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More questions complicating La Guardia sale
The latest round of debate over the planned sale of Orange County's Camp La Guardia property ended Wednesday night not with the choice of a preferred buyer but with more unanswered questions and a big new ...
Camp La Guardia's fate still unknown
Almost a year and a half ago, Orange County officials did something few imagined possible after years of complaints about a 1,000-bed homeless shelter with a deceptively care-free name.
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Orange County wants to tweak open-space program
Orange County officials are using a hiatus in the county's open-space preservation program to adjust the criteria they've used to spend or commit roughly $7.5 million in grants since 2004.
Span-a-thon raises money, awareness to hospital cleanliness
Span-a-thon raises money, awareness of hospital cleanliness Former Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey, left, cheers on supporters as they "spin" to "Reduce Infection Deaths" NEWBURGH About two dozen men and women mounted ...
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Legislators ponder policy to replace gas guzzlers
Lawmakers may push for more fuel-efficient vehicles in the Orange County government fleet but are debating how specific they should be in their guidelines.
Man charged after ramming ex-girlfriend's car
The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office has charged a 40-year-old Salisbury Mills man after he repeatedly rammed his ex-girlfriend's car.
Transit grail is one-seat ride to NYC
“And we're going to hold you to that”
Rome wasn't built in a day. Neither was rapid and easily accessible mass transit, something Hudson Valley to New York City-bound commuters are longing for. via Hudson Valley Business
Schumer Announces $2.7M For Airport-Rail Study
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer said the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has committed $2.7 million for a study into a rail link from the Metro-North station in Salisbury Mills to Stewart Airport. via WNBC-TV New York
Stewart projected to reach nearly four million passengers
By the year 2025, Stewart Airport at Newburgh is expected to teach 3.7 million passengers a year, according to consultants hired by the federal government to conduct a capacity study of metropolitan markets in ... via Mid-Hudson News
Stewart rail link could redefine regional transportation, says think tank chief
STEWART AIRPORT The study of a new Metro-North commuter rail link from the Salisbury Mills train station to Stewart Airport, some three miles away, will be the first step at redefining the transportation needs ... via Mid-Hudson News
Study of Stewart rail spur to begin
Build it and they will come. That from Senator Schumer Friday as he announced while at Stewart Airport that a study into a rail link from the Salisbury Mills Metro-North train station to the Newburgh airport ... via Mid-Hudson News
Schumer to make Stewart Rail Link announcement tomorrow
NEW WINDSOR - What's billed as a big announcement about rail connections to Stewart International Airport is planned for tomorrow morning. via Poughkeepsie Journal
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Port-Stewart rail link being studied
“We had a horrible experience with a contractor when we were looking to build our home, but luckily never signed a contract with that person. After...”
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority yesterday hired a consultant to analyze the alternatives for connecting the Metro-North Port Jervis line to Stewart International Airport. via Recordonline.com - The Times Herald-R...
Real Olympics for our regular dogs
Last week, I wrote a column complaining that the Westminster Dog Show just doesn't have the sort of events that my dogs, Huck and Tom, might shine at. via RecordOnline.com
MTA, Port to start Stewart rail link study
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey announced this morning they are going to be conducting research on possible linkage between Stewart Airport and ... via Mid-Hudson News
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Mountco makes pitch to county on plans for Camp La Guardia
“We're not building a strip center here”
Orange County lawmakers had the equivalent of a first date yesterday with a developer who wants to transform the former Camp La Guardia property into a new community with as many as 807 homes. via Middletown Times Herald Record
Locally shot and produced film tearing up awards season
In February 2006, "Michael Clayton" was shot in Blooming Grove and Salisbury Mills. via RecordOnline.com
Calhoun running for tenth term
“When you wake up in the morning and still have the desire to go out there and do what you're doing, you're still there. I enjoy what I'm doing, and I enjoy working with the people. I still have the desire to go out there and help people.”
Assemblywoman Nancy Calhoun said Sunday she's "not done yet" and that there is much more work to be done by her in New York State. via Mid-Hudson News
“It does not say 'LEED materials.' It says 'green building practices.'”
Who knew? Some trees, apparently, are greener than others. As Orange County lawmakers prepared on Thursday to adopt green-building standards that they'd discussed for months without a peep of opposition, they ... via RecordOnline.com