OUR TOWN WEEK 1 (8:00 - 8:30 AM)
MONDAY
Michael Sweeton
For over six years, Michael has been the Town Supervisor of Warwick, and the owner of the General's Garden for over 25 years in Warwick. He is a past director of the Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce, past president of the Warwick Jaycees, member of the Warwick Valley Rotary Club, the Warwick Historical Society, the Orange County Planning Board, and voting member of the O.C. Transportation Council. He has also served on the Orange County Farmland Protection Board. Mike also has his own radio show Mondays at 1:30 PM, called "Takin' Care of Business"
TUESDAY
PHIL VALASTRO
Phil was elected as mayor of the Village of Chester in 2007. The village includes the historic downtown area as well as an industrial park and access to state highway 17. With various shopping plazas and hotels, the area has seen tremendous growth and increased traffic.
WEDNESDAY
RICK JONES
Rick is the Executive Vice President, Business Services of Provident Bank, your community bank for over 120 years. Rick and other Provident Bank employees talk about everything from savings and checking to protecting your identity in a monthly feature called "Straight Talk from Provident Bank". It's everything you need to know to make the right banking decisions.
THURSDAY
ROBB LOFORESE
Robb is WTBQ's Automotive expert. He has been in the automotive industry for over 25 years covering both retail and wholesale areas of responsibilities. Most recently, Robb was General Manager and Vice-President for Volvo Cars of North America representing 157 retailers and over 50% of Volvo's annual sales volume. Robb currently operates Country Saab in Florida, New York (with his partner Frank Petrucci of Country Chevy, Warwick, NY) and brings his years of experience into Our Town with insight into the Auto Industry and how changes affect business in Orange County.
FRIDAY
Jim is the host of "Cupero on Law", the first Friday of every month. He will bring in legal experts and answer your legal questions as part of "Our Town". Jim Cupero is a 1979 graduate of Villanova Law School. For more than 28 years he has practiced exclusively in the personal injury and medical malpractice fields. He came to Orange County in 1986 where he represented injured persons, as well as defendants, in personal injury and medical malpractice cases as Partner and Senior Trial Counsel in two of Orange County's largest law firms.
Over the past 15 years Jim has further limited his practice to the representation of the injured only. In fact, the Law Office of James J. Cupero is one of the very few law firms in Orange County that represent the injured only. A former member of the New York County Lawyer's Association, Jim is currently an active member of the American Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, New York State Bar Association and the Orange County Bar Association. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and all New York State courts.