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Vol. 46, # 39 | September 24, 2007
 
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Move over Broadway: You're about to be upstaged by one of Westchester's finest theaters. Starting in late 2008, Mamaroneck's Emelin Theatre will undergo a dramatic renovation.

Designed by James Czajka, the 18-month project will expand the existing 9,000-square-foot theatre to 36,000 square feet and will include a “larger, expanded main theater, a dedicated film theater and a black box theater for more experimental work or works in development,” said Sara
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The Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C-based nonprofit tax research organization, released a report this month on property tax burdens for each U.S. county with a population above 65,000. The report was based on 2006 figures from the U.S. census bureau's recently released American Community Survey.

 

 

 

At Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow, Phyllis Mandel has been using the new heated pool in the spacious new quarters of the physical medicine and rehabilitation department, where she is the longtime administrative director.

 

 

 

ITT Corp., the defense electronics and services contractor and global manufacturer based in White Plains, last week announced its pending $1.7 billion purchase of EDO Corp., a global aerospace and defense company.

 

 

 

In school a “C” grade is usually viewed as signifying mediocre performance, but when it comes to measuring economic development in the state of New York, it's not so bad. At least that's the feedback from business leaders in Westchester and Orange counties, both of which rated a C in The Business Council of New York State's first-ever Economic Growth Index.

 

 

 

In what some are calling a surprising upset, county Legislator Clinton Young appeared to have defeated incumbent three-term Mayor Ernest Davis in a Democratic primary for mayor of Mount Vernon as of press time last week.

 

 

 

The newly elected chairman of the Westchester County Association said the business group's advocacy on key public policy issues and economic development for the county and region will be “more of the same” under his leadership.

 

 

 

If there are more school districts in one New York county than there are in the entire state of Virginia, it may answer the question as to why other states with fewer layers of regulation are looking more attractive to New York's dwindling population.

 

 

 

An analyst has sued a Greenwich hedge fund that she claims fired her last year after she returned from maternity leave.
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'Boutique' building for White Plains

The Reckson division of SL Green Realty Corp. plans to spend about $5 million this year to reposition its recent purchase in downtown White Plains as a class A “boutique” office building.

Medical center bought

The Mount Kisco Medical Center, a two-building, 38,800-square-foot complex that adjoins Northern Westchester Hospital, has been purchased by RREEF, an alternative investment management company that manages $89 billion in assets worldwide, on behalf of an unnamed institutional client.

 

 

 

Greenwich Hospital of Connecticut recently celebrated the opening of its new satellite administrative office across state lines at 900 King St. in Rye Brook.

 

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