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Playing tribute to a a great front mana
The mood was somber, but the air was vibrant with the beat of the blues Saturday when some of the leading country and blues musicians from this region gathered at the Moose Lodge in Greenport for what had been ...
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Brooklyn man charged with assault on infant
State Police at Catskill have arrested a 23-year-old Brooklyn man and charged him in connection with injuries to a 10-month-old girl from Athens, NY.
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Herkimer Craft Fair draws crowd
While trying on a knit hat at the Herkimer County Arts and Crafts Fair on Saturday, Diana Dean, of Athens, N.Y., went through the consumer thought process.
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Coxsackie-Athens building plan goes to school district voters next month
A crowd estimated at 120 overflowed into the lobby at Ulster Town Hall Thursday evening as residents protested a proposed 24.84 percent hike in the town's property tax levy.
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Ramapo Town Board report
Here's a recap of the Oct. 7 Town Board meeting. Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence and board members Edward Friedman, Frances Hunter and David Stein were present.
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State grant to fund rail enhancements
ATHENS A $300,000 state grant secured by Senator James Seward will be used to upgrade rail facilities at the Travco site in Athens.
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SOON Productions to host reading at No Radio Records
Writers Rebecca Wolff and Katy Lederer will read from their work at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
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Greene County project gets $300,000
A $450,000 rail spur off the CSX main line into Travco Industrial Park on Schoharie Turnpike in Athens will receive $300,000 from the 2008-09 state budget, officials announced today.
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Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour at the Knitting Factory
The main pachyderm in the room at the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise was Jeff Mangum, for whom the Knitting Factory audience thrice crackled electrically, but STFU already.
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Briefly in books
The Wells College Book Arts Center has announced that Ronald Gordon of the Oliphant Press will present the 28th Susan Garretson Swartzburg '60 Memorial Book Arts Lecture.
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Elephant's Never Forgotten
Elephant 6 Oct. 11, Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St. , 212-219-3132; 8:30, $12/$14. Julian Koster, a wildly imaginative multi-instrumentalist who's long been a member of the sprawling Elephant 6 music ...
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Police arrest cement plant burglar
The Greene County Sheriff's Office has announced the arrest of an Athens man accused of burglarizing a cement plant.
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Livanos to be Remembered at World Maritime Day Event
The North American Marine Environment Protection Association will posthumously honor George P. Livanos; and his protgs will pay tribute to their mentor at the first North American Marine Environment Protection ...
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Hungary offers to send back ancient artifacts illegally exported from Greece
Kinga Goncz said Greek and Hungarian experts would meet to study the 22 pieces and discuss which would be repatriated.
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Toni Morrison Revisits Slavery in A Mercy
What may well throw them for a loop is the redemptive tone: a pristine landscape, a compassionate white Northern farmer, and a notable absence of racial animosity-felt even more keenly in an election year with ...
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Contest - Celebrate Mother's Day Early - Winning Announcement
The winners of our Celebrate Mother's Day Early contest were determined and they are... And... And... Frank A. of Athens, New York, who wins a copy of Manswers - The Best of Season One , and Reno 911 - Season ...
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Two indicted for cocaine sales to undercover cops
Two Catskill men were indicted Wednesday on cocaine sale charges, according to Greene County District Attorney Terry Wilhelm.
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Village of Athens urges minimal water use
This Greene County village has declared a "minimum use emergency" for local water customers because of problems at the village water plant caused by the recent heavy rains.
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Village of Athens urges minimal water use
This Greene County village has declared a "minimum use emergency" for local water customers because of problems at the village water plant caused by the recent heavy rains.
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Summer Reading Program Winners
This week's prize winners in the Star-Gazette Summer Reading Program: *Collin Gaylord, a second-grader at Watkins Glen Elementary, will receive a signed copy of "Fly High, Fly Guy!," written and illustrated by ...
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