NEW CONNECTOR TRAIL OPENED TO GREENPORT CONSERVATION AREA

10-22-09 – Mention Greenport, and people often think of Fairview Avenue—a thoroughfare of strip malls, big box stores, and chain restaurants.

HOTEL PROJECT SEEKS IDA INCENTIVES

09-30-09 - The Greenport Planning Board will seek lead agency status in the review of the hotel and entertainment complex proposed for the old V&O Press building on Route 66.

MAJOR FACTORY BUILDINGS REMAIN VACANT

08-28-09 – Efforts are underway, but the response is slow to attempts to return manufacturing to two prominent factories in the Columbia County.

DEVELOPER MOVES FORWARD WITH HOTEL PROJECT

08-26-09 – Details about a 100-room hotel, with a 52,000-square-foot entertainment center and a separate retail facility, were presented to the Greenport Town Planning Board on Tuesday.

LOWE'S AND WAL-MART TO OPEN BUT CONCERNS CONTINUE AROUND GREENPORT COMMONS
07-08-09 – The controversial Widewaters development in Greenport will come to life in the fall. . . .

LOWE'S AND WAL-MART TO OPEN BUT CONCERNS CONTINUE AROUND GREENPORT COMMONS
07-08-09 – The controversial Widewaters development in Greenport will come to life in the fall. . . .

FEDERAL FUNDS AWARDED TO SCENIC TRAIL PROJECT

06-30-09 - Hikers and recreational walkers will soon be able to traverse a scenic trail through former farm fields and wooded areas along the Hudson River in the towns of Greenport and Stockport.

COUNTY OFFICIAL LOBBYING TRIP YIELDS POSITIVE VIBE FOR MAJOR PROJECTS

06-20-09 - County officials are hoping that some in-person lobbying might make the difference when it comes to bringing home federal stimulus funds.

ON JUNE GARDENS: The Garden Conservancy Open Day

06-17-09 - June means weddings, graduations, and, in this region, gardens. The Garden Conservancy’s June Columbia County Day offered the full range of garden types within less than two dozen miles.

FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDING FLOWS FOR WATER PROJECTS

06-07-09 – Two water projects in Columbia County were among the twenty-two in the state selected to receive American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding.

FORMER FACTORY MAY BECOME AN APARTMENT COMPLEX

03-14-09 - A developer is moving ahead with plans to build a "large" apartment complex on the site of the former V & O Press on Route 66 in Greenport. 

FEDERAL FUNDS ON THE WAY FOR COLUMBIA-GREENE JOB TRAINING

03-13-09 - The check is in the mail for the area’s unemployed in search of training. Nearly $500,000 in federal stimulus funds are in the works for the job training program at C-GCC.

GROW FISH ANYWHERE: HIGH TECH FISH FARM COMES TO COLUMBIA COUNTY

GFA (Grow Fish Anywhere) is the name of an Israeli company that has developed a green aquaculture system to produce saltwater fish far from the sea.

LESS MONEY AND FEWER JOBS EQUAL MORE STUDENTS FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Some are enrolling to learn new skills after being laid off. Others are looking for a good education at a comparatively “bargain” price.

Governor David Paterson's proposal to slash state funding to Columbia-Greene and other community colleges by 10 percent is not part of the mid-year cuts approved by state lawmakers this week. . . .

All summer and into the fall, when the farm stands are laden with the bounty from local farms and orchards, consumers are encouraged to “Buy local.”