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Thursday
Apr
16
8:49 am
Schneiderman: Raise the minimum wage
Laura Nahmias is reporting at Capital New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has now taken up the cause to raise the minimum wage in New York. A similar effort by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo failed earl...
Thursday
Apr
16
12:03 am
Columbia County trail extended in Copake
The Mid-Hudson News Network reports that the Harlem Valley Rail Trail was extended by 1.2 miles in the Town of Copake this week. The paved addition extends the trail from the entrance of Taconic State...
Thursday
Apr
16
12:02 am
In Hudson, talk of summer swimming
It may just barely be spring, and it was April first, but Jeanette Wolfberg in The Columbia Paper reports that at the Hudson Common Council’s Youth and Aging Committee meeting, talk turned to summer s...
Thursday
Apr
16
12:01 am
Thursday, April 16, 2015 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 68F; low 46F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 66F; low 47F.[/caption] &nbs...
Wednesday
Apr
15
7:23 pm
Radio News: Colorado AM station flips formats from sports to marijuana
Wayne Heilman in the Colorado Springs Gazette reports that a business there has leased time on KHIG (1580-AM), flipping the format from all sports talk programming from Fox Sports and ESPN, to a pro-m...
Wednesday
Apr
15
6:57 am
Pete Lopez announces bid for U.S. Congress
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Assembly member Pete Lopez. (Source: assembly.state.ny.us)[/caption] Siobhan (SHIV-on) Barton is reporting in The Daily Mail state Assembly member Pet...
Wednesday
Apr
15
6:42 am
American Legion under investigation in crash
Patricia Doxsey is reporting in the Daily Freeman the American Legion in Tivoli is being investigated for the role it might have played in the early 2014 crash that left two Bard College students dead...
Wednesday
Apr
15
6:30 am
Keeler to seek second term as county treasurer
Siobhan (SHIV-von) Barton writes in the Register Star Columbia County Treasurer Paul “P.J.” Keeler has announced plans to seek re-election in November. He will ask for the endorsement of the Republica...
Wednesday
Apr
15
6:28 am
Pro-Common Core group urges 'opt in'
Jessica Bakeman is reporting at Capital New York High Achievement New York will launch a six-figure radio and digital advertising campaign Wed., Apr. 15, encouraging parents to “opt in” their children...
Wednesday
Apr
15
6:20 am
Red Flag Warning in effect through afternoon
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a Red Flag Warning east central New York, including Greene, Columbia, Rensselaer, Albany, Dutchess and Ulster counties, from late Wednesday morning th...
Wednesday
Apr
15
12:03 am
Students, most of them, begin taking tests
Most third-, fourth- and fifth-graders began taking tests today, in an attempt to measure progress in the Common Core curriculum. Some parents are having their children opt out of the tests, either as...
Wednesday
Apr
15
12:02 am
More bears taken by hunters in Catskills
Julia Reischel in the Watershed Post reports that hunters in New York's Southern Zone killed a record 1,110 bears in 2014, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The...
Wednesday
Apr
15
12:01 am
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 65F; low 34F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 64F; low 36F.[/caption] &nbs...
Tuesday
Apr
14
7:39 pm
Radio News: Wheeler's AM radio ideas for FCC don't go far enough for some
Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler signaled with a blog post April 13 that he's ready to move forward on the AM radio "revitalization" plan, with a Report and Order that, "will but...
Tuesday
Apr
14
7:15 am
Ferguson warehouse nearing completion
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="655"] A Ferguson Enterprises Distribution Center.(Source: ferguson.com)[/caption] Melanie Lekocevic is reporting in The Daily Mail the construction of the Fe...
Tuesday
Apr
14
6:47 am
Lincoln funeral train commemoration lacks funds
Jeanette Wolfberg is reporting in the Columbia Paper some of the events planned to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination face cancellation unless funding is identified t...
Tuesday
Apr
14
6:30 am
Texting-while-driving tickets up 35 percent
Matthew Hamilton is reporting at Capitol Confidential Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Mon., Apr. 13, tickets for texting while driving were up 35 percent statewide from 2013 to 2014. Police issued more...
Tuesday
Apr
14
12:03 am
Legislators hide pay raise mechanism in bill
Tom Precious in the Buffalo News reports that while state lawmakers did not pass a pay raise for themselves this year, they did hide a way for a raise that they will not require an on-the-record vote....
Tuesday
Apr
14
12:02 am
Taconic Parkway roadwork closes one lane
The State Department of Transportation reports that roadwork on Taconic State Parkway northbound between Route 217 in Ghent through the north end in Chatham will close the left lane now through April...
Tuesday
Apr
14
12:01 am
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 67F; low 41F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 67F; low 42F.[/caption] &nbs...