UPDATED BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Novartis Pharmaceuticals has notified local officials that they will be closing their Suffern plant over the course of the next three years, County Executive Ed Day confirmed with the Rockland County Times. Employees of the company received the news during their 2 o’clock shift, Day said. The company will attempt to […]
BY CHRIS HANLY Investment Consultant, Gary Goldberg Financial Services 2014 kicked off just as our Investment Committee members forecast – with a rise in market volatility. Looking ahead this first quarter and for the rest of the year, we expect overall market volatility to keep climbing, meaning many investors will need to rethink their investment […]
I want you to be my client, but do you need me? BY CHRIS HANLY Investment Consultant, Gary Goldberg Financial Services As an Investment Consultant I look to bring new clients to our firm in order to help them manage their portfolios and reach their investment goals. Whether I’m writing this column, speaking at a […]
Awards for “clean and green,” with politics thrown in for good measure BY KATHY KAHN The brouhaha brewing over United Water’s desalination plant was left at the door at the Rockland Business Association’s 4th Annual Green Council Awards luncheon. RBA Green Council chair Michael Shilale and Rosemarie Monaco of Group M, presented awards to Orange […]
Branches in New City and Suffern have exceeded expectations, says HVB BY KATHY KAHN Five years into Hudson Valley Bank’s official entry into the Rockland marketplace with its first branch in New City in 2007 and the opening of a second branch in Suffern in 2012, HVB’s Senior Vice President John Bartolotta says the bank […]
Apartment rentals on upswing as housing market remains sluggish Renters want amenities without headache of home ownership BY KATHY KAHN The race in the upscale rental market is on, and developer Martin Ginsberg, whose Hudson Valley riverfront projects were mainly comprised of high-end condominiums, has taken the route many in his cohort are seeing as […]