition of this short strip of storefronts, offices and second-floor apartments had reached its turning point like a well-written comic book ....
Port Authority to spend $17.1 million to improve Stewart International Airport.
Sep 21, 2007 ... Byline: Judy Rife Sep. 21--NEW YORK -- The Port Authority yesterday approved its first capital investment in Stewart International Airport -- $17.1 million worth of improvements to roads, parking lots and runways. More than half of the money will be used to complete ...
State environmental department fines Orange County, N.Y., $60,000.
Sep 21, 2007 ... Byline: Chris McKenna Sep. 21--GOSHEN, N.Y. -- Orange County must pay $60,000 in fines for environmental violations at two garbage transfer stations, and it faces another $100,000 penalty if it doesn't correct the problems on time. Under a consent order signed ...
New York Thruway retains I-84 upkeep.
Sep 20, 2007 ... Byline: Judy Rife Sep. 20--Albany, N.Y. -- The New York State Thruway Authority yesterday approved an agreement to continue plowing the snow, collecting the litter and mowing the grass on Interstate 84 for another year. The agreement, between the authority and the ...
Nuclear plant's opponents want agency to expand review.
Sep 20, 2007 ... Byline: John Doherty Sep. 20--CORTLANDT MANOR -- Opponents of the Indian Point nuclear power plant think the federal government isn't looking at all the right issues. That was one of the strong sentiments at a public hearing yesterday about Indian Point's license ...
Locals look to develop Westtown.
Sep 19, 2007 ... Byline: Simon Shifrin Sep. 19--MINISINK -- Bob Schmick Jr. peered through the eyebrow window in his second-floor office in the old train station in downtown Warwick. He looked out at the benches, planters and paving stones on the village's Railroad Green. ...
GWB work will disrupt some traffic through November.
Sep 18, 2007 ... Byline: Judy Rife Sep. 18--FORT LEE, N.J. -- Traffic on the George Washington Bridge will be diverted weekends through November as the upper-level lanes are repaved. The Port Authority said eastbound cars will be diverted to the lower level, and trucks, which are ...
MTA green panel adds 2 from area.
Sep 18, 2007 ... Byline: Judy Rife Sep. 18--NEW YORK -- Two Hudson Valley representatives have been appointed to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's new sustainability commission. Jonathan Drapkin, president and CEO of Pattern for Progress, and Ned Sullivan, executive ...
Polo club mounts protest over NYRI power lines.
Sep 17, 2007 ... Byline: Alexa James Sep. 17--WALLKILL, N.Y. -- From Utica to New Windsor, a trail of bright red protest signs dot front lawns and downtowns and farmsteads -- any spot where New York Regional Interconnect plans to plant its 12-story-high, 1,200- megawatt power towers. ...
Pace picking up near Stewart.
Sep 17, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Randall Sep. 17--STEWART AIRPORT -- If you think things are happening quickly now at Stewart International Airport, prepare to see the pace cranked up to warp speed once the Port Authority arrives around Nov. 1. Or as singer Al Jolson used to say: You ...
Port Authority to create advisory panel for airport development.
Sep 13, 2007 ... Byline: Judy Rife Sep. 13--NEW WINDSOR -- The Port Authority will create a community advisory panel to serve as a sounding board as it crafts a master plan for its development of Stewart International Airport. "Up here, frankly, we're newcomers," said Anthony ...
Bush aide says flood study needed in New York counties.
Sep 13, 2007 ... Byline: Victor Whitman Sep. 13--ROSCOE -- A top adviser to President George Bush said yesterday that a major flood study is needed in Sullivan and Delaware counties. "There is no question in my mind that we need to respond to mitigate the risk of flood for these ...