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Sunday

May

24

7:05 pm

Memorial Day closings, events

May 24, 2015 7:05 pm • Staff

The Daily Freeman reports on the following closed or altered services for Monday, Memorial Day. Amtrak: Sunday schedule. Banks: Closed. County offices: Closed. Columbia County Solid Waste: Closed...

Sunday

May

24

2:41 pm

Monday, May 25, 2015 local almanac

May 24, 2015 2:41 pm • Staff

Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 84F; low 62F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 85F; low 56F.[/caption] &nbs...

Sunday

May

24

12:02 am

Cuomo stops deleting public email records

May 24, 2015 12:02 am • Staff

Casey Seiler reports in Capitol Confidential that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration will stop his current policy deleting emails automatically after 90 days. Deletion will now be “entirely manual,” a...

Sunday

May

24

12:01 am

Sunday, May 24, 2015 local almanac

May 24, 2015 12:01 am • Staff

Local News Local news Click here for news from Wave Farm‘s WGXC 90.7-FM in the Hudson Valley, New York for Sun., May 24. PLAY AUDIO (3:09) Local weather forecast Today's forecast is specific to A...

Saturday

May

23

12:39 am

Gillibrand, Schumer vote with McConnell on NSA

May 23, 2015 12:39 am • Staff

New York Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer voted with Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to continue the Patriot Act's domestic spying program, which failed to get the neces...

Saturday

May

23

12:03 am

Coeymans, Hudson, Kingston on livability list

May 23, 2015 12:03 am • Staff

Online publication Niche ranked "Best Towns to Raise a Family in New York" with three locals on the list: Coeymans in Albany County at number 13, Hudson in Columbia County at number 23, and Kingston i...

Saturday

May

23

12:02 am

Radio Roundup

May 23, 2015 12:02 am • Staff

• Windham-based radio station WRIP will broadcast live from the 38th annual East Durham Irish Festival on Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24. • WGXC will host a live broadcast from a site in Columb...

Friday

May

22

8:11 pm

Saturday, May 23, 2015 local almanac

May 22, 2015 8:11 pm • Staff

Local News Local news from Wave Farm‘s WGXC 90.7-FM in the Hudson Valley, New York for Sat., May 23. PLAY AUDIO (2:49) Local weather forecast Today's forecast is specific to Acra, in Greene Count...

Friday

May

22

11:41 am

Freeze Warning and Frost Advisory tonight

May 22, 2015 11:41 am • Staff

[caption width="554" align="alignnone"] Darker blue is Freeze Warning, lighter blue is Frost Advisory.[/caption]The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a Freeze Warning for higher elevations...

Friday

May

22

7:09 am

State: No chickens at county fairs this year

May 22, 2015 7:09 am • Staff

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="180"] (Source: Wikipedia)[/caption] Emilia Teasdale is reporting in the Columbia Paper the state Department of Agriculture and Markets has placed a ban on a...

Friday

May

22

6:54 am

Greene, Columbia gained jobs in past year

May 22, 2015 6:54 am • Staff

The Daily Freeman is reporting employment rose in most Mid-Hudson and Catskills counties during the 12-month period ending April 30, the state Department of Labor reported Thu., May 21. Greene and Col...

Friday

May

22

6:39 am

State to require full review of port facility

May 22, 2015 6:39 am • Staff

Scott Waldman is reporting at Capital New York after 18 months of pressure from environmental and community groups, the state Department of Environmental Conservation has announced it will now require...

Friday

May

22

12:03 am

Taconic Parkway construction to last through June

May 22, 2015 12:03 am • Staff

The northbound side of the Taconic State Parkway, between Route 23 in Claverack, and Route 295 in Chatham, in Columbia County, will be reduced to a single lane beginning Tue., May 26, through the mont...

Friday

May

22

12:02 am

Four new local farms get funds

May 22, 2015 12:02 am • Staff

Four local farms won money from New Farmers Grant Fund, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced May 21. Columbia County's Raven & Boar got $50,000 and the Ironwood Farm got $17,748 from the grant, and Dutches...

Friday

May

22

12:01 am

Friday, May 22, 2015 local almanac

May 22, 2015 12:01 am • Staff

Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 68F; low 37F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 68F; low 37F.[/caption] &nbs...

Thursday

May

21

10:29 pm

Radio News: RadioShack sells out your email address

May 21, 2015 10:29 pm • admin

If you shop at RadioShack in Catskill, you don't have much longer to get a soldering iron or police scanner, as the chain's bankruptcy proceedings are closing that location soon. If you bought somethi...

Thursday

May

21

7:45 am

Hudson storm water project still in limbo

May 21, 2015 7:45 am • Staff

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="232"] A portion of Hudson's North Bay.(Source: Columbia Land Conservancy)[/caption] John Mason is reporting in the Register Star the city of Hudson’s plans...

Thursday

May

21

6:55 am

Chimento wins Coxsackie-Athens board seat

May 21, 2015 6:55 am • Staff

Melanie Lekocevic is reporting in The Daily Mail an election night tie ended in a victory for Christopher Chimento in the Coxsackie-Athens Board of Education race. Chimento won by one vote, ca...

Thursday

May

21

6:39 am

Assembly passes education reform bill

May 21, 2015 6:39 am • Staff

Matthew Hamilton is reporting at Capital Confidential the state Assembly Wed., May 20, passed an omnibus education reform package that addresses both the updated teacher evaluation system and the Comm...

Thursday

May

21

12:03 am

Global Partners spills a little oil at Port of Albany

May 21, 2015 12:03 am • admin

Brian Nearing in the Albany Times-Union reports that 420 gallons of either crude oil or diesel fuel spilled at the Port of Albany on May 19, but did not reach the Hudson River according to the state D...