PHELPS STROKE CENTER RECEIVES ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM AMERICAN
STROKE ASSOCIATION
The Stroke Team at Phelps Memorial Hospital was recently presented with
an award for excellence in stroke care by the American Stroke Association.
Pictured here (left to right) are Stroke Team members: Candace Huggins,
RN, Emergency Department Nurse Educator, Cheryl Burke, Clinical Nurse
Specialist, Medical/Surgi cal units; Carolyn Young, Clinical Nurse
Specialist, Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit; Sandra Rocha-Bologna, Quality
Assurance Coordinator, Meghan Walsh, RN, Critical Care Nurse Educator;
Sanda Carniciu, MD, Stroke Center Director; and Lawrence Faltz, MD,
Medical Director. For more information on the Stroke Center at Phelps, call 914-
366-3397. Read
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President Dario
A. Cortes, PhD, is pleased to announce that Ross Miller, EdD, has joined
Berkeley
College as Senior
Director of Assessment. Dr. Miller comes to the College following nine
years at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
where he was Senior Director of Assessment for Learning in the Office of
Education and Quality Initiatives.
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Berlin
Productions is the
recipient of two 2009 Telly Awards, the company announced today. This
brings BP's total Telly statuette count to six.
One 2009 Telly was
awarded for a video BP produced to promote the environmental nonprofit
organization, The Chuckie Goodnight Foundation for the Environment, and
the other Telly, for an animated television commercial promoting the use
of sanitizing hand wipes for children. Read
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BNCVoice, a provider of
VoIP telecommunication solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, is
pleased to announce the launch of its newest offering BNCVoice vPath. For
businesses with traditional phone systems, this technology further reduces
carrier costs without investing in a new phone system by simply replacing
traditional phone company trunks with VoIP trunks.
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Cabrini
of Westchester
honored three individuals who have been instrumental to the success of the
Saint Cabrini Nursing Home's three- year Major Modernization Project at
the annual Sharing in Mission Award Dinner that took place on Wednesday,
April 29 at Abigail Kirsch at Tappan Hill Estates in Tarrytown. Cabrini of Westchester Support Services
Director, Ron Labriola, of the Bronx; Lloyd J. Landow, Senior Partner of
Landow and Landow Architects LLP of Dix Hills; and Charles Winter,
President of Andron Construction Corporation of Goldens Bridge; are
recipients of the 2009 awards. Honorees are chosen for the way they carry
out the Mission Statement of Cabrini of Westchester which calls on
individuals to be leaders, educators, advocates and sponsors of quality
services to those in need of care and compassion. Dinner proceeds will
support the Major Modernization Project. Reservation information is
available at (914) 693-6800 x 502. Read
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"On the
Horizon," a display of recent paintings by noted American painter Tjasa
Owen, will be on exhibit at Canfin
Gallery, formerly Gallery du Soleil, from April 25 through May
17, 2009. "We are delighted to bring to Westchester the vivid landscapes of this well-known
American artist," says gallery owner Jean-Claude Canfin. Read
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For the sixth
year in a row National Real Estate Investor, the leading magazine for
professional real estate investors, has ranked CB Richard Ellis No. 1 out of the 25
largest U.S.-based commercial real estate brokerage firms. The ranking,
featured in the publication's April 2009 issue, is based on the aggregate
value of sales and leasing transactions completed globally during 2008. Read
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The stakes are
higher than ever when The Next Food
Network Star returns this summer with a star-studded fifth
season on Food Network. As television's most challenging food fight, the
series provides 10 hopeful TV chefs the chance to compete for the ultimate
dream job: his or her own Food Network show. Iron Chef Bobby Flay leads
the selection committee that ultimately decides the winner's fate and
launches one lucky man or woman into a food and television celebrity. The
series kicks off on Sunday, June 7th at 9pm ET/PT as the finalists cater
Food Network's "Sweet 16" party with network talent and media there to
judge. Read
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Stark
Business Solutions (SBS), which
offers premium turn-key, flexible office solutions for entrepreneurs and
professionals, has entered into a strategic alliance with Rockefeller
Group Business Centers (RGBC), which offers professionally-staffed,
elegant and technologically-advanced business center facilities in
New York City and San Jose, California. The agreement will enable
SBS clients and RGBC clients special access to each other's New York business
centers. Read
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The American
Cancer Society, ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP (ENTA) and Mt. Sinai Medical Center today honored a team of local
high school students for their anti-smoking efforts that took shape in the
form of a video. The presentation took place at the Westchester County
Association's annual legislative breakfast. Read
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Peter L.
Lohrey, Ph.D., a recognized consultant in the litigation support and
valuation area, joins regional accounting firm ERE as director of Litigation and
Valuation Services. He has over 25 years of experience with valuation,
mergers and acquisitions, loan workouts, and expert witness matters
pertaining to litigation. He brings to the firm a strong skill set
developed over a career spanning the public and private sectors, and
academia. Read
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Three leading
nonprofit agencies, The Food Bank for
Westchester, Grace Church Community
Center and Literacy Volunteers of Westchester have formed a
first-of-its-kind partnership with local restaurants in a promotion called
Entrée to Hope. The program is designed to raise money to provide FOOD,
SHELTER & EDUCATION for Westchester's
neediest residents. Read
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It is with
great pleasure that Leake and Watts
welcomes Alan Mucatel as the new Executive Director of Leake
and Watts Services, Inc. Alan joined the organization in February and has
already brought new ideas and energy to Leake and Watts as he quickly
settles into the organization and the Westchester community. Read
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With station
construction on schedule, MTA Metro-
North Railroad today announced that train service to the new
Yankees - E.153rd Street Station will begin on Saturday May 23, 2009, with
regular daily service 365 days a year and special game day schedules too.
Train service begins exactly 24 months after the design-build contract was
signed. Read
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March was National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
During March and throughout the year, Northern Westchester Hospital (NWH) in Mount Kisco emphasizes the importance of
colon cancer screening and educates the community about its minimally
invasive techniques to treat those diagnosed with the disease. Read
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Nancy A. Shenker, CEO of marketing firm, theONswitch spoke to an audience of
approximately 300 camp owners and staff on five different topics at this
year's prestigious American Camp Association conference in Atlantic City, March
17-20.
Shenker, who is a consultant to many camp owners and
businesses in the industry, also recently produced a pre-conference
webinar for exhibitors with 50+ participants and writes often on
camp-related topics as well. Read
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SAVE
THE DATE INFORMATION:
Save the Date! On June 12, 2009 the Hudson River
Museum's spring
fundraising gala will inaugurate the major quadricentennial exhibition,
Dutch New York: The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture. Sponsorship, journal
ad space, tables and tickets are available. Call Nicole Brostoff at
914-963-4550, x213 for more information, or visit www.hrm.org.
Historic Hudson Valley's Animals & Acrobats
takes place Memorial Day Weekend at Van Cortlandt Manor. New this year
will be a life-size mastodon skeleton replica, part of a re-creation of an
early American traveling circus featuring tumbling acrobats, tightrope
walkers, jugglers, magicians, fortune-tellers, mimes, storytellers,
horse-drawn wagon rides, music, and more. Information: www.hudsonvalley
.org
Andrus Children's Center invites you to the fifth
annual GOLF FORE KIDS outing, this year at Wykagyl C.C.on Monday, June 22.
Fantastic golf, superb hospitality, and the chance to help serve 2000
children and families throughout Westchester County. Call Kevin Cook at Andrus
914-965-3700 x. 1241 for info.
American Red Cross in Westchester
County launches
series of aquatic classes in time for summer and pool safety. Classes are
offered through out the county. Visit ww
w.westchestercounty.redcross.org for details.
The
Hudson River Museum (Yonkers) welcomes new Corporate Members
Cablevision and Swiss Re. Among other benefits, Corporate Membership
extends free visitation perks to your company's employees-a great way to
add value to your benefits package at a reasonable cost. For information
contact Kimberly Woodward: 914.963.4550, ext. 216 or kwoodward@hrm.org.
Marjorie Lang, M&T Bank Business Banking
Manager
The
U.S. Small Business
Administration recently announced several program changes designed to
increase the amount of money available for small business. Local business
owners should be aware of the changes, because they could help provide
funding for new or existing businesses.
One change temporarily
raises loan guarantees to up to 90 percent on the SBA's 7(a) loan program,
through the calendar year, or until funds provided through the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (commonly known as the stimulus bill) are
exhausted. This change could make it easier for banks to approve some
borderline loans, because they have the backing of the increased SBA
guaranty.
Another change temporarily eliminates fees for borrowers
on SBA 7(a) loans and for both borrowers and lenders on 504 Certified
Development Company loans. This makes more capital available to small
businesses at a lower cost. The fee elimination is retroactive to February
17, which is the day the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was
signed.
If you took a loan and paid a fee after February 17, the
SBA is developing a process for refunding that fee. The SBA is currently
working on the refund process, but many banks have already begun receiving
those refunds.
Both moves are significant, but the fee waiver, in
particular, will put money directly into the pocket of business owners.
The loan fee is based on the size and terms of the loan, but its can add
up to a sizeable amount for a small business. For example, under the
standard SBA fee structure, a business taking a $500,000 loan with a 90
percent guarantee would pay a fee of $13,500. This money gets deducted
from the loan proceeds. So the business only leaves the bank with
$486,500. Under this fee waiver, the business leaves the bank with the
entire $500,000. This will put more money into the economy, because
business owners will have that extra capital to invest directly into their
businesses.
Recessions can sometimes present opportunities, so we
try to encourage business owners to stay in touch with local banks and the
SBA, because it doesn't cost them anything to have a
conversation.
The extent to which these program enhancements are
going to simulate the economy will be dependent: one is the loan demand
being there; and second is that the demand comes from qualified and viable
borrowers.
What we'd like to see the federal government focus on
next is providing some assistance to existing small businesses that might
be having a hard time during the recession. Most of these program changes
are for new loans, or loans taken since February 17. The SBA has done a
lot of work to help this segment of the market. We would be interested to
see if there is a way for the SBA to help established small businesses,
that might have a two or three-year-old loan, and just need a little help
getting through the recession.
