NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN

The mayor cut a new ribbon up in North Suffolk, a neighboring principality, and it is already expanding its workforce. Applied Technical Systems Inc., located in the Harbor View Professional Center, specializes in data and intelligence analysis, skill sets that have a special level of pertinence for the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense and other government agencies tasked with finding and keeping an eye on America’s enemies. Perhaps the Army will put its skills to good use, especially the officers running Fort Hood and the Federal government bureaucrats that determine policy. The current crop of brass appears to be immune to pertinent information that should slap them awake to the danger walking around the place like a time bomb.