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Friday Jun 19 | Earvolution Liner Notes

Pawnshop Roses to host "Let it Roll" Festival; World Cafe Tonight

Taking a cue from moe and their now annually successful moe.down festival, the Pawnshop Roses are co-hosting their first annual "Let it Roll" Festival at Sunnyview Farm in Ghent, NY the weekend of September 18th and 19th.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

Reuters

Betting the farm on your customers

Organic dairy farmer Dante Hesse is hoping the customers who lap up his milk by the quart at local New York farmers' markets will also invest in his future.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

Times Union

Where 'weekender' gets a wink, a nod, a sneer

Imagine how Columbia County must look to someone living in Manhattan. Think about how good the air must smell, how long those vistas must extend, and how charming its farms, villages and people must seem.

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Sat Jun 13, 2009

Diner's Journal

Like the Milk? Invest in It.

Dante & Kristin Hesse of Milk Thistle Farm, home of what seems to be New Yorkers' favorite local organic milk, released an offering for small investors interested in helping them raise $850,000 to build their own bottling plant and expand their herd.

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

Serious Eats

Market Scene: Carroll Gardens Greenmarket in Brooklyn

"The chevre was saltier and firmer than your typical log from the grocery store, perhaps because the cheesemaker hand-ladles each chunk, so the curd remains well unified." Only a block long, with some unfortunate scaffolding hiding the stands, the Carroll Gardens farmers' market is more of a neighborhood than a destination spot on Sundays.

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Sat May 23, 2009

HendersonvilleNews.com

Accused man takes lesser charge

Published: Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, May 22, 2009 at 9:34 p.m. A man charged with taking indecent liberties with a minor pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of simple assault last month in Henderson County District Court.

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Sat May 16, 2009

Earth Times

Belgium confirms two more cases of swine flu

The Belgian authorities on Friday confirmed two more cases of swine flu in the country, bringing to four the total of cases identified in the last 48 hours.

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Wed May 06, 2009

CBS 6 Albany

Fire At Local Fire Department

Columbia County 911 has confirmed a fire that took place at the Ghent Fire Department.

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Thu Apr 30, 2009

Albany Times Union

Bite-Sized

Columbia County Bounty, which works to promote and support connections between area farms and restaurants, has scheduled its annual Chef to Farm Tour for the afternoon of Monday, May 11.

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Fri Apr 17, 2009

Natural Products Insider

Herbs for Mood Support

Many depression aids can be found in the garden. St. John's wort's medicinal uses were first recorded in ancient Greece.

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Sat Mar 14, 2009

NPR

Wary Of Wall Street? Invest In A Dairy Farm

Dante Hesse sells much of his milk directly to customers in New York City. He also has accounts with a few retailers.

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Thu Mar 12, 2009

Albany Times Union

Cultivating a homegrown image

At the end of yet another long upstate winter, with farm fields brown and trees leafless, it might be easy to forget this is a food-producing region.

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Fri Mar 06, 2009

Cousinconnect.com

Genealogy Query - WHITEMAN

Looking for relatives of John H. Whiteman,Civil War soldier from Ghent, NY., Hudson Valley Region of New York State.

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Fri Jan 23, 2009

Times Union

State TB death ruling irks Ghent deer farm

The owners of a Columbia County farm where a tuberculosis-infected deer was found this fall are protesting a decision by the state to euthanize their entire herd of pet animals.

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Thu Jan 22, 2009

Capital News 9

Greenport man dies in crash

A Greenport man is dead after a one car accident early Sunday morning. The Columbia County Sheriff says Arthur Tieger, 80, of Greenport was killed when his car crashed on Route 66 in the Town of Ghent.

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Tue Jan 20, 2009

WGY-AM Albany

Columbia Co. Man Dies After Driving Into Rock Wall

COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF A MEDICAL CONDITION PLAYED A ROLE IN A FATAL CRASH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

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Sun Jan 18, 2009

CBS 6 Albany

Columbia County crash claims life of elderly man

A one car crash in Ghent just after midnight this morning has claimed the life of a Columbia County man.

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Tue Jan 13, 2009

Times Union

Six local residents win tickets to inauguration

Six Capital Region residents have won tickets to the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama through a statewide lottery held by Sen.

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Sat Dec 27, 2008

Register-Star

Taking inventory of the countya s workspace

The subcommittee charged with deciding which departments will pack up and move to the county's recently-purchased Ockawamick School site in Claverack met Tuesday at the county Health & Human Services Building, ...

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Mon Dec 22, 2008

Register-Star

Valatie teen joins the a 2 percenta of Americans

It's a race against time, and few succeed. To become an Eagle Scout, a Boy Scout must advance through all the ranks and complete 21 merit badges and a serious community service project before his 18th birthday.

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