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Thursday
May
28
11:30 am
Heavy rain washes sewage into North Bay
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
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
[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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
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
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....