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New City native opens wealth advisory firm

May
16

Money manager Christopher Conover, a New City native, has opened Hudson Valley Wealth Management in his hometown at 151 N. Main St.

The fee-only investment advisory firm has three employees.

The firm’s Web site is www.hudsonvalleywealth.com.

Posted by David Schepp on Friday, May 16th, 2008 at 9:17 am | del.icio.us Digg
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Upscale day spa to open in Dobbs Ferry

May
14

Oasis Day Spa, which has locations in Manhattan and Kennedy Airport in Queens, plans to open a 7,000-square-foot spa in Dobbs Ferry at 50 Livingstone Ave. this fall.

The spa is part of a redevelopment of the former Akzo Nobel chemical plant site, just off Exit 16 of the Saw Mill River Parkway.

Oasis Day Spa will occupy the same building in which Town Sports International plans to open a 35,000-square-foot New York Sports Club gym July 1.

The new spa will have 16 treatment rooms and include such offerings as a “couples” room, where couples can receive treatments like massages, side by side, according to owner Bruce Schoenberg.

The spa will also have a retail area, selling gifts, clothing, and skin-care and spa-related products, said Schoenberg, who lives in Hastings-on-Hudson.

Posted by David Schepp on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 at 5:00 pm | del.icio.us Digg
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HomeGoods to open first Rockland store

April
17

HomeGoods, a discount home-furnishings retailer, plans to open its first Rockland outlet in Nanuet, according to Metro Commercial, a commercial real-estate firm.

HomeGoods signed a lease to occupy the bulk of the space Office Depot once occupied in the Rockland Center shopping center at Route 59 and Smith Street, said Metro Commercial, which represented the landlord, American Continental Properties, in the transaction.

Plans call for the 25,077-square-foot store to open this summer. HomeGoods is a unit of TJX Cos., which also operates TJMaxx, Marshall’s and other stores.

HomeGoods has three existing Lower Hudson Valley stores, in Yonkers, New Rochelle and Somers.

Posted by David Schepp on Thursday, April 17th, 2008 at 11:52 am | del.icio.us Digg
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Fantastic Sams opens first Hudson Valley salon

April
15

Fantastic Sams hair salons said today it will open its first Hudson Valley store Saturday in Hartsdale in the Dalewood III shopping center on North Central Avenue.

The Westchester salon will offer free haircuts Saturday as part of its grand opening, the company said.

Fantastic Sams, based in Beverly, Mass., operates more than 1,400 salons across North America.

The Hartsdale store opens Saturday at 9 a.m., the company said.

Posted by David Schepp on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 at 4:01 pm | del.icio.us Digg
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Health club opens in Harrison

April
11

Strata Health Club, a 7,400-square-foot facility, has opened at 4 Gannett Drive in Harrison. The club offers corporate, team and school fitness programs, and self-defense classes.

Posted by Jerry Gleeson on Friday, April 11th, 2008 at 5:25 pm | del.icio.us Digg
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MarineMax opens in New Rochelle

April
4

MarineMax, the nation’s largest boating and yachting retailer, recently opened its newest outlet in New Rochelle. The dealership is at 2 Pelham Road next to the New Rochelle Municipal Marina.

Posted by Jay Loomis on Friday, April 4th, 2008 at 2:12 pm | del.icio.us Digg
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Spa opens in New City

April
4

Simply Slenda, a body wrap spa, recently opened at 139 Maple Ave. in New City. The business said it offers customers the opportunity to lose weight using a mineral body wrap process.

Posted by Jay Loomis on Friday, April 4th, 2008 at 1:12 pm | del.icio.us Digg
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PostNet opens in Baldwin Place

March
31

A PostNet business support center recently opened at Somers Commons Shopping Center, 80 Route 6 in Baldwin Place. PostNet offers services for professionals that include copying, printing, binding, finishing, packaging and shipping. Other services include mailbox rental, graphic design and computer rental stations. The business also is a shipping center for United Parcel Service, FedEx, DHL and the U.S. Postal Service.

Posted by Jay Loomis on Monday, March 31st, 2008 at 3:32 pm | del.icio.us Digg
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Shoe store opens in Bronxville

March
24

Running Company, a shoe store chain targeted at runners and walkers, recently opened a new store at 52 Pondfield Road in downtown Bronxville. The store is the 12th location for the Princeton, N.J.-based company and its second in New York. The company also operates a store in the Time Warner Building in Manhattan. Services at the stores include a free “gait analysis” that involves studying the foot strikes of customers walking or running on a treadmill.

Posted by Jay Loomis on Monday, March 24th, 2008 at 3:27 pm | del.icio.us Digg
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Mexican cafe open in New City

March
19

Blue Moon Mexican Cafe recently opened a franchise restaurant at 261 South Little Tor Road in New City. The restaurant seats up to 75 guests. The cafe is owned and operated by Luna Azul New City LLC. Partners Jorge Vidal, Luis Miniet, and Carlos Perez are planning to open another Blue Moon Mexican Cafe franchise in Hastings-on-Hudson in mid-April.

Posted by Jay Loomis on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 at 11:55 am | del.icio.us Digg
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Sports club opens in New Rochelle

March
19

New York Sports Clubs, the largest owner and operator of health and fitness clubs in the tri-state area, recently opened a club in New Rochelle. The club is located at 175 Huguenot Road on the second floor in the new 40-story luxury condominium at Trump Plaza. Amenities at the 42,000 square-foot club include full-court basketball, two swimming pools and four group exercise studios.

Posted by Jay Loomis on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 at 11:45 am | del.icio.us Digg
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Excess space leads to new gym in Pearl River

March
14

What do you do with extra office space? Turn it into a gym. At least that’s what the principals of U.S. Information Systems Inc. have done.

Having moved the 20-year-old communications company to larger offices in Pearl River from Nyack last year, the Lagana family was unsure what to do with extra space they had at the 92,000-square-foot building on West Jefferson Avenue.

Co-owner and business manager Robert Lagana had the idea to open a gym, and Vision Fitness was born.

The 32,000-square-foot club features 200 cardio and stength machines, weight machines, free weights and stretching apparatuses.

In addition, the gym also has a five-lane sprinting track, an artificial turf field, group exercise rooms and classes and a large screen cinema that allows customers to watch movies while working out on treadmills, cycles and elipitical machines.

Vision Fitness also boasts a Youth Fit Zone with equipment geared to children 8 to 15 years old, such as cycle machines with video games and Dance Dance Revolution, a popular youth fitness game.

To learn more about the gym, go to www.visionfitnessny.com.

Posted by David Schepp on Friday, March 14th, 2008 at 4:53 pm | del.icio.us Digg
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Starbucks café opens on Purchase College campus

March
13

Students at Purchase College SUNY in search of a Starbucks fix can now have that need met on campus with the opening of a new Starbucks store in the Fort Awesome residence hall.

The new café features wireless Internet connectivity and is the only franchise in the country, the college said, to serve three blends of coffee produced under fair-trade principles, such as sustainable farming and fair labor conditions.

Posted by David Schepp on Thursday, March 13th, 2008 at 5:03 pm | del.icio.us Digg
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Ultrasound school opening

January
4

The Center for Ultrasound Research and Education, a school for ultrasound instruction, will hold a grand opening next Friday at Suite 1111 of the Kaufman Building at 271 North Ave. in New Rochelle. Mayor Noam Bramson will attend.

Posted by Jerry Gleeson on Friday, January 4th, 2008 at 6:22 pm | del.icio.us Digg
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New City dentist opens kids practice

January
2

Pediatric dentist Fern E. Cytryn has opened a new practice in New City geared toward kids.

The office at 16 Squadron Blvd. offers preventative, routine and emergency dental services for infants, children and teens in a Disney-themed environment.

For more information, go to www.drfernsmile.com or call Cytryn’s office at 845-634-3200.

Posted by David Schepp on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 at 3:12 pm | del.icio.us Digg
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Bagel shop in business

December
31

New York Bagels, a new deli and catering business owned by Bret Conklin and Jay Maiolini, has opened at 1032 Yonkers Ave. in Yonkers.

Posted by Jerry Gleeson on Monday, December 31st, 2007 at 6:06 pm | del.icio.us Digg
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Rocklanders’ Web site sells U.S.-made goods

December
24

In response to recalls of foreign-made products and the decline of U.S. manufacturing, a trio of Rocklanders have established a Web site called America’s Business to Consumers (www.usab2c.com) that features only U.S.-made goods.

Offerings run the gamut from apparel to Zippo lighters — “from A to Z,� according to one of the site’s founders, George Hanos, who retired from drug-maker Pfizer Inc. in 2004.

Hanos, 54, along with two sisters-in-law, Denetra Anayannis of Pomona and Nanuet-resident Sophia Anayannis, who edits a community blog and chat room on the site, wanted to make a difference.

“We asked ourselves, ‘What could one person really do … to stop the flow of knowledgeable jobs overseas?’â€? Hanos said.

Many of the manufacturers featured on the site are mom-and-pop operations, he said.

USAB2C.com acts as a portal Web site, having products shipped directly to consumers from the manufacturers.

Items include wooden toys from Maple Landmark Inc., based in Middlebury, Vt., and Holgate Toys of Bradford, Pa., which have none of lead-paint concerns of toys made in China, Hanos said.

The site has been up-and-running since the beginning of November in anticipation of the Christmas selling season, he said.

How’d sales do?

“For a start-up,� Hanos said. “it worked out pretty good.�

Posted by David Schepp on Monday, December 24th, 2007 at 4:15 pm | del.icio.us Digg
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Fitness center opens in Airmont

December
14

Fitness Together recently opened at Colonial Square, 329 Route 59 East in Airmont. The business offers fitness training for men and women who can work with a personal trainer to achieve fitness goals. Fitness Together, operating in the United States, Canada, Israel, Ireland and Costa Rica, recently sold its 600th franchise.

Posted by Jay Loomis on Friday, December 14th, 2007 at 2:10 pm | del.icio.us Digg
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Real estate company opens in Mount Kisco

December
13

Hudson Property Advisors LLC recently opened in Mount Kisco. It is a real estate advisory services company specializing in appraisal of commercial, industrial, residential and vacant land in the Hudson Valley area. The owner is Jonathan Bernz, a real estate consulting advisor and appraiser for nearly 25 years.

Posted by Jay Loomis on Thursday, December 13th, 2007 at 1:18 pm | del.icio.us Digg
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Banquet pavilion opens in Cortlandt Manor

December
7

Hollow Brook Golf Club in Cortlandt Manor recently opened a 2,800-square foot banquet pavilion that is designed for corporate events, private parties and weddings. The pavilion, which is now is now accepting reservations from the public, can accommodate events with up to 200 guests. The complex features views of the golf course and surrounding mountains. For more information, call 866-921-5984, ext. 1114, or go to www.golfhollowbrook.com.

Posted by Jay Loomis on Friday, December 7th, 2007 at 1:30 pm | del.icio.us Digg
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