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Friday

Feb

19

1:36 pm

Cuomo wants to make youth HIV treatment available without parental consent

Feb 19, 2016 1:36 pm • Public News Service

Click here to listen to or download an audio version of this report. Andrea Sears reports for New York News Connection for Public News Service that Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants minors to be able to get tr...

Friday

Feb

19

12:59 pm

Locals shut out of Cuomo's solar announcement

Feb 19, 2016 12:59 pm • Staff

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Feb. 19 that 26 communities around the state are getting “Solarize” campaigns to increase use of solar energy, but none of them are in the WGXC listening area. “By h...

Friday

Feb

19

11:15 am

WGXC local news audio link

Feb 19, 2016 11:15 am • Staff

DOWNLOAD or play the audio version of the local headlines and weather for Tue., Feb. 18 (8:51). (Produced by Philip Grant.)

Friday

Feb

19

7:00 am

Hunter agrees to pay fine, correct landfill problem

Feb 19, 2016 7:00 am • Staff

Jim Planck is reporting in The Daily Mail the Hunter Town Board has agreed to pay a $7,000 fine and to correct leachate problems at its former landfill under an agreement with the state Department of...

Friday

Feb

19

6:45 am

Hudson American Legion Post looking to move

Feb 19, 2016 6:45 am • Staff

John Mason is reporting in the Register-Star Hudson's American Legion Post 184 may be moving. Post Commander Terry Drumm said the Legion is looking at the old parish hall of the Church of St. John the...

Friday

Feb

19

6:30 am

New version of Miranda for juveniles proposed

Feb 19, 2016 6:30 am • Staff

Matthew Hamilton is reporting at Capitol Confidential state Sen. Michael Gianaris [Gee-ANN-arh-ess] has put forward legislation that would establish a new version of Miranda rights for those under the...

Friday

Feb

19

12:03 am

Former Catskill Game Farm struggling to raise funds

Feb 19, 2016 12:03 am • Staff

Jessica Porter is reporting at the Watershed Post the owners of the former Catskill Game Farm are struggling to raise funds for needed renovations. When Cathy and Ben Ballone bought the property in 20...

Friday

Feb

19

12:03 am

Greene County still grappling with broadband access

Feb 19, 2016 12:03 am • Staff

Katie Kocijanski is reporting in The Daily Mail Greene County continues to face obstacles in its fight to gain broadband and better Internet access for residents, especially in the sparsely populated...

Friday

Feb

19

12:01 am

Friday, February 19, 2016 local almanac

Feb 19, 2016 12:01 am • Staff

Today is Day 9 of the WGXC High Five Pledge Drive. Tune in for a full slate of remote broadcasts, and turn out for special events. Your tax-deductible contribution will help sustain WGXC as a public p...

Thursday

Feb

18

11:30 am

WGXC local news audio link

Feb 18, 2016 11:30 am • Staff

DOWNLOAD or play the audio version of the local headlines and weather for Tue., Feb. 18 (7:44). (Produced by Philip Grant.)

Thursday

Feb

18

7:00 am

Catskill board votes to oppose pipeline as proposed

Feb 18, 2016 7:00 am • Staff

Jim Planck is reporting in The Daily Mail the Catskill Town Board agreed unanimously, Wed., Feb. 17, to oppose the Pilgrim Pipeline as currently proposed because of the adverse impact the project woul...

Thursday

Feb

18

6:45 am

Windham-Ashland-Jewett hires new building principal

Feb 18, 2016 6:45 am • Staff

The Windham Journal is reporting David Donner has been appointed building principal by the Windham-Ashland-Jewett Board of Education. Donner is new to the district. For the past seven years he served...

Thursday

Feb

18

6:30 am

Schumer opposes calls for closure of Indian Point

Feb 18, 2016 6:30 am • Staff

Mid-Hudson News Network is reporting a coalition of environmental groups is calling for the immediate closure of the Indian Point nuclear power plant, but U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says they first sho...

Thursday

Feb

18

12:04 am

Coxsackie reports discharge of untreated sewage

Feb 18, 2016 12:04 am • Staff

The Village of Coxsackie Wastewater Treatment Facility has issued an Environmental Alert following a combined sewer overflow discharge of untreated sewage in the village. The discharge occurred over a...

Thursday

Feb

18

12:03 am

Village of Saugerties officials urged to oppose Pilgrim Pipeline

Feb 18, 2016 12:03 am • Staff

William J. Kemble is reporting in the Daily Freeman Pilgrim Pipeline foes are urging the Saugerties Village Board to join other municipal officials in calling for a halt to the $533 million project. B...

Thursday

Feb

18

12:02 am

Bill would make St. Patrick's Day a school holiday for some

Feb 18, 2016 12:02 am • Staff

Casey Seiler is reporting at Capitol Confidential State Sen. Tony Avella, of Queens, has introduced a bill to make St. Patrick’s Day a school holiday “in districts with a significant Irish-American po...

Thursday

Feb

18

12:01 am

Thursday, February 18, 2016 local almanac

Feb 18, 2016 12:01 am • Staff

Today is Day 8 of the WGXC High Five Pledge Drive. Tune in for a full slate of remote broadcasts, and turn out for special events. Your tax-deductible contribution will help sustain WGXC as a public p...

Wednesday

Feb

17

12:00 pm

WGXC local news audio link

Feb 17, 2016 12:00 pm • Staff

DOWNLOAD or play the audio version of the local headlines and weather for Mon., Feb. 15 (8:07). (Produced by Philip Grant.)

Wednesday

Feb

17

8:30 am

Committee gives okay to cost analysis of new jail

Feb 17, 2016 8:30 am • Staff

Katie Kocijanski is reporting in The Daily Mail Greene County officials took another step toward the construction of a new county jail, Tue., Feb. 16. At the special meeting the Legislature's Public S...

Wednesday

Feb

17

8:15 am

CEDC looking to fill top spot, expand board

Feb 17, 2016 8:15 am • Staff

Katie Kocijanski is reporting in the Register-Star the Columbia Economic Development Corporation will launch a search for a new president and CEO next week, and hopes to have a new leader in place by...