CH Energy Group News

APPOINTMENT Poughkeepsie resident is elected chairman of commuting company board - Allan Page, a resident of Poughkeepsie and founder of A. Page & Associates, an energy consultancy, was elected chairman of the MetroPool Inc.

Christopher Capone of Red Oaks Mills has retired from the Mid-Hudson Workshop for the Disabled's board of directors after 10 years.

NEW BUSINESS Gazen Gallery opens - Gazen Gallery opened in Rhinebeck recently with a ribbon-cutting ceremony sponsored by the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Rhinebeck Area Chamber of Commerce.

CH Energy Group, parent company of Central Hudson Gas & Electric, has tapped John E. Gould to head a new internal legal services team.

CH Energy Group, Inc. announced today that John E. Gould, a senior partner at the law firm of Thompson Hine LLP and outside chief legal counsel to the energy corporation for more than a decade, will join CH Energy Group to head a soon-to-be-established internal legal services team.

In East Syracuse: Bristol-Myers Squibb will cut 100 jobs from its operation here by the end of 2010, reports the Syracuse Post-Standard. The pharmaceutical company said the cuts are part of its plans to consolidate its drug safety evaluation group into facilities in Indiana and New Jersey.

CH Energy Group Inc., the parent company of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., is earning a rising return on its various ventures and subsidiaries apart from Central Hudson, executives told shareholders today.

The distribution will - RALEIGH, N.C.-- --State Employees' Credit Union used the "Magic of Saving" to encourage young members to save their money during the Credit Union's annual Youth Saving - HOUSTON-- --The Board of Directors of Cooper Industries, Ltd.

More than 100 shareholders gathered in Poughkeepsie, New York, today to conduct the 81st Annual Meeting of CH Energy Group , an energy firm serving approximately 486,000 customers with holdings in 10 states.

CH Energy Group Inc. will add a member to its board of directors and thus head off a move by a major, unhappy shareholder from making even bigger changes.

WILMINGTON, Del.-- --Delphi Financial Group, Inc. today announced a registered underwritten public offering of 3,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock.

A contest for directors' seats on the board of CH Energy Group has been started by a large shareholder who has been unhappy with management's strategic decisions.

A rate increase is "absolutely necessary" for Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.

COLUMBUS, Ohio-- --School Choice Ohio, the Buckeye State's leading organization promoting and protecting educational freedom, kick-started 2009 today with the launch of an interactive new Web site.

ALBANY - Organizers of this summer's Empire State Games in the Hudson Valley announced Friday that they will not host the games because of a cut in state aid.

Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. has hired Anthony Campagiorni as assistant vice president of governmental affairs and economic development.