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Thursday
Jul
28
7:00 am
Bliss Towers gets computer lab
John Mason is reporting in the Register-Star Bliss Towers is getting a computer lab. The board of the Hudson Development Corporation Tue., Jul. 26, unanimously awarded more than $4,000 to the Hudson H...
Thursday
Jul
28
6:45 am
Catskill village says 'no' to Pilgrim Pipeline
Katie Kocijanski is reporting in The Daily Mail the Catskill Village Board voted Wed., Jul. 27, to oppose the proposed Pilgrim Pipeline project. In so doing, the village joins more than two dozen othe...
Thursday
Jul
28
6:30 am
Number of homeless up in Columbia County
Jeanette Wolfberg is reporting in the Columbia Paper the number of homeless people receiving or awaiting county aid this month was the highest since March, according to the Columbia County Department...
Thursday
Jul
28
12:05 am
Chatham set to reduce speeding and increase revenue
Karrie Allen in The Chatham Courier reports that Chatham is addressing its budget shortfall by hiring a deputy or a sergeant from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office to give out tickets on the Taconi...
Thursday
Jul
28
12:04 am
Albany port gets grant for expansion
Lindsay Ellis reports in The Albany Times-Union that the Albany port is getting a $17.6 million federal grant to to move and store heavy cargo. The grant will fund a new on-dock warehouse to accommoda...
Thursday
Jul
28
12:03 am
Albany airport busier so far this year
Andrew H. Roiter reports in the Albany Business Review that passenger traffic at the Albany airport increased 10.4 percent in the first half of 2016, compared to last year. Albany County Airport Autho...
Thursday
Jul
28
12:02 am
Eating now legal at state funeral homes
Sarah Maslin Nir reports in The New York Times that last week Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a law allowing eating in funeral homes. New York joins 46 other states allowing light refreshments and non-al...
Thursday
Jul
28
12:01 am
Thursday, July 28, 2016 local almanac
Local weather forecast: Today: A slight chance of showers and non-severe thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny. High near 90. Thursday night, a continued chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly...
Wednesday
Jul
27
10:54 pm
Radio News: Russia already trolling U.S. election
Here's the relevant piece of transcript, from 2015: https://t.co/yVbzyziDHF pic.twitter.com/wXh3Hunx1I— Ben Taub (@bentaub91) July 25, 2016 There's lots of talk in the news about whether Ru...
Wednesday
Jul
27
4:00 pm
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Wednesday
Jul
27
9:00 am
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Wednesday
Jul
27
6:45 am
Sewer district construction gets approval
Katie Kocijanski is reporting in The Daily Mail the Catskill Town Board has approved the Leeds and Jefferson Heights Sewer District project. “I am the fifth supervisor this project has gone through si...
Wednesday
Jul
27
6:30 am
Cairo roads to get repaved, resurfaced
Daniel Zuckerman is reporting in The Daily Mail Cairo town officials held a special meeting Mon., Jul. 25, to discuss the repaving and resurfacing of town roads in the coming weeks and months. Town Hi...
Wednesday
Jul
27
6:15 am
Commission mulls pay raises for officials
Rick Karlin is reporting at Capitol Confidential the members of a special commission assigned to come up with pay raises for state lawmakers met in Albany, Tue., Jul. 26. Following the meeting, the co...
Wednesday
Jul
27
12:05 am
Greene County Youth Fair starts Thursday
The 62nd Greene County Youth Fair starts Thu., July 28 in Cairo's Angelo Canna Park, behind Main St. The fair's main attraction is the children and their animals: cows, pigs, goats, chickens, and more...
Wednesday
Jul
27
12:04 am
New Lebanon reconsidering solar rules
Ellyn Gaydos reports in The Columbia Paper that New Lebanon is the latest locality proposing to re-write their solar laws after the state made solar farming more profitable. At the July 12 meeting Tow...
Wednesday
Jul
27
12:03 am
Gas prices drop locally, nationally
The Daily Freeman reports that gasoline price fell another 2.9 cents per gallon last week in New York, to average $2.34. In the Kingston-Ulster area, the newspaper surveyed most stations selling 87-oc...
Wednesday
Jul
27
12:02 am
Columbia County closes Healthcare Agency
Mid-Hudson News reports that on July 25 the Columbia County Health Department began closing its Certified Home Healthcare Agency. Interim County Public Health Director John Mabb said state laws have a...
Wednesday
Jul
27
12:01 am
Wednesday, July 27, 2016 local almanac
Local weather forecast: Today: Sunny. High near 89. Wednesday night, mostly clear. Low around 65. FORECAST FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS THURSDAY: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2 p.m. I...
Tuesday
Jul
26
11:47 pm
Radio News: FCC puts Ericsson in charge of routing calls, texts
The New York Times reported last week that the Federal Communications Commission will trust a foreign company, Ericsson, to route billions of U.S. cellphone calls and text messages. A New Jersey subsi...