Today is Day 1 of the WGXC All Together Now! 2016 Summer Pledge Drive. During the next two weeks, WGXC programmers, volunteers and staff must raise $20,000 to keep WGXC Hands-on Radio on the air, live and local during the coming months. Your support will make all the difference. Call 518-697-7400 or go online to wgxc.org [slash] donate. Thank you for supporting creative community radio in New York's Greene and Columbia counties.

Local weather forecast

Today: Mostly sunny. High near 79. Thursday night, a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8 p.m. Cloudy. Low around 61.

FORECAST FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS
FRIDAY: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy. High near 72. Friday night, a chance of showers between 8 p.m. and midnight. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy. Low around 56.
SATURDAY: Mostly sunny. High near 81. Saturday night, a chance of showers, mainly after 2 a.m. Mostly cloudy. Low around 61..

Sunrise today: 5:20 a.m.
Sunset today: 8:26 p.m.

LENGTH OF THE DAY: 15:06 hrs.

PUBLIC MEETINGS

Today is the first Thursday of the month.
WGXC suggests calling ahead to confirm time and location.
All numbers are in the 518 area code unless otherwise noted.

ANCRAM Planning Board meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 1416 County Rte. 7, Ancram (329-6512).
ASHLAND Planning Board meeting, 6 p.m. at Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland (734-3636).
AUSTERLITZ Planning Board meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 812 Route 203, Spencertown (392-3260).
CAIRO Town Board meeting, 6 p.m. at Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo (622-3120). COPAKE Planning Board meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
COXSACKIE Planning Board meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 16 Reed St., Coxsackie (731-2727).
GHENT Town Board workshop, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 2306 State Route 66, Ghent (392-4644).
HUDSON Industrial Development Agency meeting, 10 a.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren St., Hudson (828-0212).
KINDERHOOK Zoning Board of Appeals meeting (tentative), 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 4 Church St, Niverville (784-2233).
KINDERHOOK Village Planning Board, 7 p.m. at Village Hall, 6 Chatham St., Kinderhook (758-9882).
STOCKPORT Town Board meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 2787 Atlantic Ave., Stottville (828-9389).