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Thursday, December 4, 2014 local almanac
Dec 04, 2014 12:01 am
Weather right now
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Cairo: High 37F; low 22F.[/caption]
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 37F; low 23F.[/caption]
READ TEMPERATURE IN HUDSON: On thermometer in Studio A.
FAR LEFT: The temperature on the far left is from the Hawthorne Valley Farm Weather Page.
MIDDLE TEMP: Cairo from Weather Underground page.
FAR RIGHT: Catskill from Weather Underground page.
Local weather forecast
Today’s forecast is specific to Catskill, in Greene County:
Forecast for the next three days:
Friday: A chance of light rain mainly after 4 p.m. Mostly cloudy. High near 38. Friday night, rain. Low around 36.
Saturday: Rain. High near 48. Saturday night, rain showers likely, possibly mixing with snow after 10 p.m., then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy. Low around 31.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. High near 37. Sunday night, partly cloudy. Low around 26.
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).
COLUMBIA COUNTY Board of Supervisors Pine Haven Sub-Committee/special Health and Medical Committee meeting, 5 p.m. at 401 State St., Hudson (828-1527).
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 informational planning and working session, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 2306 State Route 66, Ghent (392-4644).
HUDSON Community Development and Planning Agency meeting, 6 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren St., Hudson (751-1044).
KINDERHOOK Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 4 Church St, Niverville (784-2233).
STUYVESANT Board meeting workshop, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Dr., Stuyvesant (758-6248).
WINDHAM Town Board meeting, 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
The day ahead on WGXC 90.7-FM
1 a.m.: Cutty Strange: Ryan Page Episode two of "The Cutty Strange," a feature on the work of San Francisco Bay Area-based composer and artist Ryan Page. Produced by Daniel Steffey and Nick Wang, The Cutty Strange focuses on select Bay Area artists with music rooted in the avant-garde, functioning in the world of do-it-yourself and community organization, presented in the style of radio melodramas and operas of days past and present.
6 a.m.: Background Briefing with Ian Masters Inside breaking international and national news. A radio program featuring international and national news, expert guests, policy makers and critics with analysis and insight on national security, foreign and domestic policy, political, cultural and social issues. This program goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard in the American media.
7 a.m.: WGXC Morning Show Local news, weather, events, music and more. Live from the WGXC Hudson Studio. Hosted by Michelle Lewis.
8 a.m.: Democracy Now! hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. National, daily, independent, award-winning news program providing audiences with access to people and perspectives rarely heard in the U.S. corporate-sponsored media.
9 a.m.: WGXC Morning Show continues.
10 a.m.: We the People: The Year in Review Part one of a year-end update on some of the issues discussed on "We the People" in 2014, including the Dewey Loeffel Superfund site; the Columbia-Greene Partnership Academy, the Pilgrim Pipeline and the proposed revitalization of Hudson's 7th St. Park. In today's episode, city of Hudson Superintendent of Public Works Robert Perry, Jr. will be in the studio with an update on the latest news from that department, and more. Hosted by Tom DePietro.
11 a.m. One Size Fits All: 20141204 An hour-long investigation into the idea of amplified sound, beginning with The New Pornographers and concluding with Julia Wolfe. Produced by Your Host. The full playlist can be found at www.Facebook.com/OneSizeWGXC.
2 p.m.: The Art of the Hudson Valley: Amy DiLalla and Hallie Goodman Amy DiLalla and Hallie Goodman will discuss their work for the e-commerce website Etsy.com. Both assist sellers and are sellers themselves. They work out of Etsy's Hudson office. Hosted by Chad Weckler.
3 p.m.: Radio Theatre: Sjamback From Radio Theater Project, an anthology series of dramas and comedies for radio. Produced at KSVR Studios at the radio station KSVR-FM in Mount Vernon, Washington. The actors are from the Skagit Radio Repertory Company. The producer is Joseph C McGuire. Made possible by grant from the Corporation for the Public Broadcasting and KSVR Studios. "Sjambak": Written by Jack Vance; adapted for radio by Perry Whittle. "Sjambak" a story written in 1953 by Jack Vance. A thoughtful writer of science fiction who writes about the human condition rather than technology. Here is an earlier story about a planet settled by Muslims and a tabloid reporter whose supposed to exploit them. From A-Infos Radio Project.
4 p.m.: WGXC Afternoon Show: Christine Abitabile, Susan Simon Christine Abitabile from Upstage Productions will be in the studio to talk about the holiday cabaret at the Sons & Daughters of Italy in Hudson, on Sun., Dec. 14. And food writer Susan Simon will come by to discuss holiday cooking. Plus news, weather, events, music and more. Hosted by Ellen Thurston and Tom DePietro with Jake "The Intern" Ebel.
6 p.m.: WGXC Evening News: Agnes Kamara-Umunna Local headlines, weather, listings of local public meetings and more. Also, an excerpt from Agnes Kamara-Umunna's talk Tue., Dec. 2 at Bard College. She hosted "Straight from the Heart," a radio call-in program in Liberia started by Kamara-Umunna in 2004, with funding from the United Nations Mission in Liberia. It allowed Liberians to phone in live and share their stories from the second civil war (1999-2002.) Former soldiers, many of whom were child soldiers at the time of the civil war, were frequent call-in guests, in particular. Kamara-Umunna’s call-in show was a daring experiment in how radio could be used to facilitate open conversations among perpetrators and victims about the shared devastation of war, conversations that would likely not have taken place elsewhere. She discusses that and newer projects.
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Cairo: High 37F; low 22F.[/caption][caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"]
Catskill: High 37F; low 23F.[/caption]READ TEMPERATURE IN HUDSON: On thermometer in Studio A.
FAR LEFT: The temperature on the far left is from the Hawthorne Valley Farm Weather Page.
MIDDLE TEMP: Cairo from Weather Underground page.
FAR RIGHT: Catskill from Weather Underground page.
Local weather forecast
Today’s forecast is specific to Catskill, in Greene County:
Today: Mostly sunny. High near 39. Thursday night, partly cloudy. Low around 23.
Forecast for the next three days:
Friday: A chance of light rain mainly after 4 p.m. Mostly cloudy. High near 38. Friday night, rain. Low around 36.
Saturday: Rain. High near 48. Saturday night, rain showers likely, possibly mixing with snow after 10 p.m., then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy. Low around 31.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. High near 37. Sunday night, partly cloudy. Low around 26.
Sunrise today: 7:08 a.m.
Sunset today: 4:23 p.m.
Length of the day: 9:15 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).
COLUMBIA COUNTY Board of Supervisors Pine Haven Sub-Committee/special Health and Medical Committee meeting, 5 p.m. at 401 State St., Hudson (828-1527).
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 informational planning and working session, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 2306 State Route 66, Ghent (392-4644).
HUDSON Community Development and Planning Agency meeting, 6 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren St., Hudson (751-1044).
KINDERHOOK Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 4 Church St, Niverville (784-2233).
STUYVESANT Board meeting workshop, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Dr., Stuyvesant (758-6248).
WINDHAM Town Board meeting, 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
The day ahead on WGXC 90.7-FM
1 a.m.: Cutty Strange: Ryan Page Episode two of "The Cutty Strange," a feature on the work of San Francisco Bay Area-based composer and artist Ryan Page. Produced by Daniel Steffey and Nick Wang, The Cutty Strange focuses on select Bay Area artists with music rooted in the avant-garde, functioning in the world of do-it-yourself and community organization, presented in the style of radio melodramas and operas of days past and present.
6 a.m.: Background Briefing with Ian Masters Inside breaking international and national news. A radio program featuring international and national news, expert guests, policy makers and critics with analysis and insight on national security, foreign and domestic policy, political, cultural and social issues. This program goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard in the American media.
7 a.m.: WGXC Morning Show Local news, weather, events, music and more. Live from the WGXC Hudson Studio. Hosted by Michelle Lewis.
8 a.m.: Democracy Now! hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. National, daily, independent, award-winning news program providing audiences with access to people and perspectives rarely heard in the U.S. corporate-sponsored media.
9 a.m.: WGXC Morning Show continues.
10 a.m.: We the People: The Year in Review Part one of a year-end update on some of the issues discussed on "We the People" in 2014, including the Dewey Loeffel Superfund site; the Columbia-Greene Partnership Academy, the Pilgrim Pipeline and the proposed revitalization of Hudson's 7th St. Park. In today's episode, city of Hudson Superintendent of Public Works Robert Perry, Jr. will be in the studio with an update on the latest news from that department, and more. Hosted by Tom DePietro.
11 a.m. One Size Fits All: 20141204 An hour-long investigation into the idea of amplified sound, beginning with The New Pornographers and concluding with Julia Wolfe. Produced by Your Host. The full playlist can be found at www.Facebook.com/OneSizeWGXC.
2 p.m.: The Art of the Hudson Valley: Amy DiLalla and Hallie Goodman Amy DiLalla and Hallie Goodman will discuss their work for the e-commerce website Etsy.com. Both assist sellers and are sellers themselves. They work out of Etsy's Hudson office. Hosted by Chad Weckler.
3 p.m.: Radio Theatre: Sjamback From Radio Theater Project, an anthology series of dramas and comedies for radio. Produced at KSVR Studios at the radio station KSVR-FM in Mount Vernon, Washington. The actors are from the Skagit Radio Repertory Company. The producer is Joseph C McGuire. Made possible by grant from the Corporation for the Public Broadcasting and KSVR Studios. "Sjambak": Written by Jack Vance; adapted for radio by Perry Whittle. "Sjambak" a story written in 1953 by Jack Vance. A thoughtful writer of science fiction who writes about the human condition rather than technology. Here is an earlier story about a planet settled by Muslims and a tabloid reporter whose supposed to exploit them. From A-Infos Radio Project.
4 p.m.: WGXC Afternoon Show: Christine Abitabile, Susan Simon Christine Abitabile from Upstage Productions will be in the studio to talk about the holiday cabaret at the Sons & Daughters of Italy in Hudson, on Sun., Dec. 14. And food writer Susan Simon will come by to discuss holiday cooking. Plus news, weather, events, music and more. Hosted by Ellen Thurston and Tom DePietro with Jake "The Intern" Ebel.
6 p.m.: WGXC Evening News: Agnes Kamara-Umunna Local headlines, weather, listings of local public meetings and more. Also, an excerpt from Agnes Kamara-Umunna's talk Tue., Dec. 2 at Bard College. She hosted "Straight from the Heart," a radio call-in program in Liberia started by Kamara-Umunna in 2004, with funding from the United Nations Mission in Liberia. It allowed Liberians to phone in live and share their stories from the second civil war (1999-2002.) Former soldiers, many of whom were child soldiers at the time of the civil war, were frequent call-in guests, in particular. Kamara-Umunna’s call-in show was a daring experiment in how radio could be used to facilitate open conversations among perpetrators and victims about the shared devastation of war, conversations that would likely not have taken place elsewhere. She discusses that and newer projects.