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Thursday
Feb
19
7:50 am
Board denies Masne Tashbar wastewater plant
Jim Planck is reporting in The Daily Mail following a lengthy review, the Hunter Town Board Tue., Feb. 17, denied a request by the Machne Tashbar summer religious retreat and camp to create its own, p...
Thursday
Feb
19
6:50 am
Hudson Common Council drops bid for lawyer
John Mason is reporting in the Register Star the Hudson Common Council will not have the right to pick its own attorney, at least for now. At a meeting of the full Council Tue., Feb. 17, a resolution...
Thursday
Feb
19
6:47 am
Bill introduced to ban proper names in law titles
Casey Seiler is reporting at Capitol Confidential Assembly member Barbara Clark has introduced a bill that would amend legislative law to ban a measure from being introduced with a short title that co...
Thursday
Feb
19
12:04 am
McLaughlin and Reid part ways
[caption width="134" align="alignleft"] Martin Reid, from Rensselaer County Legislature website.[/caption][caption width="134" align="alignright"]Steve McLaughlin, from State Assembly website.[/captio...
Thursday
Feb
19
12:03 am
Community-owned wind farm starting near Ithaca
Scott Waldman reports in Capital New York that a proposed wind farm near Ithaca will be the first community-owned wind farm in the state. Marguerite Wells, an organic flower farmer, there has raised m...
Thursday
Feb
19
12:02 am
Lyme ticks emerging earlier with climate change
[caption width="230" align="alignleft"] From Wikipedia.[/caption]The Associated Press in The Daily Freeman reports that a Hudson Valley researcher says ticks that carry Lyme disease are emerging earli...
Thursday
Feb
19
12:01 am
Thursday, February 19, 2015 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 16F; low -6F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 16F; low -7F.[/caption] &nbs...
Wednesday
Feb
18
7:19 am
Hop-O-Nose gets HUD funds for building fixes
Jim Planck is reporting in The Daily Mail the Catskill Housing Authority has been awarded $114,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The agency operates the 80-unit affordable...
Wednesday
Feb
18
6:49 am
Ulster lawmakers vote opposition to pipeline
Patricia Doxsey is reporting in the Daily Freeman the Ulster County Legislature went on the record Tue., Feb. 17, in opposition to the proposed 178-mile Pilgrim Pipeline. That pipeline would pass thro...
Wednesday
Feb
18
12:04 am
West Virginia oil train accident affects New York
A large CSX oil train explosion Feb. 16 in West Virginia had an immediate impact in Albany, with several politicians making statements. Photos of the large accident along the Kanawha River might be si...
Wednesday
Feb
18
12:03 am
Coeymans considers banning landfills
Bryan Rowzee in the Ravena News-Herald reports that Coeymans town officials are considering a ban on landfills. Town officials are attempting to move current maps online, so Rowzee notes the discussio...
Wednesday
Feb
18
12:02 am
Hudson River bridges converting to LED lights
[caption width="240" align="alignleft"] Rip Van Winkle Bridge, from Wikipedia.[/caption]Mid-Hudson News reports that the New York State Bridge Authority is converting the Hudson River bridges to LED l...
Wednesday
Feb
18
12:01 am
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 23F; low -3F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 22F; low -2F.[/caption] &nbs...
Tuesday
Feb
17
6:59 am
Coxsackie GOP endorses village candidates
Melanie Lekocevic is reporting in The Daily Mail the Coxsackie Republicans have endorsed candidates in the upcoming village elections. Incumbents Mayor Mark Evans, Deputy Mayor Stephen Hanse and Trust...
Tuesday
Feb
17
6:47 am
Conservation deal helps secure ag center future
John Mason is reporting in the Register Star the future of the Copake Agricultural Center is more secure, following the announcement last week that its 189 acres are now protected for agriculture. The...
Tuesday
Feb
17
6:29 am
Senator backs away from vaccine exemption bill
Dan Goldberg is reporting at Capital New York a bill that would make it easier for parents to obtain a vaccine exemption for their children has lost its support in the state Senate. Sen. Martin Dilan,...
Tuesday
Feb
17
12:01 am
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 23F; low -3F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 22F; low -2F.[/caption] &nbs...
Monday
Feb
16
5:42 am
Weekend in review
Some of the stories that made the news Fri., Feb. 13 through Mon., Feb. 16 Casey Seiler reported at Capitol Confidential Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s state Operations Director Jim Malatras, has written a...
Monday
Feb
16
12:01 am
Monday, February 16, 2015 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 13F; low 0F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 14F; low 2F.[/caption] ...
Sunday
Feb
15
12:03 am
Local towns solar power plans in jeopardy
Larry Rulison in thw Albany Times-Union reports about the changing solar power industry, and new laws that may affect locals. In Greene County, towns such as Cairo have started small solar farms latel...