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Thursday

Jun

11

12:03 am

Tivoli may fight vandalism with surveillance

Jun 11, 2015 12:03 am • Staff

Julio Olivencia in the River Chronicle reports that Tivoli village officials are considering surveillance cameras after the bathrooms at Tivoli Memorial Recreation Park have been repeatedly vandalized...

Thursday

Jun

11

12:02 am

Rensselaer Chamber president Hillman resigns

Jun 11, 2015 12:02 am • Staff

Robin K. Cooper in the Albany Business Review reports Linda Hillman is resigning after 15 years as president of Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce. Hillman more than doubled the organizat...

Thursday

Jun

11

12:01 am

Thursday, June 11, 2015 local almanac

Jun 11, 2015 12:01 am • Staff

Today is Day 8 of the WGXC Radio Active Summer 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...

Wednesday

Jun

10

11:15 pm

Radio News: England is using 'stingrays' to sweep up cell data

Jun 10, 2015 11:15 pm • admin

Sky News in England have discovered fake mobile phone masts used to eavesdrop on telephone conversations in London. The International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) catchers are known as "stingrays...

Wednesday

Jun

10

8:30 am

Audio link

Jun 10, 2015 8:30 am • Staff

Full audio of the Wed., Jun. 10 headlines and weather (6:11). (Produced by Philip Grant.) http://data.wavefarm.org/r/g4/23/0t/WGXC%20Daily%20News%20Wednesday%2006102015%20corrected.mp3

Wednesday

Jun

10

6:51 am

Town board turns down tennis courts offer

Jun 10, 2015 6:51 am • Staff

Gail Heinsohn is reporting in the Chatham Courier the Chatham Town Board Mon., Jun. 8, rejected Adam Slone’s Life Serve Youth Foundation’s offer to build tennis courts at Crellin Park. Slone made the...

Wednesday

Jun

10

6:33 am

Opponents of tax credit threaten to sue

Jun 10, 2015 6:33 am • Staff

Rick Karlin is reporting at Capitol Confidential civil liberties groups, members of the Assembly Democrats and the state’s education establishment are threatening to take legal action if Gov. Andrew M...

Wednesday

Jun

10

12:02 am

Smoking rates in New York at lowest level ever

Jun 10, 2015 12:02 am • Staff

The Associated Press is reporting statewide smoking rates in New York are at their lowest recorded levels, according to officials. The state health department reported 7.3 percent of all New York high...

Wednesday

Jun

10

12:02 am

Albany County officials host oil train accident forum

Jun 10, 2015 12:02 am • Staff

Scott Waldman in Capitol New York reports Albany County executive Dan McCoy hosted a forum June 8 to address the dangers posed by the great number of oil trains now moving through New York. “Until you...

Wednesday

Jun

10

12:01 am

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 local almanac

Jun 10, 2015 12:01 am • Staff

Today is Day 7 of the WGXC Radio Active Summer 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...

Tuesday

Jun

09

11:36 pm

Radio News: Unlicensed airwaves may be coming to a new, digital CB radio

Jun 09, 2015 11:36 pm • admin

The "Citizens Broadband Radio Service" is just like what it sounds, a sort of digital version of the CB radios that became a fad in the mid-1970s, and are still used by truck drivers. The Federal Comm...

Tuesday

Jun

09

9:01 am

Audio link

Jun 09, 2015 9:01 am • Staff

Full audio of the Tue., Jun. 9 headlines and weather (6:15). (Produced by Philip Grant.) http://data.wavefarm.org/r/qp/g3/6p/WGXC%20Daily%20News%20Tuesday%2006092015.mp3

Tuesday

Jun

09

7:26 am

CEDC may expand commerce park sewer, water

Jun 09, 2015 7:26 am • Staff

Katie Kocijanski is reporting in the Register Star the Columbia Economic Development Corporation is exploring the possible expansion of the Gerald R. Simons Commerce Park sewer and water system. The p...

Tuesday

Jun

09

7:05 am

Chatham ZBA approves PS21 permanent building

Jun 09, 2015 7:05 am • Staff

Gail Heinsohn is reporting in the Chatham Courier the PS21's application to build a permanent structure has been approved by the Chatham Zoning Board of Appeals. The town reached an agreement with the...

Tuesday

Jun

09

6:36 am

State Senate passes Safe Act rollback

Jun 09, 2015 6:36 am • Staff

Casey Seiler is reporting in the Times Union the state Senate Mon., Jun. 8, approved a bill that would amend elements of the 2013 SAFE Act gun control law. Among its provisions, the measure would scra...

Tuesday

Jun

09

12:03 am

Kinderhook park sale needs state approval

Jun 09, 2015 12:03 am • Staff

Emilia Teasdale in The Columbia Paper reports that Kinderhook will sell the former Town Hall and surrounding parkland in Niverville if a bill passes in Albany this week before the legislative session...

Tuesday

Jun

09

12:02 am

Couple reimagine Catskill Game Farm

Jun 09, 2015 12:02 am • Staff

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] From Wikipedia.[/caption] Paula Ann Mitchell in The Daily Freeman reports that Ben and Cathy Ballone are attempting to reopen the Catskill Game Farm...

Tuesday

Jun

09

12:01 am

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 local almanac

Jun 09, 2015 12:01 am • Staff

Today is Day 6 of the WGXC Radio Active Summer 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...

Monday

Jun

08

11:16 pm

Radio News: Wireless industry sues to stop Berkeley's EMF warning

Jun 08, 2015 11:16 pm • admin

There aren't many places left with virtually no radio waves. In the United States, just near Green Bank, West Virginia in the "U.S. National Radio Quiet Zone," a 13,000–square-mile area where most typ...

Monday

Jun

08

6:58 am

Audio link

Jun 08, 2015 6:58 am • Staff

Full audio of the Mon., Jun. 8 Weekend in Review (5:34). (Produced by Philip Grant.) http://data.wavefarm.org/r/am/jx/s7/WGXC%20Weekend%20in%20review%2006072015.mp3