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Thursday
Oct
20
7:00 am
Columbia County 'free of fiscal stress'
Katie Kocijanski is reporting in the Register-Star Columbia County Board of Supervisors Chairman Matt Murell announced to the full board Wed., Oct. 19, the county is now "free of fiscal stress,&q...
Thursday
Oct
20
6:45 am
Validity of Garriga's dismissal questioned
Katie Kocijanski is reporting in the Register-Star the saga of Second Ward Alderman Tiffany Garriga’s removal from the Hudson Common Council’s Police Committee continued Tue., Oct. 18. Garriga, a Demo...
Thursday
Oct
20
6:30 am
Trump supporters protest window display in Saugerties bookshop
William J. Kemble is reporting in the Daily Freeman a crowd of approximately 25 people gathered outside the Inquiring Minds bookstore in the village of Saugerties, Wed., Oct. 19, to protest an anti-Do...
Thursday
Oct
20
12:05 am
NY expanding medical marijuana program
Matthew Hamilton in Capitol Confidential reports a runner-up in last year's state medical marijuana license competition said Oct. 18 that the state Department of Health contacted the company about try...
Thursday
Oct
20
12:04 am
Clinton way ahead in New York; Faso spokesperson says no rigging here
Matthew Hamilton in Capitol Confidential reports that Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by 24 points, according to a Siena College released Oct. 19. The poll says Clinton leads by...
Thursday
Oct
20
12:03 am
Hobart farmer making electric truck
Robert Cairns reports in The Watershed Post that Delaware County farmer Robert Bollinger is working with a team of engineers in a refurbished garage on Main Street in Hobart to design an off-road elec...
Thursday
Oct
20
12:02 am
New York third in certified organic farms
North Country Public Radio reports that New York has the third most certified organic farms in the country, according to New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office. California and Wisconsin have mo...
Thursday
Oct
20
12:01 am
Thursday, October 20, 2016 local almanac
Today is Day 2 of the WGXC Dead Air 2 Resurrection 2016 Fall Pledge Drive. During the coming days, WGXC programmers, volunteers and staff must raise $20,000 to keep WGXC Hands-on Radio on the air, liv...
Wednesday
Oct
19
6:45 am
Cairo woman rescues daughters before car explodes
Daniel Zuckerman is reporting in The Daily Mail Cairo resident Shannon Jackson rescued her three children from the family's burning car Mon., Oct. 17. Cairo police reported Jackson was taking her thre...
Wednesday
Oct
19
6:30 am
Roe Jan Farmers Market thriving, hopes to expand
Lorna Cherot Littleway is reporting in The Columbia Paper a recent customer survey found that the Copake Hillsdale Farmers Market attracts on average 500 people every week, increasing to 1,000 visitor...
Wednesday
Oct
19
6:15 am
Man ticketed for killing black bear
Jay Braman Jr. writes in the Daily Freeman the state Department of Environmental Conservation is reporting a Phoenicia man has been ticketed for illegally shooting a bear on Main Street in Shandaken....
Wednesday
Oct
19
12:04 am
State may close Catskill jail, Lawrence says
Andrea Macko reports in The Greenville Pioneer that Greene County Legislator William Lawrence (R-Cairo) says that if Greene County does not build a proposed new jail in Coxsackie, "the State Correctio...
Wednesday
Oct
19
12:04 am
Three clerks sell alcohol to minors
The New York State Police reported at their latest underage drinking sting Oct. 13, they arrested clerks at three Greene County establishments, for selling alcohol to minors. Employees at Captain Kidd...
Wednesday
Oct
19
12:03 am
Comparing Faso and Teachout
Three weeks until the election, here are some comparisons between Republican John Faso and Democrat Zephyr Teachout, both competing to replace Chris Gibson in the 19th Congressional District. First I...
Wednesday
Oct
19
12:02 am
Some Greenville wells report sodium
Audrey Matott reports in The Greenville Pioneer that Greenville Town Councilperson Richard Baer reported at a recent town meeting that several residents along Route 81 have had their private wells tes...
Wednesday
Oct
19
12:01 am
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 local almanac
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Tuesday
Oct
18
4:30 pm
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Tuesday
Oct
18
9:00 am
Tuesday
Oct
18
7:00 am
Germantown fire district expects tax levy increase
Debby Mayer is reporting in The Columbia Paper the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Germantown Fire District will hold a public hearing tonight, Tue., Oct. 18, on the district’s preliminary 2017 bud...
Tuesday
Oct
18
6:45 am
Ulster County considering ban of plastic retail bags
Mid-Hudson News Network is reporting Ulster County lawmakers are thinking about banning plastic bags in retail establishments. The bags are used in all kinds of businesses and are considered by some t...