Driving into the season

By BILL FALLON and CHRISTINA OCCHIPINTI

From equipment to grounds-keeping, a lot has changed since John Reid introduced golf to America at a Yonkers cow pasture in February 1888 with a novel set of “gowf” sticks he had procured.

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TZ conference irks task force
Presenters to outline BRT option for bridge
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

Some members of the business community advocating for an efficient rapid-transit system across the Interstate-287 corridor, and a new Tappan Zee Bridge, are growing increasingly concerned with a perceived lack of progress on the project.

Small Businesses groan under weight of health insurance
By LYNN WOODS

It used to be when the health insurance industry sneezed, the business community caught a cold. Yes, the rates were going up, but what are you going to do? As with a cold, plow on and try to forget about it.

No feulin’
GM hits 300-mile mark
By JOHN GOLDEN

Before a cheering crowd led by a vanguard of General Motors publicists, the automotive industry’s sustainable future made an appearance in Westchester County last week. Like some gas guzzlers also navigating rush-hour traffic across the Tappan Zee Bridge, the future was late getting here.

New Rochelle firm is doctor to 4,000 NYC trees
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

When Governors Island off Manhattan officially opens for tourists June 2, visitors can commune with trees that were acorns during the Ulysses S. Grant administration.

Home Improvement meets E.R.
The ambulances and the I-beams keep on coming
By BILL FALLON

Conducting a $50 million renovation in and around a fully functioning hospital is one thing. Doing it in the middle of Bronxville, where tulips, not litter, line the sidewalks, only adds to the equation.

Red Cross seeks leader savvy to county ways
BY JOHN GOLDEN

The Westchester County chapter of the American Red Cross has begun searching for a chief executive officer to lead the agency, which has gone three months with interim national Red Cross staffers holding key local posts.

Phelps elects Bunaes as chairman of board
By CHRISTINA OCCHIPINTI

The board of directors at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Sleepy Hollow elected Bard Bunaes, president and chief executive of GLOBAL Reinsurance, as chairman at its annual meeting April 25.

Put up your nukes
Greenpeace co-founder touts nuclear energy; Riverkeeper says shut Indian Point down
By LYNN WOODS

The Indian Point nuclear plant, located 35 miles north of New York City in Buchanan, has been plagued with problems. They include a series of unplanned shutdowns of the reactors, a malfunction of the new siren system, and leaks of radioactive material into the ground water. Political leaders are up in arms, pushing for legislation to provide additional oversight of the plant.

Leadership gap affects growing nonprofit sector
By CHRISTINA OCCHIPINTI

Nonprofit organizations may be riding a wave of national success, but they are facing a severe imbalance in the supply (low) and demand (high) of “leadership talent.”

Merger makes new force in real estate
By CHRISTINA OCCHIPINTI

Looking to provide ultimate service in residential real estate, Prudential Centennial Realty of Scarsdale and Nestfinders Real Estate of Mamaroneck have merged.

Bill would tap HMOs for hospital help
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

William Mooney Jr. is hopeful that a bill in Albany requiring HMO’s to reinvest part of their profits back into hospitals will pass soon.

BOMA gives annual kudos

The Business Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) of Westchester County recently presented Hall of Honor awards to the city of Yonkers and to Biomed Realty Trust Inc., and Biomed’s tenant at The Landmark at Eastview, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Hospital confronts nursing shortage with home remedy
By CHRISTINA OCCHIPINTI

When it comes to the nursing shortage afflicting the country, it comes as no surprise that the emergency department (E.D.) is one of the most affected areas in hospitals today.

Summit addresses economic impact of aging population
By KATHY KAHN

“One day,” said Ann Palmer Moss of the Elant Foundation, “it will be us.” That is why Elant Inc. and 130 members of the senior health-care provider community came together May 11 in Tarrytown for what was billed as the first elder-care summit in the Hudson Valley.

Katonah landscaping company goes ‘Extreme’
By CHRISTINA OCCHIPINTI

Thomas R. Dieck loves a good challenge, especially when his hard work benefits those in need.