Holiday tours offer taste of history

RHINEBECK – A Suckley family tradition continued Sunday when the Wilderstein Historic Site estate hosted its annual holiday tours.
Read On: www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008812290318

Play your favorite games in Rhinebeck

If you enjoy board games, mind stimulation and socialization, join the Town of Rhinebeck for its new weekly Board Game Afternoon.
It all begins Jan. 8, and will feature mah-jongg, bridge and dominoes.
Have another game in mind? Bring it to share with others.
This event is free. The group will meet from 1-3 p.m. Tuesday afternoons at [...]

Some children left behind?

Rhinebeck Superintendent of Schools Joseph Phelan said No Child Left Behind conveys the expectation that 100 percent of U.S. students will achieve satisfactory reading and math proficiencies by 2013.
Phelan, whose district leads the region in four-year graduation rates at more that 90 percent — about 20 percentage points higher than the state average, according to [...]

Clintons pay return visit to Ulster County

MOUNT TREMPER — Former President Bill Clinton and U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton spent part of this weekend in Ulster County.
It was the former first couple’s second visit to the area in less than five months.
Read On: www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2008/12/28/news/doc4956f6f8156e6421419443.txt
The Spa – http://www.emersonplace.com/

‘Big box store’ provokes ire

Although representatives for Washington Street Partners were not present at the last town planning board meeting on Dec. 16, residents showed up to speak for and against the possibility of Tractor Supply Company moving into an empty storefront next to Stop and Shop on Route 9.
 Read On: www.midhudsoncentral.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=20226769&BRD=1702&PAG=461&dept_id=69079&rfi=8

IMPORTANT TOWN BOARD MEETING TUESDAY DECEMBER 30th

On December 15th the Board voted to amend the Comp-Plan by adding 200+ units to the Holy Cross site. This unprecedented and likely unlawful vote was done during the holidays when town meeting attendance is lowest and without ANY public hearings.
Read On: www.rhinecliff.org/node/1482
IMPORTANT Petition – Rhinebeck Town Board Must Have New Public Hearings After Making [...]

Some of January 2009

 
January 9

Art: Beth Blum
Opening reception. Paintings. 6–8pm. Morton Memorial Library. 876-2903
January 9 –January 11

Follies
Stephen Sondheim’s musical. CenterStage production. Fri & Sat 8pm; Sun 3pm. $22/$20. Ctr. for Perf. Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080
January 10

Margaret De Wys Reading
Author of Black Smoke (see interview in this issue). 4pm. Morton Memorial Library, Rhinecliff.  876-2903
January 16 – January 18

Follies
Stephen Sondheim’s musical. [...]

Rhinebeck High School reschedules breakfast

RHINEBECK – Because of inclement weather, the first Rhinebeck High School Welcome Back Breakfast has been rescheduled to 8-10 a.m. Jan. 9.
Recent graduates and alumni are invited to visit with faculty, staff and students.
The breakfast will be held in the Bulkeley Middle School Cafeteria and give graduates a chance to reconnect with former classmates.
Call 845-871-5500.

NORAD – Tracks Santa 2008

http://www.noradsanta.org/en/home.html

 

Why We Track Santa
For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s Christmas Eve flight.
The tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement for children to call Santa misprinted the telephone number. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone number put kids [...]

More in December – 2008

Rags, Blues, and All That Jazz!
December 26th
The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck
Dr. Peter Muir, genius of the ivories, returns with the ever-popular Diamond Jubilators, Joyful, soulful jazz, blues, and ragtime featuring such masters as Fats Waller, George Gershwin, and Irving Berlin. A holiday treat for all the family! 8:00 a.m. Tickets: $18 for adults; [...]