Archive for February, 2009
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
New ladder truck to roll into village
New ladder truck to roll into village
The Daily Mail
Feb. 16, 2009
ATHENS - Village of Athens Mayor Andrea Smallwood and Catskill Village President Vincent Seeley struck a deal Sunday that will allow the Athens Fire Department to purchase a fire truck from the Catskill Fire Department.
The Athens department will buy Catskill’s 1986 model truck 3-15 for […]
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Fishing and fun over ice
Fishing and fun over ice
The Daily Mail
Feb. 15, 2009
ATHENS — A lone seagull-shaped kite took to the sky above Green Lake in Athens Saturday. Meanwhile, on the frozen surface, children from Greene and Columbia counties waited for fish to bite baited lines that had been fed through holes cut in the 11-inch-thick ice.
Around them, other […]
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Grammy adds to jazz label’s legacy
Grammy adds to jazz label’s legacy
The Daily Mail
Jan. 14, 2009
ATHENS — Last Sunday, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra won a Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for their live recording of “Monday Night at the Village Vanguard.”
The album was produced by Athens resident Tom Bellino and his Catskill-based record label, Planet Arts.
Local artist Gary […]
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Athens taxpayer advocate to challenge mayor
Athens taxpayer advocate to challenge mayor
The Daily Mail
Feb. 11, 2009
ATHENS — Ronald A. Coons Sr. will challenge incumbent Village of Athens Mayor Andrea Smallwood for her office this spring.
Coons submitted an independent nominating petition, which he said had over 100 signatures, to the Greene County Board of Elections Tuesday, and will be running on the […]
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Remembering why Thomas Cole was forgotten
Why Thomas Cole was forgotten
The Daily Mail
Feb. 9, 2009
CATSKILL - Thomas Cole, who is now a celebrated painter, has not always been so loved. For over a century after his death, Cole’s works were largely stowed away and forgotten.
Historian John Stilgoe, who has written several books and essays discussing the changing rural, suburban and urban […]
No Comments » - Posted in Culture, Catskill Village, Catskill Town, February 2009 by admin
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Local studio takes home Grammy
Local studio takes home Grammy
The Daily Mail
Feb. 9, 2009
CATSKILL - A jazz album produced by Catskill’s Planet Arts, a not-for-profit recording, education and presenting company, won big at the Grammy Awards, the company announced in a press release Sunday night.
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra took home the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for […]
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Credit union leaves Athens
Athens branch of credit union to close Feb. 20
The Daily Mail
Feb. 6, 2009
In a letter to its members, the Columbia-Greene Federal Credit Union announced that it will close its Athens branch office later this month.
The branch at 3 N. Warren St., which was opened in 2007, will close Feb. 20.
The letter explained that the […]
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Cafe celebrates one year in Cairo
Making it look E-Z, one year later
The Daily Mail
Feb. 5, 2009
On the first anniversary of E-Z Cafe/Restaurant, owner and chef Daniel Mejia is thinking about his next project.
For 13 years, Bostonians could sample his work at a number of resturants, but when Mejia’s sister-in-law suggested he open his own restaurant, he took it.
“This is a […]
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
CBS reporter tells his story
CBS’ Steve Hartman tells his story of elephants, dogs, ugly babies and Andy Rooney
The Daily Mail
Feb. 4, 2009
CATSKILL — For years, Steve Hartman has engaged Americans from all corners of the country and from all walks of life, getting them to tell their stories on television. Hartman recently told his own story to members of […]
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Industrial park work continues
Potich Park nearly ready for Travco site
The Daily Mail
Feb. 4, 2009
ATHENS — Representatives from the Greene County Industrial Development Agency reported to the Athens Town Board some of the steps that have taken place to clean and transform the former Travco Industrial Park site near the Schoharie Turnpike.
The Travco site used to be home of […]