Schumer proclaims his support for walkway project | PoughkeepsieJournal.com | Poughkeepsie Journal - Annotated

By Jenny Lee • Poughkeepsie Journal • April 19, 2008

HIGHLAND - Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., saw the breathtaking view from the Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge Friday and announced he’s pushing for $1.5 million in federal money to help transform the […]

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Leader Quits at the Mount, Former Home of Edith Wharton - New York Times Annotated

Following months of increasing financial troubles for the Mount, Edith Wharton’s home in Lenox, Mass., the president of the organization that owns and maintains the property has resigned rather than accept a new position in a restructured management, trustees said.

A […]

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The Mount | Edith Wharton’s Estate and Gardens Annotated

The Mount is faced with imminent foreclosure, which could result in this National Historic Landmark being closed to the public forever.
Please make a contribution now! To prevent foreclosure, The Mount estimates […]

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Rural Intelligence | The Online News Source for Dutchess County & Columbia County, New York - Litchfield County, Connecticut - Berkshire County, Massachusetts | Reality Check: Commonweal Annotated

Info on Gifford Garden in Millbrook, NY here
Re The Mount:
more than 100 people attended a public forum on the future of The Mount, the Edith Wharton Estate […]

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The Magical Painting of Poussin - The New York Review of Books Annotated
Volume 55, Number 6 · April 17, 2008
The Magical Painting of Poussin
By Andrew Butterfield
Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions
An exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 12–May 11, 2008.
Catalog of the exhibition edited by Pierre Rosenberg and Keith Christiansen.
Metropolitan […]

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