Phoenicia News

A little bit of buzz was starting to brew about Scottsdale's Metro Brasserie , whose executive chef, Matt Taylor , recently left town to work for Michael Mina in Las Vegas.

RHINEBECK - Ward Todd, president of the Ulster County Chamber of Commerce, will speak at the Rhinebeck Rotary Club meeting at 12:15 p.m. Monday at the Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck.

Enjoy an intimate evening with Jackson Browne beginning at 8 p.m. Friday at the Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston.

The massive eruption of the Thera volcano in the Aegean Sea more than 3,000 years ago produced killer waves that raced across hundreds of miles of the Eastern Mediterranean to inundate the area that is now Israel and probably other coastal sites, a team of scientists has found.

The Catskill Mountains of upstate New York are an American national treasure, but it's a treasure of a more literal kind that's luring visitors from all over the continent.

Since ancient times wise ones and sages have lived by the water. When they live by the water they catch fish or they catch humans or they catch the Way.

Stylish restaurants, boutiques and art galleries are just over an hour from New York City.

Tickets: $20 and $30 for adults, $10 for students from www.altoonasymphony.org or by calling 943-2500. Luncheon with the maestra The public is invited to have lunch with Maestra Teresa Cheung and guest artist Igor Zubkovsky at The Phoenicia, Altoona, at noon Friday.

Mickey Breitenstein says he's been trying to play it cool, what with his first narrative film, Stooge, set to play the Woodstock Film Festival next week.

Sticky buns. Sticky buns. While the new El Chorro Lodge won't be open in time Thanksgiving feasts, the lodge's newest owners are making sure Phoenicians will get their sugar fix.

Reporting from Phoenicia, N.Y. - In his role as editor of the online magazine Lapis, Ralph White is scholarly and staid, offering literary explorations of myths, traditions, symbols and lore that have swayed thought for centuries.

The Kingston Artists' Soapbox Derby is ready to roll. After an uphill struggle to raise money to offset a lack of city-paid services for the annual event, organizer Nancy Donskoj said everything is in place for the annual dash down lower Broadway this Sunday.

Date : Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:29:39 +0500 GENEALOGY: SYRIAN, LEBANESE IMMIGRANTS ARRIVED IN U.S. IN 1870S By Tamie Dehler Terre Haute Tribune Star August 15, 2009 09:28 pm Early Syrian and Lebanese immigrants to the United States began arriving in this country in the 1870s.

A Kerhonkson man drowned while tubing on the Esopus Creek Sunday afternoon. Shandaken police said the victim, Peter DeBaum, 58, fell from his tube in strong rapids near the Sleepy Hollow Campground in Phoenicia, and his legs were caught in an underwater obstruction.

Meditation is a method of relaxation many people practice. These are five of the top Meditation Centers located in the United States.

Western people think that man is the center of the universe,' filmmaker Carole Hart said.

What is drawing women to the graffiti-covered hippie truck parked in front of Trader Joe's? It's the lightweight, colorful all cotton dresses and tops made in India being sold off the truck.

WEST NYACK: Louis S. Cannataro of West Nyack was selected to attend the Northwestern Mutual Forum at the Phoenician in Scottsdale, Ariz., and the Most Valuable Producer conference in Lake Tahoe, Nev., in recognition of his outstanding year of performance.

The first person to circumnavigate the globe did it for spite. When Ferdinand Magellan's request for a pay raise was spurned by the King of Portugal, Magellan set sail for Spain to offer his services to the competing monarch.

The first person to circumnavigate the globe did it for spite. When Ferdinand Magellan's request for a pay raise was spurned by the King of Portugal, Magellan set sail for Spain to offer his services to the competing monarch.