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Tool of the giants works for mom and pop
By ALEXANDER SOULE

Richard Moskowitz is giving some free advice with the gift cards his “kitschy kouture” store Knoyzz is selling this year – don’t wait too long after the holidays to redeem them, because the most original stock on his shelves may have been snapped up by someone else.

Infrastructure needs $155 billion over next 20 years, commissioner says
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

Conditions on New York’s roads and bridges are deteriorating and action must be taken now before things get worse.

 

Stores adjust to Chinese toy flu
By RYAN DORAN

As the dust settles in the suspension of Chinese toy imports over lead levels in paint and a chemical that can turn to a powerful “date rape” drug, Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid or GHB, Fairfield County toy retailers have formed strategies trying to reassure their customers and salvage the season.

 

Private-sector jobs up; slight dip in unemployment
By JOHN GOLDEN

New York state’s private-sector job count rose slightly in October while its unemployment rate was unchanged from September, according to the state Labor Department. The state’s private-sector job growth last month matched the nation’s, while its unemployment rate was slightly lower than the national average.

 

Hospital expansion’s watchword is quality
By ANGELIQUE CHIELLI

For Joel Seligman, president and CEO of the Northern Westchester Hospital, expansion is not about “being big.”

 

State recoups $1.5M in pharmacy scam
By JOHN GOLDEN

On his recent swing through Westchester County, state Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced the recovery of $1.5 million in public funds stolen by a Westchester pharmacist in a long-running insurance-fraud scheme.

 

Developers outline latest plan for Digest site
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

The developers seeking to build housing for people age 55 and older on the Reader’s Digest Association Inc. campus in Chappaqua appeared before the New Castle Planning Board last week to discuss the project and field questions.

 

Chicken soup for the creative mind
Village author sells big
By MARY SUE IAROCCI

Bronxville resident Pamela Hackett Hobson had been in banking her entire professional career, but that didn’t stop her from following her passion for writing. And her passion has paid off. She is now part of a hundred million-edition bestselling juggernaut: the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

 

Banking on a handshake, 21st-century style
Provident comes to Tarrytown
By KATHY KAHN

Provident Bank’s CEO George Strayton didn’t always have a Hudson Valley view from his banker’s chair. He started on Manhattan’s busy and boisterous Delancey Street, learning his industry and developing his own banking philosophy while sifting through stacks of post-World War II loans.

 

TNT sparks explosive giving
Endurance athletes embrace leukemia and lymphoma research
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

In 1988, Rye resident Bruce Cleland led a team that raised funds and trained to run the New York City Marathon in honor of Cleland’s daughter Georgia, a leukemia survivor.

 

State has highest rate of heart disease, index finds
By JOHN GOLDEN

The state’s largest health insurer has prepared a state health index that shows New York state ranks 27th nationally in overall health care and has one of the highest heart-disease death rates in the nation and the lowest suicide rate.

 

Route 6 funds advance
Hall secures House money
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

U.S. Rep. John Hall, D-Dover, has helped secure $2 million in federal funding to help the town of Cortlandt reconstruct Route 6 (East Main Street), his office announced.

 

From Russia with love
By MARY SUE IAROCCI

When Michelle and Stephen Oricoli of Southport took their first trip to Russia in December 2005, they brought their daughter, Brenna, then 10, along for the culture shock.

 

College hosts career fair
By MARY SUE IAROCCI

Manhattanville College held a Sports Business Career Fair Nov. 16 for area college students interested in pursuing a career in the $200 billion sports business industry.