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Saturday
Nov
21
2:05 pm
Catskill votes to raise tax cap, taxes
Jim Planck in The Daily Mail reports that the Catskill Town Board overrode the tax cap at a special meeting Nov. 20, and will raise taxes to cover a $3,407,298 budget shortfall. The board adopted a $5...
Saturday
Nov
21
12:14 am
Thruway may decide Pilgrim Pipeline fate
Brian Nearing in the Albany Times Union reports that the state Department of Environmental Conservation may turn over the environmental review of the proposed Pilgrim Pipeline to the Thruway Authority...
Saturday
Nov
21
12:13 am
Albany County site reportedly on Daesh list
Rick Karlin reports in The Albany Times Union that the hacking collective Anonymous says the Watervliet Arsenal near Troy is on "an ISIS list of U.S. military targets." ISIS, or ISIL or Daesh, are a g...
Saturday
Nov
21
12:12 am
Saturday, November 21, 2015 local almanac
Local News Local news from Wave Farm‘s WGXC 90.7-FM in the Hudson Valley, New York for Sat., Nov. 21. PLAY AUDIO (2:55) Local weather forecast Today's forecast is specific to Acra, in Greene Coun...
Friday
Nov
20
10:13 am
Audio link
DOWNLOAD or play the audio version of the local headlines and weather for Fri., Nov. 20 (5:29). (Produced by Philip Grant.) https://data.wavefarm.org/r/k5/gy/va/WGXCDailyNews%2020151120.mp3
Friday
Nov
20
6:10 am
Columbia County ready to resume CEDC funding
Parry Teasdale is reporting in the Columbia Paper following a recommendation by its Economic Development Committee this week the Columbia County Board of Supervisors appears ready to resume funding th...
Friday
Nov
20
6:09 am
Employment up in Greene, steady in Columbia
The Daily Freeman is reporting Mid-Hudson counties had a mix of employment gains and losses in the 12-month period ending Oct. 31, the state Department of Labor reported Thu., Nov. 19. While Greene Co...
Friday
Nov
20
6:09 am
Leggio may propose cuts to retirement benefits for town employees
Katie Kocijanski is reporting in The Daily Mail outgoing Catskill Town Supervisor Joseph Leggio said Thu., Nov. 19, that the days of entitlement for retired town employees and their spouses are closin...
Friday
Nov
20
12:03 am
New York took fewer tests in 2015
Bethany Bump in Capitol Confidential reports that New York is best in the nation at not taking tests. More New York parents refused to let their children take their standardized tests last year then a...
Friday
Nov
20
12:02 am
Xerox updating state Medicaid computer from Menands
Michael DeMasi in The Albany Business Review reports that in Albany County Xerox recently moved 400 employees into a 92,000 square feet former shopping center in Menands. The company has a five-year,...
Friday
Nov
20
12:01 am
Friday, November 20, 2015 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 49F; Low 29F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 50F; Low 32F.[/caption] &nbs...
Thursday
Nov
19
11:48 am
Audio link
DOWNLOAD or play the audio version of the local headlines and weather for Wed., Nov. 18 (7:30). (Produced by Philip Grant.) https://data.wavefarm.org/r/qe/4j/m4/WGXCDailyNews%2020151119.mp3
Thursday
Nov
19
5:52 am
Farrell resigns as Catskill superintendent
Jim Planck is reporting in The Daily Mail Kathleen Farrell is retiring as superintendent of the Catskill Central School District, effective Dec. 31. The board of education unanimously accepted her res...
Thursday
Nov
19
5:52 am
Pipeline developer files application for access to Thruway corridor
William J. Kemble is reporting in the Daily Freeman Pilgrim Pipeline Holdings has submitted a use and occupancy permit application for the New York Thruway section of its proposed pipeline, the compan...
Thursday
Nov
19
5:52 am
Hamilton elected Hudson mayor; DeStefano Council president
Roger Hannigan Gilson is reporting in the Register-Star Tiffany Martin Hamilton has defeated William H. Hallenbeck Jr. to become the city of Hudson's first woman to be elected mayor. Following the cou...
Thursday
Nov
19
12:03 am
Plumbing distributor opens in Coxsackie
The Daily Freeman reports that Coxsackie has a new business with 95 new jobs. Ferguson Enterprises, the nation’s largest wholesale distributor of residential and commercial plumbing supplies, opened a...
Thursday
Nov
19
12:02 am
Chatham, Greenport incumbent supervisors defeated
Roger Hannigan Gilson and Karrie Allen are reporting in the Register-Star two town supervisor races were decided Tue., Nov. 17, as the Columbia County Board of Elections began counting absentee ballot...
Thursday
Nov
19
12:01 am
Thursday, November 19, 2015 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 58F; Low 41F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 58F; Low 43F.[/caption] &nbs...
Wednesday
Nov
18
7:47 am
WGXC local news audio link
DOWNLOAD or or play the audio version of the local headlines and weather for Wed., Nov. 18 (5:40). (Produced by Philip Grant.) https://data.wavefarm.org/r/g0/v7/23/WGXC_local_news_20151118.mp3
Wednesday
Nov
18
6:03 am
Greenport voters reject firehouse proposal
Parry Teasdale is reporting in the Columbia Paper Greenport voters Tue., Nov. 17, rejected a proposal by the Greenport Fire District to spend up to $2.7 million to replace the Becraft Pumper Company N...