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ANNANDALE » Roberta Smith files an extensive review of two shows—the Eisenberg collection, and a Philippe Parreno retrospective—at Bard’s Center for Curatorial Studies. 

CLAVERACK » Speaking of music, local resident Melora Creager of Rasputina was profiled in The Wall Street Journal a few weeks ago.

HUDSON » And speaking of reviews, a big New York City publication is said to be readying a piece on the Hudson music “scene,” with Dan Bunny among the reluctantly-featured scenemakers.

NEW LEBANON » June 25th » A minor accident caused some local law enforcement to discover some unusual cookies in a Nassau man’s car.

MARYLAND & HUDSON » June 28th » Cumberland, Maryland forestry expert Bernie Zlomek compares the views from Green Ridge along the Potomac to those overlooking the river in his hometown of Hudson.

TEXAS & HUDSON » July 3rd » An obituary for NASA engineer and Hudson native William Dayton Dodge, Jr., appeared in a San Antonio newspaper.

HILLSDALE & HUDSON July 4th » A horticultural piece in The Wall Street Journal by Hillsdale resident Bart Ziegler features bearded irises in the garden of his neighbor Peter Cipkowski, plantings which have been handed down to him all the way from his grandmother’s Hudson garden.

ATHENS & HUDSON » July 10th » Public tours of the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse will also take place Saturday, as well as on August 14th, September 11th, and October 9th. Details are pending at the Society’s website. The annual Athens street fest is also next Saturday, with fireworks at 10 pm (easily visible from Promenade Park in Hudson); the raindate is Sunday.

RHINEBECK » July 31st » Chelsea Clinton will get married at the former Astor estate off River Road.

COLUMBIA COUNTY » July 1st » Ken Flood, the Planning Director for the County, tells Mid-Hudson News that “a large portion of the jobs in his county are in the tourism industry,” pegging the number at 6.5%, which actually sounds like an underestimate. But Flood says this “percentage is much higher than any of the other counties in the Hudson Valley.” Wonder how those numbers are put together.