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Sunday

Jul

12

12:02 am

Martens kills environmental hearing for resort

Jul 12, 2015 12:02 am • Staff

Lissa Harris in The Watershed Post reports that on his way out the door, departing Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens granted a motion to cancel the final hurdle to appr...

Sunday

Jul

12

12:01 am

Sunday, July 12, 2015 local almanac

Jul 12, 2015 12:01 am • Staff

Local News Click here for news from Wave Farm‘s WGXC 90.7-FM in the Hudson Valley, New York for Sun., July 12. PLAY AUDIO (1:50) Local weather forecast Today's forecast is specific to Acra, in Gr...

Saturday

Jul

11

12:04 am

Pipeline hearings this week locally

Jul 11, 2015 12:04 am • Staff

[caption id="attachment_43464" align="alignright" width="600"]July 7 meeting at St. Mary's of the Nativity in Nassau, attended by 200 residents from Columbia and Rennselaer Counties opposing Kinder Mo...

Saturday

Jul

11

12:03 am

Oil transportation issues draw a crowd in Kingston

Jul 11, 2015 12:03 am • Staff

William J. Kemble in The Daily Freeman that about 110 people attended a forum at Kingston City Hall July 8 about local transportation of volatile forms of crude oil and natural gas. Several pipelines...

Saturday

Jul

11

12:02 am

Radio Roundup

Jul 11, 2015 12:02 am • Staff

• ALMOST ON AIR WLPP-LP (102.9-FM), the new low-power Palenville radio station run by a pagan group, has been testing its FM signal in the past week in hopes of going on the air soon. The group's webs...

Saturday

Jul

11

12:01 am

Saturday, July 11, 2015 local almanac

Jul 11, 2015 12:01 am • Staff

Local News Local news from Wave Farm‘s WGXC 90.7-FM in the Hudson Valley, New York for Sat., July 11. PLAY AUDIO (2:49) Local weather forecast Today's forecast is specific to Acra, in Greene Coun...

Friday

Jul

10

1:47 pm

Saugerties board schooled about 'meetings'

Jul 10, 2015 1:47 pm • Staff

William J. Kemble in The Daily Freeman notes that the Saugerties School Board needs to spend some time in the library, as they seem unsure about the definition of the word "meeting." On July 7 Superin...

Friday

Jul

10

8:59 am

Audio link

Jul 10, 2015 8:59 am • Lynn Sloneker

Full audio of local headlines and weather for Fri., Jul. 10 (4:51). (Produced by Philip Grant.) https://data.wavefarm.org/r/5s/z2/p9/WGXC%20Daily%20News%20Friday07102015.mp3

Friday

Jul

10

6:57 am

Plans for Black Bridge renovation move forward

Jul 10, 2015 6:57 am • Staff

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="640"] The Black Bridge over Catskill Creek. (Photo by jag9889 from Flickr.)[/caption] Ryan Anglim is reporting in The Daily Mail the proposed $2.5 million Bl...

Friday

Jul

10

6:34 am

Hudson mayoral candidates to debate

Jul 10, 2015 6:34 am • Staff

John Mason is reporting in the Register-Star Hudson Mayor William H. Hallenbeck Jr. has challenged presumptive Democrat candidate Tiffany Martin Hamilton to debate sometime during the month of October...

Friday

Jul

10

6:16 am

Pearson to be replaced as NY testing company

Jul 10, 2015 6:16 am • Staff

Jessica Bakeman is reporting at Capital New York the state Education Department will award a $44 million contract for the development of state exams to Questar Assessment, Inc., a Minneapolis-based te...

Friday

Jul

10

12:03 am

Columbia County sheriff's deputy fired

Jul 10, 2015 12:03 am • Staff

Diane Pineiro-Zucker in The Daily Freeman reports that a Columbia County sheriff’s deputy was fired for secretly taking nude photos of a woman and posting them on the Internet, the sheriff said July 9...

Friday

Jul

10

12:02 am

Cuomo names Schneiderman special prosecutor

Jul 10, 2015 12:02 am • Staff

Josefa Velasquez and Azi Paybarah reports in Capital New York that on July 8 Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order naming Attorney General Eric Schneiderman special prosecutor on cases with...

Friday

Jul

10

12:01 am

Friday, July 10, 2015 local almanac

Jul 10, 2015 12:01 am • Staff

Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 83F; low 58F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 82F; low 60F.[/caption] &nbs...

Thursday

Jul

09

11:45 am

Audio link

Jul 09, 2015 11:45 am • Staff

Full audio of local headlines and weather for Thu., Jul. 9 (8:55). (Produced by Philip Grant.) https://data.wavefarm.org/r/zt/n1/fd/WGXC%20Daily%20News%20Thursday%2007092015.mp3

Thursday

Jul

09

7:07 am

Supervisors vote to request ABO review of CEDC

Jul 09, 2015 7:07 am • Staff

Arthur Cusano is reporting in the Register-Star the Columbia County Board of Supervisors voted Wed., Jul. 8, to request the Authorities Budget Office investigate the recent lending practices of the Co...

Thursday

Jul

09

6:45 am

Kingston event to focus on transport of crude oil

Jul 09, 2015 6:45 am • Staff

William J. Kemble is reporting in the Daily Freeman representatives from a dozen environmental groups will hold a forum and lead a march on Broadway in Kingston, Thu., Jul. 9, to protest the growing u...

Thursday

Jul

09

6:44 am

CEDC appoints interim executive director

Jul 09, 2015 6:44 am • Staff

John Mason is reporting in the Register-Star the Columbia Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors has enlisted F. Michael Tucker, former head of Albany’s Center for Economic Growth, as the...

Thursday

Jul

09

6:17 am

Schumer vows to fight potential Title I cuts

Jul 09, 2015 6:17 am • Staff

Dan Freedman is reporting at Capitol Confidential U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said he would fight a Senate amendment that would possibly reduce federal funding aimed at assisting public schools with stude...

Thursday

Jul

09

12:03 am

Chatham program educates about animal cruelty

Jul 09, 2015 12:03 am • Staff

David Lee in The Columbia Paper reports that 66 New York State Police, and deputy sheriffs from several counties, and local animal control officers attended the second annual Investigating Equine Crue...