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  Athens (village), New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Village of Athens is in the eastern part of the Town of Athens, opposite the City of Hudson.
The land was purchased from the natives in 1665.
In the village the population was spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Athens_(village),_New_York   (519 words)

  
 City of Athens Ohio Mayors Office
Gillmore was born in Washington County, New York on December 25, 1786.
The son of Athens' first mayor, Joseph M. was born in Athens, March 22, 1822, and was the first native of Athens to become its mayor.
Golden was the last of Athens' mayors to be born in the eighteenth century, being born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, October 5, 1799.
www.ci.athens.oh.us /mayor/past.html   (2960 words)

  
 Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Athens Borough, along with Sayre Borough, South Waverly Borough, Athens Township, Pennsylvania and the Village of Waverly, New York, collectively comprise an area known to local inhabitants as "The Valley." The Valley has a population of approximately 20,000.
Athens is located in the scenic Endless Mountains region of northern Pennsylvania and lies forty miles south of the equally scenic Finger Lakes region of New York.
Athens Borough enjoys a continental climate with four distinct seasons and an average yearly temperature range of 20 degrees F in the winter to 76 degrees F in the summer.
home.cqservices.com /athensboropolice/community.html   (280 words)

  
 Athens travel guide - Wikitravel
Athens (Αθήνα, Athína), [1] is the capital city of Greece with a metropolitan population of 3.7 million inhabitants.
Athens was just a small provincial village when it was chosen in the middle of the 19th century to serve as the national capital of the modern Greek State.
Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport is situated 27 km (17 miles) east of the city center, near the suburb of Spáta.
wikitravel.org /en/Athens   (3821 words)

  
 History of Athens
Ira Cooper of Athens owned and sailed various sloops, among others the "Dutchess," "Utica," "Holbrook," and the "Reindeer." Syvester Nicholas was one of the most active business men running in connection with his brick and lime industries a fleet of sloops, barges, and steamboats.
Several large and powerful derricks were also added and a new boiler house contained the boiler and engine that operated a head saw having a capacity of 10,000 feet of lumber a day, and it operated the large marine railway.
Athens was a famous name in "Steamboat Days." They built some of the most beautiful and advanced Hudson River Steamboats at the site of the Athens Marine Railway, just to the south edge of our village, which spanned at least 79 years of continued use, if not for longer.
www.athensstreetfestival.com /history1.htm   (2034 words)

  
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 In Search of Old Athens: Architecture
You could compare it to New York City because many of the old beautiful buildings and homes were knocked down in the name of 'progress' (or greed) and replaced with apartment buildings.
Athens is no Vienna or Paris in the respect that there are no large sections of the city that have remained intact for hundreds of years (except the Plaka) but Athens is a new city compared to all of those cities including New York.
Before the late 1800's Athens was basically a village and that village still exists in the Plaka and Anafiotika neighborhoods where you can still walk around and feel like you are on a small island village rather then a big city.
www.athensguide.com /architecture.html   (1015 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Athens Games energize New York's bid leader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
ATHENS — Dan Doctoroff, the deputy mayor for economic development and rebuilding for New York City, feels as though he just has finished competing in his own version of the Athens Olympics.
But Doctoroff's experiences at the Athens Games, from the front-row seats at competitions and the backstage passes at venues to the private receptions with International Olympic Committee members, are still fresh in his mind.
NYC2012 pitched a hospitality tent in the sponsors village in the main Olympic complex, where they displayed a detailed map of the proposed Olympic venues and an architectural model of the proposed athletes village, showed slides of New York City landmarks, handed out bid brochures and I Love NY pins.
www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/athens/news/2004-08-30-nyc2012_x.htm   (646 words)

  
 Athens
Athens has furnished to the world sixteen physicians, honored and beloved in the communities in which they have cast their lots.
Athens as a village sprang up in the woods, and has grown to its present proportions around the State Normal School.
The people in the lower end of the county began to clamor for the Court House to be built at Concord, and at the election a vote was taken and carried in favor of Concord for the County Seat.
www.wvculture.org /history/agrext/athens.html   (2544 words)

  
 The Athens NEWS: Twice weekly alternative   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
The NEWS also has become a small part of the story, through an e-mail the paper sent to the Ohio AG expressing the paper's opposition.
In a letter to NEWS Editor Terry Smith on Dec. 6, Alan C. Witten, an attorney with Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro, responded to Smith's e-mail opposing the merger.
In 2006, by contrast, she said, "we do not believe that there's any market in Ohio where these two publishers operate competing newspapers, for which there would be any impact (from the merger)." And as long as that's the case, she said, the Ohio AG has no jurisdiction to act against the merger.
www.athensnews.com /issue/article.php3?story_id=23017   (1208 words)

  
 CNN.com - New York gets U.S. nod for 2012 Olympics - Nov. 3, 2002
Members of the New York delegation, led by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, jumped from their seats and cheered at the announcement, as Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" played.
The president of the U.S. Olympic committee said she was "absolutely ecstatic" at the prospect of working with the city of New York, which has never hosted the Olympics before.
A new Olympic Stadium would be built along the Hudson River on the west side of Manhattan, which would be a catalyst for redevelopment of the area, according to the bid committee's Web site.
archives.cnn.com /2002/US/11/03/olympics.newyork/index.html   (533 words)

  
 Past Mayors of Athens
The job of mayor became increasingly demanding as the village in the late nineteenth century had to negotiate franchises with the gas, telephone, and transit companies that served Athens and to provide the infrastructure that a modern city demanded-paved streets, sidewalks, public recreation facilities, and a public water and sewer system.
Much of this burden fell on the council, but as a full time official, the mayor was always involved in the planning and negotiations and took much of the brunt of public complaints if anything went wrong.
was born in Athens, March 22, 1822, and was the first native of Athens to become its mayor.
www.seorf.ohiou.edu /~xx061/past.htm   (3705 words)

  
 The Running Network -- National News -- Article
ATHENS, GREECE-- The Athens Classic Marathon, the dress rehearsal for the Olympic Marathon, takes place this Sunday, Nov. 2, from the village of Marathon to Athens on the course that gave the event its name.
Whether it's dated from 490 BC, when Pheidippedes is supposed to have run to Athens to announce a famous victory over the invading Persians on the field of Marathon, or whether it's the inaugural Olympic race 107 years ago, nothing can compare with one of the toughest courses in the world.
The whole road is being upgraded, and there is a new stadium at the exit from Marathon, which serves as the warm-up area for the race.
www.runningnetwork.com /news/athlensclassic03.html   (357 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Europe | Olympic rivals measure up in Athens
Officials from Paris, New York, Moscow, London and Madrid are campaigning to win the support of International Olympic Committee members voting on the 2012 bids on 5 July 2005, in Singapore.
The team from New York gave perhaps the slickest presentation, and showed a moving montage of a torch relay through the city, with John Lennon's "Imagine" playing in the background.
New York's bid team rejects concerns that US visa restrictions will hamper athletes getting to the Games, and says special rules will be in place to ensure Olympians can compete.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3568174.stm   (921 words)

  
 village voice > news > Shock Corridor by Karen Cook
Athens Generating, once called U.S. Generating, whose 1080 megawatts could power a million homes, will be the first "merchant plant" to be built in New York State—a private facility built for private profit.
Athens, with a population of under 4000, lies in Greene County, where the average per capita income is $20,009.
Copyright © 2006 Village Voice LLC, 36 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003 The Village Voice and Voice are registered trademarks of Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC.
www.villagevoice.com /news/0010,cook,13106,1.html   (1817 words)

  
 village voice > news > If We Lost It All by Erik Baard
At this moment in history, New York is the kernel of Western civilization, and the nihilists who despise our culture, as unholy as they are, inch daily toward the means of unleashing biblical fury.
Something of the genius that was Athens and the order that was Rome at their heights thrived later in Renaissance Florence and again in today's New York.
An avant pop group like They Might Be Giants may be New York's house band, first performing in Central Park in 1982, but their sonic take on this community commands airtime on college radio, and fills venues grand and podunk whenever partners John Flansburgh and John Linnell go on tour.
www.villagevoice.com /issues/0233/baard.php   (2388 words)

  
 Athens Cultural Center, Athens, New York
In the village of Athens, we know many artists, emerging, struggling and established, as our neighbors.
The Athens Cultural Center serves as an exhibition and performance space in which talented artists can exhibit and perform, enlightening the community in which they live.
We are refurbishing the inside and restoring the exterior to its 19th century mercantile glory.
www.athensculturalcenter.org   (289 words)

  
 Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 00-05-15
On the question of Cyprus, Albright said it remains a divided island, adding that both she and President Clinton are working for a success to dialogue in the framework of the UN and for the achievement of a solution and wished Cyprus President Glafcos Clerides a speedy recovery.
Pangalos said the first new principle was that the issue was not a difference between the Greek and British governments but concerned the two countries' cultural and representative institutions.
Tsohatzopoulos was speaking at events organized in central Athens Square on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Thrace's liberation and unification with the motherland.
www.hri.org /cgi-bin/brief?/news/greek/ana/2000/00-05-15.ana.html   (3183 words)

  
 Athens-Clarke County Timeline
The oldest surviving residence in Athens, the house was saved from demolition and moved in 1972 a few hundred feet away to its present location on the corner of Dougherty and Thomas Streets where it serves as the Athens Welcome Center.
In his diary, he calls Athens "a remarkably beautiful and aristocratic town, containing many classic and magnificent mansions…Unmistakable marks of culture and refinement, as well as wealth were everywhere apparent.
Athens resident Ben Epps designs, builds, and briefly flies the first airplane in the state of Georgia.
www.athensclarkecounty.com /history/timeline.htm   (1109 words)

  
 Athens, Michigan 49011 - InfoMIcom
Athens is located in Athens Township on M-66 in the extreme southwest corner of Calhoun County.
This town was named after Athens, New York, where many of its early residents came from.
Athens was officially incorporated as a village in 1895.
www.infomi.com /city/athens   (127 words)

  
 SI.com - Olympics Sports - Greece says IOC criticism is over-dramatic - Monday February 24, 2003 01:34 PM
Last Friday IOC president Jacques Rogge said there had been a "slippage in deadlines" and told Athens organizers a "sense of urgency" needed to be found in building stadiums, road works and other infrastructure.
The warning, delivered at a meeting between the IOC Executive Board and Athens organizing committee (ATHOC) chief Gianna Angelopoulos, was the second time the Greeks have been reprimanded in three years.
In 2000, Athens organizers were warned that unless they improved their organization drastically, the 2004 Summer Games could be endangered.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/news/2003/02/24/athens_rdp   (915 words)

  
 Athens 2004 Olympics Page
I was filled with a nostalgia for the days and nights I spent in Athens, the energy of the games, the nightlife and just being on the familiar streets of the city I love, with so many people from so many countries.
The city streets were alive no matter when you showed up and Athens was sparkling, playing the role of host city so well that it made the warnings of the US media look like sheer paranoia.
The streets of Athens were alive with music, art and people of every nationality and the city looked great, not just on TV but here too.
www.greecetravel.com /2004olympics   (1566 words)

  
 Greek Village Tours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
Escape to the villages of Greece, the cobblestone streets, the people, traditions, and culture.
See the magnificent ruins of Athens then experience the original Greece by visiting 2 islands that are more authentic and beautiful than you could imagine, each with its own uniqueness and history and each waiting to be discovered.
Depart Santorini for Athens, then for Lesvos and be transferred to hotel where a coordinator will meet you.
www.greekvillagetours.com /packages_dates.html   (630 words)

  
 Athens (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See Athens for the city, and History of Athens for detailed historical information on the city.
Athens is also the name of a number of places in the United States of America:
Athens is also an American television dramedy, created by Josh Schwartz (The O.C. "Athens of the North" is a nickname given to Edinburgh in Scotland, due to the large number of neo-classical buildings and structures built during the 18th and 19th centuries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Athens_(disambiguation)   (170 words)

  
 Local Catholic Church History and Catholic Ancestors - New York
The Archdiocese of New York encompasses the civil New York counties of
The Diocese of Ogdensburg encompasses the northeastern New York counties of
The Diocese of Syracuse encompasses the central New York counties of Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego.
home.att.net /~Local_Catholic/CatholicUS-NewYorkNY.htm   (7145 words)

  
 The New York Observer Politicker: Trenon, the New Athens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
The New York Observer Politicker: Trenon, the New Athens
Say what you will about New Jersey, but Trenton is a model of democracy next to Albany.
This website actually has a running count of Democratic legislators in the New Jersey Assembly who are defecting from their leadership in the ongoing budget standoff with Governor Jon Corzine.
thepoliticker.observer.com /2006/07/trenon-the-new-athens.html   (170 words)

  
 FOR PARENTS
Through these areas Ionian Village is able to broaden the horizons of its participants so that they return to their homes with a better understanding of the Orthodox faith and Greek culture.
As Ionian Village is a “travel” camp, parents should be aware that campers travel to each site by cabin, and that every trip is accompanied and supervised by cabin staff, administrative staff, and at least one medical staff member.
As part of the intense training and orientation program that Ionian Village staff members experience, all staff members previously visit the sites to which Ionian Village campers travel, and are fully aware of their surroundings, and are therefore prepared to deal effectively with safety issues that might arise.
www.ionianvillage.org /parents.html   (620 words)

  
 New York - Eat Wild
Meadow Raised Meats Association is a group of ten New York State farm families committed to supplying customers with a steady supply of the highest quality grassfed beef, veal, lamb, royal venison, goat, pastured chickens, turkeys, eggs, meat, rabbits, and pork.
At the New York Beef Company we had two goals: to raise beef that would yield the finest, most succulent cuts available and at the same time be one of the healthiest foods one can eat.
We are located on 132 acres in the foothills of the Berkshires in Canaan, New York.
www.eatwild.com /products/newyork.html   (7194 words)

  
 The Art Newspaper -- News
Plans are being drawn up to reorganise, expand and update the various museum buildings and create new buildings to improve entry, services and circulation for the visitors, which vary between 500,000 and one million a year.
The new entry hall will be centrally placed on the site, and the new passage to the galleries will be level, barrier-free, and climate-controlled, with a translucent façade.
Judy and Michael Steinhardt, from New York, and the estate of Dorothea Gould in Zurich have pledged $10m each, while donations of $5m have been given by Herta and Paul Amir, Los Angeles; the Nash Family Foundation, New York; the Marc Rich Foundation, Lucerne; the Charles and
www.theartnewspaper.com /article01.asp?id=282   (634 words)

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