On the Grave Of a Paper, No Dancing.

Phoenicia, N.Y. There's often something appropriately operatic about a newspaper's farewell, but as far as group hugs go, it would be hard to beat the one that accompanied the final edition last week of The Phoenicia Times, with its memorable slogan, ''Covering the Town of Shandaken, Wild Heart of the Catskills' High Peaks.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]