Times Herald-Record (Middletown, NY) back issues from September 2007:
Westtown, N.Y., woman takes fresh approach to spice market.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Matt King Sep. 2--Eileen Piasecki-Couch was this close to getting her soups and seasonings on supermarket shelves when she learned a hard lesson in big business. As she was trying to cut a deal with Price Chopper to carry her Pine Island Herb and Spice ...
New restaurant a symbol of hope for Monticello, N.Y., business district.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Adam Bosch Sep. 4--MONTICELLO -- Seated at a table Friday with owners of the new Great Silver River Restaurant & Bar, Misa Chang nibbled quietly on fresh shrimp, mango scallops and light pink crab legs. It was the final scrimmage for chefs and wait staff before ...
23 board ferry for first Haverstraw-NYC trip.
Sep 05, 2007 ... Byline: Judy Rife Sep. 5--HAVERSTRAW -- Another experiment in long-distance ferry service got off to a solid start yesterday when 23 commuters got on yellow taxi-cab catamarans for the 90-minute cruise to Lower Manhattan. The new service represents an extension of the ...
Spitzer's office awaiting bridge report.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Judy Rife Sep. 6--ALBANY -- The bridges have been inspected, a report is being prepared for the governor's office, and now the question becomes, what is Eliot Spitzer going to do about New York's aging infrastructure? The immediate answer, of course, is ...
Montgomery seeks wetlands law.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Levensohn Sep. 6--MONTGOMERY -- The Town of Montgomery is getting into the environmental protection business. The Town Board is proposing a new law requiring property owners to secure a special town permit before beginning any project that might ...
Bistro opens second location in Middletown, N.Y.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Meagan Engle Sep. 6--MIDDLETOWN -- The owners of Bullwinkle's Top Hat Bistro are sure business at their new location won't be rocky. The locally owned restaurant, a favorite at its only other location in downtown Miamisburg, is expanding into Middletown's East ...
Quality-of-life report issued for Orange County, N.Y.
Sep 07, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Levensohn Sep. 7--SUGAR LOAF -- Ever wonder how Orange County's health care stacks up against neighboring counties? Or which towns have the highest tax rates? Or where to find the county's parks, museums or boat launches? The answers to ...
Sale of airport lease seems close to completion.
Sep 11, 2007 ... Byline: Judy Rife Sep. 11--The Port Authority now expects to close on the lease for Stewart International Airport near the end of October rather than the beginning. "We don't have a date yet, but it's likely to be closer to Nov. 1 than Oct. 1 and for no reason other ...
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 ...
Excitement greets telecom firm's gift to university lab.
Sep 13, 2007 ... Byline: Douglas Cunningham Sep. 13--MIDDLETOWN -- If "win-win" is a term of art in the business lexicon, it could have been a cliche yesterday. Politicians, educators and others couldn't use the term enough as they hailed the unveiling of the new Frontier TechLab at ...
Business expansions, addition to bring 100-plus jobs to Newburgh, N.Y.
Sep 13, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Levensohn Sep. 13--Three business expansions and one addition promise to bring more than 100 jobs to Newburgh, according to their applications for Empire Zone benefits. Perreca Electric Co., an electrical contractor on Broadway, and a related company, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ....
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
