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Friday
Mar
18
12:03 am
Assembly budget includes money for bikes and pedestrians too
Click here to play or download an audio version of this report. Andrea Sears reports from New York News Connection for Public News Service that transportation safety advocates are applauding the Asse...
Friday
Mar
18
12:02 am
Germantown officials consider law for their own protection with March 22 hearing
Debby Mayer in The Columbia Paper reports that public officials in Germantown want to protect themselves with a new law for, “the defense and indemnification of officers and officials,” that will be d...
Friday
Mar
18
12:01 am
Friday, March 18, 2016 local almanac
Local weather forecast Today: Scattered rain and snow showers are predicted before 10 a.m., then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43, and a low around 19. FORECAST FOR THE N...
Thursday
Mar
17
6:00 am
Catskill Town Board discusses pipeline
The monthly Catskill Town Meeting was held March 16 at Catskill Town Hall, with a live webcast through a partnership with the town and WGXC. (Click here to download or play a recording of the entire m...
Thursday
Mar
17
5:45 am
ZBA approves variance for new hotel
John Mason is reporting in the Register-Star the Redburn Development proposal to build a 55-room hotel in Hudson's southern waterfront district was unanimously granted a use variance by the city's Zon...
Thursday
Mar
17
5:30 am
Bridge work slated to begin
Lorna Cherot Littleway is reporting in the Columbia Paper Hillsdale Town Highway Superintendent Richard Briggs advised the Town Board this week that the state will begin work in late April on two brid...
Thursday
Mar
17
12:03 am
Long Island election could sway Albany
Matthew Hamilton in Capitol Confidential reports that in New York, a Long Island special election for the 9th Senate district will be more important then the presidential poll on April 19. The Long Is...
Thursday
Mar
17
12:02 am
DEC releases trout in local waters
Now through June the state Department of Conservation is re-stocking trout in local waterways, with brown and rainbow trout being added. In Greene County, just brown trout are being added to Basic Cre...
Thursday
Mar
17
12:01 am
Thursday, March 17, 2016 local almanac
Local weather forecast The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for the region through Thu., Mar. 17. An upper level disturbance will produce isolated thunderstor...
Wednesday
Mar
16
10:00 am
WGXC Local News Audio Link
DOWNLOAD or play the audio version of the local headlines and weather for Wed., Mar. 16 (6:39). (Produced by Philip Grant.)
Wednesday
Mar
16
6:30 am
Waterfront hotel plan gets environmental pass from Common Council
John Mason is reporting in the Register-Star the plan to allow hotels to be sited in Hudson's southern waterfront district was given an environmental pass by the Common Council at its formal meeting T...
Wednesday
Mar
16
1:04 am
Few turn out for uncontested elections in Hunter and Tannersville
The Daily Mail reports election results from March 15 village elections in Tannersville and Hunter. For Trustee Repiublican Leigh McGunningle got 33 votes, and Democrat Brian Walsh got 17, with two un...
Wednesday
Mar
16
12:59 am
Alberti, Lasher re-elected in Athens
Results for the Coxsackie Village election are now available:TrusteeJoseph Ellis (DEM, REP): 46Dianne... https://t.co/C84x3qP17R— The Daily Mail (@CatskillDM) March 16, 2016 The Daily Mail repo...
Wednesday
Mar
16
12:09 am
Dunham wins in Kinderhook
The Register-Star reports Columbia County election results from March 15 village elections. Kinderhook voters chose James Dunham, on the Van Buren Party line, with 310 votes over Rima Bostick, running...
Wednesday
Mar
16
12:05 am
Packet, Wordon re-elected in Chatham
Karrie Allen in The Chatham Courier reports that on March 15 Lenore Packet and Gunnar Wordon, incumbents on the Chatham United Party line, were re-elected to the Village Board for another two years, v...
Wednesday
Mar
16
12:04 am
Seeley, Dushane retain Catskill seats
The Catskill Democratic Committee Facebook page reports that incumbents Vincent Seeley and Stanley Dushane retained their seats on the Catskill Village Board. Seeley, a registered Republican running o...
Wednesday
Mar
16
12:03 am
Albany begins to consider ethics reform
Matthew Hamilton reports in Capitol Confidential that it is Sunshine Week in Albany, a period to focus on government transparency, but there is little movement on ethics reform there. “In Albany, unfo...
Wednesday
Mar
16
12:03 am
Deadline for new voters to register announced
The Columbia County Board of Elections has announced new voters can register by Fri., Mar. 25 for the Presidential primary. The primary will be held Tue., Apr. 19, from noon until 9 p.m. for all eligi...
Wednesday
Mar
16
12:02 am
Groups oppose changes to New York's FOIL law
Click here to play or download an audio version of this report. Andrea Sears reports from New York News Connection for Public News Service that advocates of greater government transparency in New Yor...
Wednesday
Mar
16
12:01 am
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 local almanac
Local weather forecast Today: Patchy drizzle before 3 p.m., then showers likely, mainly after 5 p.m. Mostly cloudy. High near 61. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. Wednesday night, occasional sho...