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Tuesday Jun 23 | Albany Times Union

Riverfront dining in Athens

Dockside Grill is new this season at Athens on the Hudson marina in Athens, Greene County.

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Tuesday Jun 23 | Travel & Leisure

Greece: 8-day trip + roundtrip airfare for $999

Why Go: Summer's been slow starting up here in New York, so here, at the end of June, I'm already a little cross about how short the season will be.

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

RecordOnline.com

Ahoy! Explore artful Hudson memorials

'Ahoy! Where Lies Henry Hudson' exhibit curator Linda Weintraub stands before architects Lester Walker and Byron Bell's installation 'The Magnificent Adventure of Henry Hudson.' The playful piece spans both ends of the historic White Pines building at the Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony.

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Mon Jun 08, 2009

CBS 6 Albany

Coxsackie-Athens School District: No swine flu cases

The superintendent of the Coxsackie-Athens Central School District said Monday there are no confirmed cases of the N1N1 "swine flu" in the middle school.

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Sat Jun 06, 2009

Times Union

Events throughout the region

Benefits & Galas Hudson 400: Hudson Harbor Cruise, Hudson City Park, Ferry Street, Hudson When: June 11, 6:30 p.m. Cost: $75 Notes: Narration by Captain Stanley Wilcox including historic information about Athens, Catskill and Hudson, dinner and music by Ampersand to benefit the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society.

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Sat May 30, 2009

PressConnects.com

Learn about region's American Indians

The Susquehanna River Archaeological Center in Waverly will hold a presentation from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on "The Susquehanna River Expedition of 1916." Center Executive Director Deb Twigg will discuss the 1916 expedition led by Warren K. Moorehead, who took nine men from Lake Otsego, at the head of the Susquehanna River in central New York, ...

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Fri May 29, 2009

SeeingGreene

May's End

Survived mountainous ten-day foot patrols when each soldier carried a 140-pound backpack plus his weapons.

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Mon May 25, 2009

The Independent

Nia Vardalos Is Back and Still Greek

Like Georgia, her alter ego in the upcoming My Life in Ruins, actress Nia Vardalos had lost her mojo or what the Greeks call "kefi." The romantic comedy casts Vardalos as a Greek-American history professor unlucky in both love and the ability to land her dream job.

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Sun May 24, 2009

New York Times

Funnyman Takes on Dante's 'Comedy'

Roberto Benigni leapt up with a riff on the 26th Canto of Dante's "Inferno," in which fraudulent advisers are engulfed by flames that scorch them.

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Sat May 23, 2009

The Nation

Back Talk: Philip Alcabes

In the fall of 2001, friends worried about anthrax started asking Philip Alcabes, an epidemiologist at Hunter College, if they should be ironing their mail.

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Fri May 22, 2009

Earth Times

No invite for Lord Elgin heirs as New Acropolis Museum opens - Feature

When Greece's long-awaited Acropolis Museum finally opens its doors next month, foreign presidents, international dignitaries and officials from the British Museum will be invited to celebrate.

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Thu May 21, 2009

Earth Times

Greece recovers stolen antiquities from Germany, Belgium, Britain

Germany, Belgium and Breitain have returned hundreds of priceless artifacts to Greece, the oldest a 5th century coin, Greek Culture Ministry officials said Tuesday.

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Tue May 19, 2009

Earth Times

Greece confirms first swine flu case - Summary

Greece on Monday confirmed its first case of swine flu after a 19-year-old student who recently returned from the United States was hospitalised with strains of the virus, health officials said.

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Sun May 03, 2009

New York Daily News

Nia Vardalos' movie's 'in Ruins'

When your career hasn't gone as planned, you've got to be pretty confident to accept a role in a movie called "My Life in Ruins." No doubt Nia Vardalos was hoping her new romantic comedya 'which closed out the Tribeca Film Festival last nighta 'would turn misfires like "Connie and Carla" into ancient history.

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Wed Apr 01, 2009

Mid-Hudson News

Greene County man charged with breaking into town hall, stealing cash

CAIRO State Police have arrested a Catskill man for allegedly breaking into Cairo Town Hall in September 2008 and stealing money.

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Fri Mar 27, 2009

The Business Review (Albany)

AT&T expands Hudson Valley network

AT&T is expanding its network in the Hudson Valley. The company said it will be offering its 3Gwireless broadband network to parts of Columbia, Green, Dutchess and Ulster counties this year.

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Wed Mar 25, 2009

Times Union

Four arrested on drug charges in separate incidents

State Police have arrested three people in different traffic stops on the Thruway.

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Tue Mar 17, 2009

Times Union

Irish pride abounds in region

Bishop John McCloskey, the first head of the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese, went on to become the first American cardinal.

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Tue Mar 10, 2009

Mid-Hudson News

High school student killed in two-car crash

An 18-year-old Catskill High School student was killed in a two-car crash on Route 9W near Leeds Athens road in Catskill Monday afternoon, State Police at Catskills said Tuesday.

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Mon Mar 09, 2009

SeeingGreene

Taking Stock

TAKINGS. In GreeneLand last year, according to Department of Environmental Conservation figures , 55 black bears were taken, along with 1291 white-tailed deer.

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