Greater Hudson Bank partners with Newtek Business to offer small business loans. ...

Local 320 of the IBEW will vote this week on support for energy deal. ...

The Westchester-Putnam-Rockland region sees an increase in private-sector jobs. ...

Executives of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. and Canadian energy company Fortis Inc. have issued a  nearly 900-word response to U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer regarding the companies' proposed merger. Though two state administrative law judges on May 3 reported the merger’s negatives outweighed its benefits, the two utilities said they will press on with their $1.5 billion deal. The public  letter t ...

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival was one of the 817 nonprofit organizations recently awarded an Art Works grant by the National Endowment for the Arts ...

Jose Adames previously vice president of academic affairs and interim president at Bergen Community College, was recently announced as vice president and dean of academic affairs at Dutchess Community College ...

Harriet Cornell, Rockland County Legislature chairwoman, was awarded the Rockland County Bar Association Liberty Bell Award at the annual Law Day Celebration held May 1 at the Rockland County Courthouse ...

A bill to refund the mothballed federal dam safety program advanced through the Senate this week by an 83-14 margin. As many as 100 regional dams may be at risk of failure. A spokesman for the bill’s author, U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-Cold Spring, cited “huge bipartisan support” in the Senate as cause for optimism the bill will become law. It must still pass the full House of Representatives. After t ...

As a private investigator headquartered in Newburgh and working nationwide, Leonard Golino not only helps solve crimes, he also has a hand in preventing them. ...

Across three generations, All County Pest Control handles unwanted intruders ...

A dozen years after the Catskills region was promised three casinos – and none arrived – the governor’s office this month released a plan to revive the process across upstate New York. ...

Southwest Airlines founder Herb Kelleher knew the company was in trouble when his sister-in-law raved that she had received magnificent service on a Southwest flight. He asked how many people were on-board. Two pilots, three flight attendants…and his sister-in-law. After 18 months of operation, the airline had lost more than $5 million. ...

Social media can truly be one of the great equalizers of both company size and the amount of time spent online. ...

Brothers Marc and Steve Viggiano of the Two Men and a Truck moving franchise give their tips on how to make a business relocation seamless and less expensive ...

A productive sales force is one of the keys to our success. It’s time for them to put things in gear. I worry that things may be too comfortable around here. Any suggestions? ...