This interesting bit of information crossed our desk the other day:
“The Mid-Hudson region lacks an integrated transportation network that ties together its major population areas with centers of commerce. Additionally, the existing transportation systems are fragmented, as is the planning for future transportation systems.

“With a vision to the future, the Mid-Hudson Valley needs to be viewed as (a) cohesive economic, social and cultural center which requires an integrated transportation network in order to attain success in the early 21st century.

“Of special importance is the need for an integrated transportation network to link the major urban centers in the northern and southern sections of the Mid-Hudson region.” read more

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More than words

To say George Carlin was an interesting guy would be a major understatement. (Yes, he could have done a five-minute riff on “major understatement.”) He pushed the envelope until he broke through it. Then he realized there were other envelopes to bust through.

As he got older he pushed ever harder – a bit crankier – but nevertheless he didn’t fade away nor rust.

Carlin, who died at age 71 on June 22, took on the sacred cows and then gored them mercilessly with his words. read more

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Farewell, dear prince
By CARYN A. McBRIDE

In the newspaper business you meet a lot of characters. It’s one of the perks.

Food, not just for thought

The dustbin of history

Tap dancing

Fueling the economy

What goes up ...

What’s the beef? Not enough pork

Time to sink the bloat

Floating a new idea

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Writer questions Yonkers downtown plan
By HARRY L. LANGER

The Yonkers Master Development Plan (YMDP) is a great deal for the developers, but a bad one for the city and state.

The honeymoon’s over

Subprimal scream, chapter 13

Timing is everything

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A troubled bridge over murky waters
By CARYN A. McBRIDE

The Tappan Zee Bridge is a lightning rod for news. The 3-mile span connecting Westchester and Rockland counties attracts all sorts of attention. Commuters curse it. Shipworms eat it. Executives and environmentalists fight over it. Others jump from it.

Revolution, government style

History in the making

Budget? What budget?

Banking on failure

Uncle Sam’s Bail and Bonds Inc.

Keep your shirt on …and your pants

Care to lead?

Et tu, Brute?

Psst, wanna buy a bridge?

Valley of the damned

The big fix

Zoned out?

Pluses and minuses

Facing off

Time to power up

Time for a course correction

Rome is burning

Pass the pork, hold the stuffing

The big R

Deck the malls, cyber and otherwise

Shopping for an excuse to shop

Main Street, Wall Street, Two-way Street

There’s a reason it’s called crude

Welcome to Westchester (if you can afford the taxes)

Time to focus on the important things

Health schmealth

Putting a price on health care

Riding the economic waves

The high cost of affordability

Taxiing for takeoff

Remember, lest we repeat

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