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A veteran regional newspaper executive has been named publisher of the Taconic Press weekly newspaper group.

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Announcement : 20th Anniversary Falcon Ridge Folk Festival BMNN wrote: on Jun. 26, 2008: Hillsdale, NY -- Ranking among America's most prestigious outdoor events, the Falcon Ridge Folk Fest celebrates its 20th ...

Everyone is feeling the pain at the gas pump. But diesel prices are even higher, over $5 per gallon locally.

“He lives in a van, or on a boat; he sees possibilities everywhere. This guy can shake the rafters with his voice. "Each night, we do solo sets and also play together as a band - lots of creativity and spontaneity, for sure”

ITHACA - For the past 20 years, the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in Hillsdale, N.Y., has showcased some of the best singer-songwriters in the country. via Ithaca Journal

“Peyote To LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey”

New listings for Josh Gracin , Sea Wolf , The Unseen and Vance Gilbert , plus items about Sean Levert, a possible iPhone killer, Jean Michel Jarre and Beyonce / Jay-Z marriage rumors are all in your Midday ... via Pollstar News

“What has happened in these types of situations in the past is that, if the Senate has been willing to locate and provide the funds to keep a facility open, prior governors of either party have acquiesced and agreed”

Senators rejected Spitzer's plan to close three correctional camps and one prison..." "The Senate proposal also amends Corrections Law to require that the governor give 24 months notice for the closure of a ... via The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

“We want to bring the trail back to its former glory”

New York and Massachusetts are launching an effort to conserve dozens of roadside monuments that mark the route taken by patriots who transported the artillery that forced the British from Boston during the ... via New York Daily News

NEW YORK Carl Helbig has been appointed publisher of the Niagara Gazette in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Helbig, 50, most recently was publisher of the Taconic Press weekly newspaper group. via Editor & Publisher

“He is bred to be a hunting dog, but a friend of ours said that he had terrific conformation and that we might want to show him”

Columbia County's own participant in the 132nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show was 23-month-old Ch. via Midhudsoncentral.com

A Hillsdale, N.Y. woman died early this morning after a vehicle she was riding in ran off of Route 22, police said. via NewsTimesLive.com

Columbia County voters won't be flipping levers come the fall, 2008 elections-but neither will they use computer touch-screens. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Thursday night to buy 63 machines that ... via Daily Freeman

The Columbia County Chamber of Commerce has named four new members to its board of directors. via The Business Review (Albany)

“We're very pleased to welcome Carl to our company”

Carl Helbig has been named publisher of the Taconic Press weekly newspaper group, that includes the Millbrook Round Table, it was announced Monday by Ira Fusfeld, senior publisher in the Mid-Hudson Valley for ... via Millbrook Round Table

The principal player behind one of the biggest residential burglary sprees in recent local history has pleaded guilty to a slew of break-ins in southern Berkshire County and nearby New York state, according to ... via Berkshire Eagle

A structure fire in the town of Hillsdale Friday morning put yet another Columbia County resident out of her home in the latest of a spate of house fires over the past two weeks. via Register-Star

“He took pretty much all that she had”

A physician was charged Wednesday with stealing his 94-year-old mother's life savings of more than $800,000 and leaving her virtually impoverished. via Press of Atlantic City

“I think Kenny Christensen may indeed be D.B. Cooper. The FBI thinks the parachuter died that night, and has really dismissed all other suspects after that. But I think this could be him.”

Walking purposefully through the Palms section of Los Angeles, you were likely to have missed it, a quaint homage to one of the most notorious - and puzzling - crimes in American history. via Register-Star

One or more crooks broke into the Town Hall and a real estate/insurance office both along Route 23 in the hamlet overnight January 8 to January 9. In the case of the town hall, between 4:30 p.m. January 8 and 8 ... via Daily Freeman

“For me, the decision to take this project on was simple. We are seeking to eliminate poverty and to build affordable housing... one family at a time.”

A Columbia County friend, originally from China, explained the symbolism of the bowl in China: "Fortune comes in a bowl. via The Independent