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In the News (Fri 17 Feb 12)

  
  History of Stockholm, NY
STOCKHOLM, the ninth town organized, was one of the original "Ten Townships No 2" It was erected from Massena jurisdiction by legislative act passed February 21, 1806.
West Stockholm.- This pretty village is situated in the southwest part of the town, on the west branch of the St. Regis, and has been locally known as "Bickneyville," from Amos Bicknell, the pioneer, whose settlement and building of the mills has been mentioned.
The First Baptist church of Stockholm, at "Stockholm Center," was organized prior to 1812, and was incorporated May 25, 1822, with P. Stearns, Warren Webster, and Luther Fuller, trustees.
history.rays-place.com /ny/stockholm-ny.htm   (2568 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Stockholm
Stockholm was founded by Birger Jarl (died 1266), and the coat of arms of the city still bears the picture of King St. Eric (died 1160).
The city has a population of 341,986 and is the court residence of the king and the seat of the government, of the diplomatic corps, and of the vicar Apostolic.
Stockholm is defended by the fortresses Oscar Fredriks Borg and Waxholm.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/14297a.htm   (983 words)

  
 Sunken oceanliner still claiming lives - Boston.com
On a foggy July night in 1956, the Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria was speeding toward New York on the last leg of a trans-Atlantic crossing when it collided with a passenger ship and sank, killing 51 people.
NEW YORK --On a foggy July night in 1956, the Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria was speeding toward New York on the last leg of a trans-Atlantic crossing when it collided with a passenger ship and sank, killing 51 people.
She was vaulted from her cabin on the Andrea Doria to the Stockholm's deck, where crew members found her, shaken but unhurt.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2006/07/24/sunken_oceanliner_still_claiming_lives?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News   (718 words)

  
 Andrea Doria-Stockholm Arrives
The Stockholm left the collision scene after the Andrea Doria sank and due to the massive amount of damage headed to New York at reduced speed.
As the Stockholm approached her berth at Pier 97 at the foot of W. 57th Street, two Moran tugs took charge of her as they would an injured lady and nudged her to her dock.
Stockholm passengers greeted their friends and relatives on the pier and the Andrea Doria survivors were taken by bus to the Italian Line Pier 84 at W 44th St.
www.andreadoria.org /StockholmArrives/Default.htm   (1065 words)

  
 Grand Hôtel Stockholm - New York
The Grand Hôtel's new, especially designed conference room New York is one of the seven larger conference rooms which will gradually be inaugurated during the autumn and winter.
New York has room for 95 persons in a theatre seating and constitutes a modern complement to the other available and classical premises at the Grand Hôtel.
New York has been equipped with LCD projectors, documentary cameras, a sound system with clip-on microphones and microphones connected to a rostrum, as well as wireless Internet.
www.grandhotel.se /in_english/banquet/banquet_rooms/new_york.asp   (284 words)

  
 WHAT'S DOING IN: Stockholm - New York Times
Stockholmers love the sea and will wax lyrical about their archipelago at the slightest provocation.
Many travel no farther for their summer vacation than to one of the 24,000 islands and skerries in the Stockholm archipelago, which extends about 45 miles east of the city into the Baltic Sea.
The Stockholm Archipelago begins with Fjaderholmarna, a group of islands 25 minutes by boat from the city center.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9D0CE2DA1E39F930A15755C0A967958260   (693 words)

  
 Property in New York
Owning property anywhere in the state of New York can be a rewarding investment for both immediate goals and long term investment goals.
If you plan to purchase property in New York primarily as a long term investment, consider the market you are likely to attract in the future that would be interested in your property.
The state of New York is considered a great place to raise a family, find a rewarding career, start a business, or plan an exciting vacation.
www.realestateground.com /city/property/new_york.html   (242 words)

  
 Exhibitions: 2000 > Stockholm New York
Totem Design Group, New York's leading showcase for young contemporary design and a proponent of the Swedish design renaissance in the United States, is proud to co-present Stockholm New York, a three day happening featuring the very best of Swedish lifestyle, design, fashion, music, art, food and drink, with Swedish lifestyle magazine Stockholm New.
Stockholm New York is the third leg of an ongoing world tour for Swedish lifestyle that began in Milan in 1998 and went on to Tokyo last year.
And there are a host of new wave Swedish companies like David Design, Asplund, Box Mobler and CBI, all of which are distributed in the United States by Totem Design.
www.totemdesign.com /exhibitions/2000/stockholm-newyork/index.html   (521 words)

  
 New York Moving Companies
New york moving companies are professional movers who specialize in moving both residential and commercial jobs across new york in the most efficient way.
One thing new york moving companies trust is that if they keep their customers happy they will get happy business.
New york moving companies are dedicated to making your move successful every step of the way.
www.moveus.com /index.cgi/cid1/p=new_york_moving_companies.htm   (358 words)

  
 New York, New York - 5starsnews.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
It's high times in New York -- even with the Yankees getting knocked out of the playoffs by the Red Sox.That's because both the Jets and Giants -- who combined for a 10-22 recordlast season -- are confounding the experts by getting off to a combined 9-1record through Week 6.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude oil for Novemberdelivery fell 38 cents to settle at 53.29 dollars a barrel.
NEW YORK -- During the past 100 years, billions of New Yorkers have vanishedfrom the city's sidewalks and into a hole in the ground.
www.5starsnews.com /new-york/2683.htm   (434 words)

  
 ms Stockholm: Service Career
The first Stockholm ordered was destroyed by fire in 1938 before it was launched, and the second to bear the name was bombed by the allies at Trieste during the war, never seeing service under the Swedish flag.
Stockholm soon settled into a routine of regular crossings in what seemed to be an idyllic career.
In 1959 Stockholm was sold to the East German company Deutsche Seereederi and renamed Völkerfreundschaft and served as a trade-union cruiseship, calling at ports in the Baltic, Scandinavia, the Mediterranean and West Africa.
www.bryking.com /sal/stockholm/career.html   (990 words)

  
 Stockholm - New York Times
Waves of immigrants from southern Europe and the Middle East have brought profound changes to a waterfront city that, just a generation ago, was mostly fair-skinned, blond and Lutheran.
Stockholm may be built on 14 glacial islands near the Baltic Sea, but its neighborhoods are being pushed and pulled like a painter’s canvas.
That’s good news for the Dalai Lama, Madonna and other famous guests who have stayed in the rococo and Gustavian landmark, which is across the harbor from the Swedish Royal Palace.
travel2.nytimes.com /2006/08/06/travel/06goingto.html   (1700 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Divers still flock to Mass. site of sunken luxury liner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
NEW YORK — On a foggy night in July 1956, the Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria was speeding toward New York on the last leg of a trans-Atlantic crossing when it collided with a passenger ship and sank, killing 51 people.
In the swirling fog, the Stockholm's bow, reinforced for northern ice fields, had ripped into the starboard side of the 29,000-ton Andrea Doria, the erstwhile flagship of the Italian Line.
The Stockholm suddenly looming out of the fog spurred the Doria's captain, Piero Calamai, to order "hard aport!" — a sharp left turn — but it was too late to avoid the collision.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2006-07-24-andrea-wreck_x.htm   (737 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Continental to launch daily service from Stockholm to New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Continental Airlines said Tuesday it would begin a daily, non-stop service from Sweden's capital to its New York hub starting next summer.
Earlier this month, it said it would begin service from New York to Hamburg, Germany, and to Berlin, as well as a round-trip service from New York to Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Stockholm is the airline's second destination in northern Europe.
www.usatoday.com /travel/news/2004-10-19-sweden-service_x.htm   (510 words)

  
 3D Spatial Models of Great Buildings - Great Buildings Online
Rockefeller Center, by Raymond Hood, at New York, New York, 1932 to 1940.
Stockholm Library, by Erik Gunnar Asplund, at Stockholm, Sweden, 1918 to 1927.
Woodland Chapel, by Erik Gunnar Asplund, at Stockholm, Sweden, 1918 to 1920.
www.greatbuildings.com /types/models/spatial_models.html   (1344 words)

  
 Stockholm Flights, New York, Boston, Baltimore, Washington, Minneapolis and San Francisco.
Stockholm Flights, New York, Boston, Baltimore, Washington, Minneapolis and San Francisco.
Closest to Asia of northern Europe's major airports, and open round the clock, Stockholm Arlanda International Airport is preparing for continued expansion.
And nearby is another beautiful, friendly, historic tourist attraction; Stockholm, capital of Sweden, built on islands and surrounded by a unique archipelago.
www.randburg.com /sw/arlanda.html   (358 words)

  
 The Rotary Club of New York
Former New York Rotary President, New York Rotary Foundation Trustee and present District Governor Nominee, Helen Reisler, presented a second check of $100,000 to the New York University Downtown Hospital for its tremendous effort, dedication and assistance to the victims the 9/11 tragedy in downtown, Manhattan.
The New York Rotary Trustees were recognized by President Greg Lynch and all present for their role in making the fund very successful.
New York Rotarian Matts Ingemanson (middle) met with Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Rotary International President 2003-2004 Jonathan Majiyagbe in Stockholm on August 13, 2003.
www.newyorkcityrotary.org   (1763 words)

  
 Continental to launch daily service from Stockholm to New York - 5starsnews.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The New York Theatre Workshop is doing a reading of "This Is a Chair"by Caryl Churchill.
NEW YORK -- A seismic shift may have taken place in the jazz world lastnight, with the opening of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra's new home.....
New York now leads the best-of-seven series, 3-1, withGame 5 scheduled for Monday night at Fenway Park.
www.5starsnews.com /new-york/1936.htm   (440 words)

  
 West Brookfield - New Books
New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2005.
New York : Japan Society : New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c2005.
New York : Bloomsbury : Distributed by Holtzbrinck, 2005, c2004.
www.cwmars.org /booklists/forlibs/wknewbooks.html   (2494 words)

  
 Reuters Technology - New York Times
NEW YORK (Reuters) - DirecTV Group Inc. (DTV.N), the top U.S. satellite television operator, on Thursday posted a quarterly profit versus a year-earlier loss, but shares slipped on disappointing subscriber growth and customer loss rates.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New, smaller television sets sold in the United States by companies like Sony Corp. and Samsung Corp. must be capable of receiving digital broadcasts by March 1, 2007, four months earlier than previously planned, U.S. regulators ruled on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New, smaller television sets sold in the United States by companies like Sony Corp. (6758.T) and Samsung Corp. (000830.KS) must be capable of receiving digital broadcasts by March 1, 2007, four months earlier than previously planned, U.S. regulators ruled on Thursday.
www.nytimes.com /pages/reuters/technology   (797 words)

  
 Stockholm, NY - SLCHA
Stockholm is about 8 miles northeast of Potsdam, New York on US 11.
The Band Jacket worn by Silas Riggs, clarinet player in the Stockholm Cornet Band, is currently on display as part of the Town of Stockholm exhibit at the SLCHA.
By 1878, the West Stockholm Foundry was operated by Bartlette and Smith, who also manufactured plows, horse-powers and butter churns.
www.slcha.org /exhibits/stockholm.php   (232 words)

  
 Corante New York:
Dominic is a New York native, has been a senior editor at Corante since day one and has written for a number of online and offline media companies.
The New York Post reports that Eliot Spitzer is fighting to make New York movie theaters more accessible for the visually and hearing impaired.
Maybe it's the fact that the apartments are so small in New York - or that the coffee keeps on getting refilled for free - but we were surprised by the popularity of cafes and bars serving up free Wi-Fi to their customers.
newyork.corante.com   (2213 words)

  
 Brig Frihandel - Passenger lists and Emigrant ships from Norway-Heritage
In 1854 the Frihandel departed from Grimstad for Stockholm, and from there to New York.
Newspaper notice based on a report from the Norwegian consul in New York: Brig Frihandel of Grimstad on voyage from Stockholm to New York with a load of iron and 17 passengers was abandoned and lost.
Passengers and crew rescued by the American packet St. George, Capt Crawford and arrived at New York on December 10th.
www.norwayheritage.com /p_ship.asp?sh=friha   (206 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS IN 1993   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
New comers in this table are : Russia, Turkey and South Africa.
The analysis of this table shows that the percentage of the worldwide market occupied by particular cities is moving in a variable manner.
Leading cities, on the overall table, in N.America are in order of importance: Washington, New York, Montreal, San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto, Orlando, Mexico City, San Diego, New Orleans, Atlanta, Vancouver.
www.uia.org /statistics/press/stcnf93.php   (2176 words)

  
 Stockholms stads webbplats - English   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
On the recommendations of the EU-commission and the United Nations, the City of New York arranged a conference concerning welfare, education, integration and security in New York the 17th - 19th of January 2007.
The Mayor of Stockholm, Kristina Axén Olin, discussed social inclusion and the knowledge economy at the AGM.
The Mayor of Stockholm Kristina Axén Olin and the Lord Mayor of Helsinki Jussi Pajunen discuss a closer cooperation between the two cities.
www.stockholm.se /english   (446 words)

  
 Stockholm har Europas första gayhockeylag
Laget profilerar sig som ett gaylag och det är främst i den gruppen nya spelare söks.
Stockholm Snipers har tidigare bara mött herrlag, men Magnus tycker att det var roligt att möta ett damlag och är imponerad över hur tufft tjejerna spelar.
Peter Åkerström, kassör i Stockholm Snipers, berättar om hur en del av de heterosexuella killarna varit tveksamma till att duscha tillsammans med de andra.
www.dn.se /DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2244&a=535721&previousRenderType=6   (732 words)

  
 Scandinavia: Design and architecture. - By Jim Holt - Slate Magazine
Stockholm, like Venice, is a city where every street ends in a glitter of water.
It is built on an archipelago of 14 rocky islands, and its most famous landmark, the Stockholm City Hall (where the Nobel Prizes are given out), possesses an arcade and campanile that are deliberately reminiscent of Saint Mark's Square.
Throughout Stockholm, columns of classic Mediterranean orders, in hues of pale orange and red, are topped with Eastern cupolas of green copper.
www.slate.com /id/2078654/device/html40/entry/2079095   (1055 words)

  
 Event Search: Stockholm Music & Nightlife
Wild Style, at Stockholm's Dance Museum, is an exhibition of documentary pictures from the young hip-hop scene in South Bronx, New York, taken at the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the…
Stockholm's Street Market gets into the Roskilde Festival vibe with 12 hours of live music featuring bands from Stockholm and beyond, Danish beer and much more.
One of the most exclusive bars in Stockholm, Café Opera is the place where the rich and famous rub shoulders with well-off businessmen and keen-to-be-seen glamour hunters.
www.istc.org /sisp/index.htm?fx=event.search&loc_id=134917&cat_id=2231   (582 words)

  
 Grand Hôtel Stockholm - Stockholm
Stockholm is one of the new meeting premises at the Grand Hôtel.
As an addition to the Grand Hôtel’s 19 splendid and stylish conference rooms, we will open up a new, modern conference section starting with the opening of the conference room New York in september 2006.
The new premises, designed by White Architects, are very modern and well-equipped.
www.grandhotel.se /in_english/conference/conference_premises/stockholm.asp   (268 words)

  
 Gridskipper - New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
New York in the Movies uses a Google Maps mashup to show memorable New York City film locations from movies and TV.
It seems inevitable that the urban eavesdropping compiled by Overheard in New York would be collected into a book — and lo, it is so.
Shecky’s flogs the new Sensa restaurant in Chelsea today for the “fine mix of foreign and domestic eats.” Maybe I’m missing something, but their menu looks like pretty tame Italian-American, though they do have that molasses-glazed tuna going on.
www.gridskipper.com /travel/new-york/index.php?page=3   (1140 words)

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