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Thursday

May

28

11:30 am

Heavy rain washes sewage into North Bay

May 28, 2015 11:30 am • Staff

Arthur Cusano is reporting in the Register Star the Hudson sewage plant overflowed Wed., May 28, following the heavy thunderstorms that hit the area in the late afternoon. Hudson Department of Public...

Thursday

May

28

7:30 am

Audio link

May 28, 2015 7:30 am • Staff

PLAY full audio of Thu., May 28 local news and weather (5:45). (Produced by Philip Grant.)

Thursday

May

28

7:28 am

Greene Co. lawmakers legalize sale of sparklers

May 28, 2015 7:28 am • Staff

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="261"] Sparklers in use. (Source: Wikipedia)[/caption] Ryan Anglim is reporting in The Daily Mail the Greene County Legislature last week legalized the sale...

Thursday

May

28

6:55 am

Unemployment rates decline statewide, locally

May 28, 2015 6:55 am • Staff

The Daily Freeman is reporting unemployment rates in New York were lower in April 2015 than a year earlier, the state Department of Labor reported Wed., May 27. Columbia County had the second-lowest u...

Thursday

May

28

6:45 am

Assembly passes single-payer health care bill

May 28, 2015 6:45 am • Staff

Matthew Hamilton and Claire Hughes are reporting at Capitol Confidential the state Assembly late Wed., May 27, approved a bill that would create a single-payer health system in New York. The bill pass...

Thursday

May

28

12:03 am

Traffic, toll revenue up on Rip Van Winkle Bridge

May 28, 2015 12:03 am • Staff

The Mid-Hudson News Network reports in The Daily Freeman that traffic and revenue were up on all five Hudson River bridges in April 2015 over April 2014, according to statistics newly released by the...

Thursday

May

28

12:03 am

Cuomo advocates for raising age prosecution of adults

May 28, 2015 12:03 am • Staff

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo writes an editorial in The New York Daily News advocating for raising the age that young people are charged as adults in criminal actions. "New York shares the dubious d...

Thursday

May

28

12:01 am

Thursday, May 28, 2015 local almanac

May 28, 2015 12:01 am • Staff

Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 83F; low 54F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 83F; low 56F.[/caption] &nbs...

Wednesday

May

27

10:49 pm

Radio News: San Bernardino uses stingrays hundreds of times without warrants

May 27, 2015 10:49 pm • admin

Cyrus Farivar in ArsTechnica reports that the San Bernardino Sheriff has used a stingray cell tower impersonator hundreds of times without a warrant, "under questionable judicial authority." Wikipedia...

Wednesday

May

27

9:05 am

Audio link

May 27, 2015 9:05 am • Staff

PLAY full audio of Wed., May 27 local news and weather (6:56). (Produced by Philip Grant.)

Wednesday

May

27

6:46 am

Court rules in Ginsberg's Article 78 appeals

May 27, 2015 6:46 am • Staff

Siobhan (SHIV-on) Barton is reporting in the Register Star Columbia County Judge Richard Koweek Tue., May 26, dismissed four Article 78 appeals related to the rejected plans to build a new Ginsberg’s...

Wednesday

May

27

6:32 am

Elia named NY state education commissioner

May 27, 2015 6:32 am • Staff

Britany Horn is reporting in the Times Union the state Board of Regents Tue., May 26, chose MaryEllen Elia (EH-lee-uh) as the state's next education commissioner. The Lewiston, Niagara Co. native will...

Wednesday

May

27

12:04 am

New cameras on Amtrak will monitor engineers

May 27, 2015 12:04 am • Staff

The Associated Press is reporting Amtrak said Tue., May 26, it will install video cameras inside locomotive cabs to record the actions of train engineers. The move follows a deadly derailment earlier...

Wednesday

May

27

12:03 am

DEC asking for hunting comments

May 27, 2015 12:03 am • Staff

The Albany Times Union reports that the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is accepting public comments through June 29 on proposals for hunting and trapping of wild turkey, deer, an...

Wednesday

May

27

12:02 am

Dry conditions persist, and occasional fires

May 27, 2015 12:02 am • Staff

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="330"] From NWS.[/caption] New York's burn ban expired May 21, and now residents of towns with fewer than 20,000 people can burn small brush on their property...

Wednesday

May

27

12:01 am

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 local almanac

May 27, 2015 12:01 am • Staff

Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 85F; low 64F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 86F; low 65F.[/caption] &nbs...

Tuesday

May

26

9:48 pm

Radio News: 'Amateur Radio Newsline''s Pasternak back in hospital

May 26, 2015 9:48 pm • admin

PLAY AUDIO VERSION OF THIS REPORT (1:25) "Amateur Radio Newsline" correspondent Skeeter Nash reports that host Bill Pasternak is in hospital, stable in the ICU. The weekly news survey of amateur rad...

Tuesday

May

26

12:02 am

Weekend in review

May 26, 2015 12:02 am • Staff

PLAY audio version of this report (4:12). Some of the stories that made the news Fri., May 22 through Tue., May 26 The Daily Freeman reported a Memorial Day fire destroyed several vehicles and s...

Tuesday

May

26

12:01 am

Tuesday, May 26, 2015 local almanac

May 26, 2015 12:01 am • Staff

Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 87F; low 65F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 87F; low 66F.[/caption] &nbs...

Monday

May

25

10:12 pm

Radio News: Charter makes play for Time Warner

May 25, 2015 10:12 pm • admin

The New York Times and other outlets reported that Tue., May 26 Charter Communications will announce a $55 billion deal to buy Time Warner Cable, and a $10 billion takeover of Bright House Networks....