Local News
Click here for news from Wave Farm‘s WGXC 90.7-FM in the Hudson Valley, New York for Sun., Aug. 9. PLAY AUDIO (3:20)

Local weather forecast
Today's forecast is specific to Acra, in Greene County.

• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81, and a low around 60.

• Monday: Isolated showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Monday night there is a 70 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 7 p.m., with a low around 64.

• Tuesday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a high near 73.

Sunrise 5:57 a.m.
Sunset 8:04 p.m.
Other celestial rises/sets
Moon 1:30 A.M. 4:16 P.M.
Mercury 7:20 A.M. 8:52 P.M.
Venus 7:04 A.M. 7:52 P.M.
Mars 4:31 A.M. 7:20 P.M.
Jupiter 7:04 A.M. 8:40 P.M.
Saturn 2:35 P.M. 12:27 A.M.
Uranus 10:29 P.M. 11:31 A.M.
Neptune 8:56 P.M. 7:59 A.M.
Pluto 5:58 P.M. 3:26 A.M.

WGXC Programming

6:00am
In Case You Missed It: 20150809
8:00am
Children's Storytime: 20150809
8:30am
TBA: Tell Us A Tale
9:00am
WGXC Morning Show: 20150809
11:00am
TBA
12:00pm
In The Cut: 20150809
2:00pm
Latinoamerica: 20150809
4:00pm
Li Le, Li Tan: 20150809
5:00pm
The Bangla Show: 20150809
6:00pm
Everything Is Real Radio: 20150809
8:00pm
The Irish Show: 20150809
10:00pm
Rock 'n' Roll Martian: 20150809

The Daily Freeman reports that the Department of Environmental Conservation is increasing the allowable take of antlerless deer in Ulster, Orange, Sullivan, Albany, Westchester, Suffolk, Niagara, Erie, Wyoming, Orleans, Genesee, Monroe, Livingston, Steuben, Wayne, Ontario, Yates, Seneca, and Cayuga counties. “Deer are a keystone game species in New York, and responsible management requires periodic adjustment of hunting rules to ensure that deer populations are compatible with local socioeconomic interests as well as maintaining a balanced ecosystem,” the department’s acting commissioner, Marc Gerstman, said in a press release. The first 15 days of the early-bow hunting season and all of the late bow and muzzleloader seasons are valid for antlerless deer only in those management units. Read the full story in The Daily Freeman.

• RADIO RAFFLE The Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Society is holding a picnic 10 a.m. Sun., Aug. 9 at the Claverack Town Park. There will be hot dogs, and a radio raffle of a Baofeng 220MHz/2METER HT.

• WGXC continues to accept applications for local programmers. There are several possibilities:
* Community affairs shows can be hosted in WGXC studios in Acra, Catksill, or Hudson.
* Youth shows air from 3:30-4 p.m. Mon-Sat.
* Join a team of broadcasters on the "WGXC Morning Show" or "WGXC Afternoon Show" from Acra, Catksill, or Hudson.
* Music shows in the afternoon or evening.
* Radio art on Saturdays and late at night.
Send an email to info@wgxc.org or go to wgxc.org for an online application.

Local News
Local news from Wave Farm‘s WGXC 90.7-FM in the Hudson Valley, New York for Sat., Aug. 8. PLAY AUDIO (2:40)

Local weather forecast
Today's forecast is specific to Acra, in Greene County.

• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78, and a low around 57.

• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 79, and a low around 58.

• Monday: Scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 78.

Sunrise 5:56 a.m.
Sunset 8:05 p.m.
Other celestial rises/sets
Moon 12:44 A.M. 3:18 P.M.
Mercury 7:15 A.M. 8:52 P.M.
Venus 7:11 A.M. 7:58 P.M.
Mars 4:31 A.M. 7:22 P.M.
Jupiter 7:06 A.M. 8:44 P.M.
Saturn 2:38 P.M. 12:31 A.M.
Uranus 10:33 P.M. 11:35 A.M.
Neptune 9:00 P.M. 8:03 A.M.
Pluto 6:02 P.M. 3:30 A.M.

WGXC Programming

12:05am
Footings, Rick From Pile, Metal Mountains
3:00am
Selected Songs: Quintron
5:05am
CounterSpin: Jodi Jacobsen, John R. Platt
6:00am
Rumble Strip Vermont: Michael Chorney
7:00am
Off The Hook: 20150808
8:00am
Amateur Radio Newsline: U.S. Navy
8:30am
Glenn Hauser's World of Radio: 20150801
9:00am
The Cutty Strange: Jorge Bachmann
10:00am
The RAIN Report: Carole Perry
10:30am
Radio Wonderland: 20150808
11:00am
Saturday Morning Serial: Anna Ialeggio's Whatever Signifies the Firmament
12:05pm
Other Music: Radio Potluck Audio Buffet
4:00pm
Saturday Afternoon Show: Lanalog
10:00pm
Tabs Out: Sean Stellfox

Matthew Hamilton in the Albany Times Union reports that prison reforms are being discussed after the June escape from the Clinton Correctional Facility, and the correctional officers union wants to make sure it is included in that conversation. "Our client's perspective here is that we're going to fully cooperate," said Dennis Vacco, whose law firm has joined the union's legal team. "We fully expect to be a direct and substantial participant in the formulation of the policies and procedures that come out of this inquiry." Amid the manhunt for convicted killers Richard Matt and David Sweat, Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed state Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott to probe how the escape occurred, and see what reforms are needed. Read the full story in the Albany Times-Union.

Full audio of the local headlines and weather for Fri., Aug. 7 (6:32). (Produced by Philip Grant.)

https://data.wavefarm.org/r/1n/y9/st/WGXC%20Daily%20News%20Friday%2008072015.mp3

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="539"] Ricky Cramer Memorial Field in Jefferson Heighs.
(Google image)[/caption]

Jim Planck is reporting in The Daily Mail the town of Catskill is seeking state funding to resolve infrastructure issues at Ricky Cramer Memorial Field, the baseball diamond located in Jefferson Heights. An application requesting $35,000 in support was submitted last week to the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The intention is to make drainage improvements for surface water problems at the field. A representative of Delaware Engineering told the board a steep embankment to the northwest of the field generates groundwater seepage onto the field, making the new drainage system necessary. Other improvements slated for the town-owned recreational facility would include the addition of fencing and lighting, the creation of a permanent parking area and an improved playground and recreational area. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.

Kenneth C. Crowe is reporting in the Times Union a 52-year-old man was reported fighting for his life after being pulled from Oakdale Lake in Hudson Thu., Aug. 6. The man went into the lake in an attempt to retrieve a soccer ball kicked into a non-swimming area of the lake, city police said. The unidentified man went into the lake tethered by a rope, and was lost when someone either lost their grip on the rope or he slipped out of the knot. He went under in the portion of the lake that is 12 to 15 feet deep. It took members of the Hudson Fire Department, Hudson Police Department and the Greenport Rescue Dive Team 26 minutes to find the man in the murky water and pull him out. He was taken to Columbia Memorial Hospital where, according to police, "...he is fighting for his life." Read the full story in the Times Union.

Andrea Sears is reporting for Public News Service New York state could soon be generating enough renewable energy to replace the nuclear power produced at the 40-year-old Indian Point Energy Center in Westchester County. This week, Governor Andrew Cuomo celebrated the "topping off" of construction of Solar City, a factory in Buffalo expected to make enough solar panels each year to produce 1,000 megawatts of power. Tim Judson, executive director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, says Solar City could be a "game-changer." "This factory in Buffalo is going to produce enough solar panels to equal half of Indian Point every year, which is the largest solar factory, probably in the world, at this point," he says. A 2012 study found improved energy efficiency and renewable energy sources could replace Indian Point by 2022. Judson says with the state ramping up its renewable energy programs, that time could be even sooner. Entergy, the company that owns Indian Point, calls nuclear power "clean energy" – and notes the plant employs about 1,000 full-time workers. Entergy has asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to extend Indian Point's expiring operating licenses for another 20 years, but opponents say it isn't needed. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced the city – which uses power equivalent to one-quarter of the plants' output – will receive all its energy from renewable sources within a few years. Judson says the New York City Council is also poised to pass a resolution opposing the license extensions. "New York City government shifting to renewable energy is a great first step in ensuring Indian Point will close, and that it'll be replaced with truly clean energy sources," says Judson. Opponents of nuclear power are calling the EPA's Clean Power Plan, released on Monday, a victory because it removed a provision that would have allowed states to count existing nuclear power plants toward their clean energy goals.

Play the full audio version of this report (1:47):

https://data.wavefarm.org/r/9y/sc/ya/RenewablesReplaceNuclear_PublicNewsService_20150806.mp3

 

Julia Reischel in The Watershed Post reports that Department of Environmental Conservation Officer Anthony Glorioso rescued a bear cub stuck up a tree in the town of Windham Aug. 3. Glorioso borrowed a local construction company’s boom crane to get up 65 feet, where the bear was wedged in the tree. The officer used a chainsaw to free the bear and bring it back to earth. Read the full story in The Watershed Post.

Crain's New York reports the state has added sewage spills to its alert system. "These alerts give the public the opportunity to protect themselves from exposure when there's a sewage spill," said Dan Shapley, water quality program manager for Riverkeeper, an activist group that work to protect the Hudson River. "But just as important, the alerts really raise awareness of the decaying state of our water treatment infrastructure and the need to make significant investments." Albany passed the "Sewage Pollution Right to Know" law in 2012 and was supposed to be implemented by May 2013. Now the state Department of Environmental Conservation is acting, requiring plant operators to report discharges of untreated and partially treated sewage from public sewers and treatment systems to the DEC within two hours of discovery and to notify the public and adjoining municipalities within four hours. Environmental Advocates of New York said sewer overflows discharg about 1.2 billion gallons of raw sewage into the Hudson River in the Albany area annually. On July 12, 7,700 gallons of raw sewage spilled into Coxsackie Creek in Greene County, from the Village of Coxsackie Wastewater Treatment Plant. Read the full story in Crain's New York.

Weather right now


[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 82F; low 55F.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 82F; low 57F.[/caption]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAR LEFT: The temperature on the far left is from the Hawthorne Valley Farm Weather Page.
MIDDLE TEMP: Cairo from Weather Underground page.
FAR RIGHT: Catskill from Weather Underground page.

Local weather forecast
Today’s forecast is specific to Catskill, in Greene County:

Today: Mostly sunny. High near 82. Friday night, partly cloudy. Low around 58.

Forecast for the next three days:
Saturday: Mostly sunny. High near 82. Saturday night, partly cloudy. Low around 59.
Sunday: A slight chance of showers after noon. Mostly sunny. High near 84. Sunday night, partly cloudy. Low around 60.
Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Partly sunny. High near 82. Monday night, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. Low around 64.

Sunrise today: 5:55 a.m.
Sunset today: 8:07 p.m.
Length of the day: 14:12 hrs.

Public meetings
Today is the first Friday of the month.
WGXC suggests calling ahead to confirm time and location.
(All numbers are in the 518 area code unless otherwise noted.)

HUDSON Common Council Diversity Sub-committee, 5 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).

Full audio of local headlines and weather for Thu., Aug. 6 (5:43). (Produced by Philip Grant.)

https://data.wavefarm.org/r/c3/k3/dv/WGXC%20Daily%20News%20Thursday%2008062015.mp3

Jim Planck is reporting in The Daily Mail the Greene County Industrial Development Agency has taken a one-year option on more than 61 acres of land in Leeds. IDA Executive Director Rene VanSchaack made the announcement at a meeting of the Catskill Town Board, Tue., Aug. 5. The main site is located on the south side of County Route 23B, west of the New York State Thruway. The property is listed on the tax maps as owned by members of the Carl, Knoll and Morton families. The IDA has been seeking property for a development project within the town of Catskill for at least a year, and with the construction of the Leeds-Jefferson Heights sewer project nearing reality that goal is now feasible, VanSchaack said. He said the next step is the State Environmental Quality Review process. The IDA is considering three or four options for the site. The first option is to “try to bring something that will support tourism,” such as “attractions, hospitality [venues], or high-end sites,” VanSchaack said. The second concept would focus on restaurants and special retail shopping. The third option could include a small distribution facility or business park. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.

Michael Ryan is reporting in the Windham Journal the Community of Windham Foundation handed out its T. Patrick Meehan Community Service awards Fri., Jul. 31. Kathy Falke, an active local volunteer, and highway superintendent Thomas Hoyt were presented with the award named in memory of the late town supervisor Pat Meehan during the annual Civil War Heritage Music Gathering and Encampment at the Centre Church. Hoyt shared his award with the five members of the town's road crew, Gary Thorington, Troy Aplin, Ed Ohl, Mark Smith and Michael Mattice. Foundation chairman John Quinn said of Falke, “She is the kind of citizen who makes Windham a great place to live, work and flourish.” Hoyt worked alongside Meehan for many years and carries a similar sense of what matters most, getting done what needs to get done, Quinn said. The Meehan community service award was established to honor Meehan and to keep his spirit of community service alive. Read the full story in the Windham Journal.

The Associated Press is reporting the New York State Police are targeting speeding motorists with a stepped-up enforcement effort. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the crack down, Wed., Aug. 5. The effort will continue through next Tuesday. Speeding was a contributing factor in crashes that killed more than 350 people in 2013. Another 19,000 people were injured in speed-related crashes that year. During the period of stepped-up enforcement, troopers in marked and unmarked cars will also target drunken driving, seatbelt violations and distracted driving. A similar effort last year resulted in 22,000 traffic tickets being issued, with just under half of them for speeding violations.

Matthew Hamilton reports in Capitol Confidential that the challenger to incumbent Republican state Sen. Kathy Marchione -- who represents a district that includes parts of Columbia and Rensslear counties -- is airing his first television ad more than a year before the election. “One of the things we are trying to do also is simply raise just general name recognition,” says Shaun Francis, a Democrat, with an uphill battle. That starts with a $1,200 buy on cable TV. “When it comes to next year and polling starts to happen by DSCC and other groups, if they’re polling and people are saying, ‘Oh my God, I’ve never even heard of this person,’ that doesn’t bode well,” Francis said. Read the full story in Capitol Confidential.

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Debby Mayer in The Columbia Paper reports that Germantown changed its building fees July 27. One-year residential building permits are now 40 cents per square foot, with a $50 minimum, with agricultural permits just paying a flat $50 fee. In-ground swimming pools cost a $75 fee, aboveground $50. A fence permit costs $50 for the first 200 linear feet, and $20 for each additional 100 linear feet. A certificate of occupancy is now $25 per residential unit. A demolition permit is $50 per residential building and $100 per commercial building. A search and/or verification of records now costs $35. The next Germantown board meeting is at 7 p.m., Mon., Aug. 24. Read the full story in The Columbia Paper.

Weather right now


[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 79F; low 53F.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 80F; low 56F.[/caption]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAR LEFT: The temperature on the far left is from the Hawthorne Valley Farm Weather Page.
MIDDLE TEMP: Cairo from Weather Underground page.
FAR RIGHT: Catskill from Weather Underground page.

Local weather forecast
Today’s forecast is specific to Catskill, in Greene County:

Today: Mostly sunny. High near 82. Thursday night, partly cloudy. Low around 56.

Forecast for the next three days:
Friday: Mostly sunny. High near 83. Friday night, partly cloudy. Low around 57.
Saturday: Mostly sunny. High near 84. Saturday night, partly cloudy. Low around 59.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. High near 83. Sunday night, Partly cloudy. Low around 61.

Sunrise today: 5:54 a.m.
Sunset today: 8:08 p.m.
Length of the day: 14:14 hrs.

Public meetings
Today is the first Thursday of the month.
WGXC suggests calling ahead to confirm time and location.
(All numbers are in the 518 area code unless otherwise noted.)

ANCRAM Planning Board meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 1416 County Rte. 7, Ancram (329-6512).
ASHLAND Planning Board meeting, 6 p.m. at Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland (734-3636).
AUSTERLITZ Planning Board meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 812 Route 203, Spencertown (392-3260).
COPAKE Planning Board meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
COXSACKIE Planning Board meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 16 Reed St., Coxsackie (731-2727).
GHENT Town Board informational planning and working session, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 2306 State Route 66, Ghent (392-4644).
KINDERHOOK Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 4 Church St, Niverville (784-2233).
STUYVESANT Board meeting workshop, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Dr., Stuyvesant (758-6248).
WINDHAM Town Board meeting, 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).

Full audio of the local headlines and weather for Wed., Aug. 5 (6:06). (Produced by Tom Roe.)

https://data.wavefarm.org/r/v2/50/1j/WGXC_local_news_20150805.mp3