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Thursday
Aug
20
7:55 am
Ulster Co. adopts 'green fleet policy'
Patricia Doxsey is reporting in the Daily Freeman the Ulster County Legislature Tue., Aug. 18, adopted a law establishing a countywide “sustainable green fleet policy,” designed to reduce emissions, d...
Thursday
Aug
20
7:32 am
ADK Council weighs in against oil tankers park
Rick Karlin is reporting at Capitol Confidential the Adirondack Council is calling on Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to stop a shipping company from its plan to use tracks deep in the Adirondack Park as a stora...
Thursday
Aug
20
12:03 am
Rensselaer legislators respond to pipeline with water law
Kenneth C. Crowe II reports in the Albany Times-Union that both Republican and Democratic legislators in Rensselaer County are backing the Drinking Water Protection Law, which is being proposed in res...
Thursday
Aug
20
12:02 am
Schoharie board responsible for cost overruns
Shivani Gonzalez in the Albany Times-Union reports that the Schoharie County Board of Supervisors asked state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office to find out just how a $21 million project to repair six...
Thursday
Aug
20
12:01 am
Thursday, August 20, 2015 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 85F; low 65F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 85F; low 67F.[/caption] &nbs...
Wednesday
Aug
19
8:56 am
Audio link
Full audio of local headlines and weather for Wed., Aug. 19 (9:57). (Produced by Tom Roe.) https://data.wavefarm.org/r/ty/ek/1k/WGXC_local_news_20150819.mp3
Wednesday
Aug
19
7:03 am
Durham board closes creekside beaches
Kate Seckinger is reporting in The Daily Mail the Durham Town Board Tue., Aug. 18, voted unanimously to close Catskill Creek to all activities other than fishing for the duration of the summer. The bo...
Wednesday
Aug
19
6:47 am
Common Council green lights $100K to Galvin
John Mason is reporting in the Register Star Hudson Common Council voted Tue., Aug. 18, to contribute $100,000 to the senior center project, in the former armory building at 5th and State Streets now...
Wednesday
Aug
19
6:19 am
State touts new emergency response system
Matthew Hamilton is reporting at Capitol Confidential Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's office announced Mon., Aug. 17, the state has created a new emergency response system that local governments will have acce...
Wednesday
Aug
19
12:04 am
Advocates push to curb solitary confinement
Public News Service reports, "Prisoner advocates are asking state legislators to pass a bill that would dramatically alter the use of solitary confinement in New York prisons and jails. Last year, the...
Wednesday
Aug
19
12:03 am
Police looking for missing Camphill Ghent man
[caption width="249" align="alignleft"] Photo from The Columbia Paper.[/caption]The Columbia Paper reported State Police were looking for Douglas Fithian, 82, on Aug. 17, after he was last seen at the...
Wednesday
Aug
19
12:02 am
Kinder Morgan upsets Nassau officials
Brian Nearing in the Albany Times-Union reported that Nassau town officials aren't happy with Kinder Morgan, the company trying to put a natural gas pipeline through southern Rensselaer County. Town o...
Wednesday
Aug
19
12:01 am
Wednesday, August 19, 2015 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 87F; low 66F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 86F; low 67F.[/caption] &nbs...
Tuesday
Aug
18
12:01 pm
Audio link
Full audio of the local headlines and weather for Tue., Aug. 18 (6:18). (Produced by Neva Wartell.) https://data.wavefarm.org/r/1m/66/t9/WGXCNews_20150818.mp3
Tuesday
Aug
18
12:06 am
Dutchess, Ulster air quality warning Tuesday
The Daily Freeman reports that the state Department of Environmental Conservation and state Department of Health issued an air quality advisory for Ulster, Dutchess, Delaware counties, and points sout...
Tuesday
Aug
18
12:05 am
Ulster County considering $15 minimum wage
Patricia Doxsey in The Daily Freeman reports that Ulster County Legislature Chairman John Parete proposed a $15-an-hour minimum wage for county employees. “If we’re going to try to save the world, we’...
Tuesday
Aug
18
12:04 am
Hudson schools can track buses
Jeanette Wolfberg reports in The Columbia Paper that Hudson school officials and parents will know where their children are this fall, as wireless radio tracking devices are installed in school buses....
Tuesday
Aug
18
12:03 am
Germantown schools raise taxes
Katie Kocijanski in the Register-Star reports the Germantown Board of Education increased school taxes for the first time in three years, adopting an increased tax levy of 1.37 percent on Aug. 12. Dis...
Tuesday
Aug
18
12:02 am
Greene, Columbia have high ACA enrollment
Greene and Columbia counties both have high rates of enrollment in the Affordable Care Act, according to data compiled by Politico.com. In Columbia County, 10 percent of residents are enrolled in the...
Tuesday
Aug
18
12:01 am
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 78F; low 54F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 79F; low 56F.[/caption] &nbs...