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Saturday
May
25
12:01 am
Saturday, May 25, 2013 local almanac
Local weather forecast Today's forecast is specific to Acra, in Greene County. • Saturday: Rain. High near 53. Breezy, with a northwest wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Low around...
Friday
May
24
6:49 am
Col. County DA drops first SAFE Act charge
Gail Heinsohn reports in the Register Star Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka (CHAI-kah) has declined to prosecute the first alleged SAFE Act violation in the county. In an appearance in Ne...
Friday
May
24
6:48 am
Foes raise Fortis' history in Belize and Canada
William J. Kemble reports in the Daily Freeman opponents of the proposed $1.5 billion acquisition of CH Energy Group by Fortis Inc. of Canada said the state Public Service Commission should reject the...
Friday
May
24
6:48 am
Cairo considers solar to power town buildings
Brian Hubert reports in The Daily Freeman the town of Cairo is giving serious consideration to solar power for its town buildings. The town is working with solar contractor New York Light Energy to lo...
Friday
May
24
12:01 am
Friday, May 24, 2013 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 66F; low 43F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 68F; low 46F.[/caption] &nbs...
Thursday
May
23
7:49 am
Village moves forward with equipment purchase, repairs
Kyle Adams reports in The Daily Mail the Catskill Village Board has approved a plan to purchase new equipment and make repairs to municipal buildings. The cost of the plan was estimated to be $250,000...
Thursday
May
23
6:52 am
Taconic Hills write-in results released
Nathan Mayberg reports in the Register Star on the details of the recent Taconic Hills Board of Education election. Unlike all other school board elections in Columbia County, no names appeared on the...
Thursday
May
23
6:52 am
Cuomo calls for tax-free zones around college campuses
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has called for the creation of tax-free zones around school campuses statewide as part of plan to attract potential start-up businesses to upstate New York. The initiative, called...
Thursday
May
23
12:01 am
Thursday, May 23, 2013 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 77F; low 54F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 77F; low 59F.[/caption] &nbs...
Wednesday
May
22
12:54 am
Local school board election results
Berne-Knox-Westerlo Central School District Budget passed, 437-177. Bus purchases, 419-62. School board: "Earl Barcomb with 417 votes and Joan Adriance with 404 votes. The third open seat on the Bo...
Wednesday
May
22
12:05 am
Tornado touches down in Copake
Joe Gentile reports in the Register Star a tornado was reported 12 miles south of Hudson, near Copake, Tues., May 21. Initial field reports indicated the tornado headed east, toward Great Barrington,...
Wednesday
May
22
12:02 am
Anti-SAFE activists rally in Albany; demand Act's repeal
Casey Seiler reports at Capitol Confidential opponents of the New York SAFE Act gathered on the East Capitol steps to denounce Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders, Tues., May 21. Roughly 400...
Wednesday
May
22
12:01 am
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 86F; low 61F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 84F; low 68F.[/caption] &nbs...
Tuesday
May
21
2:52 pm
NWS issues Severe Thunderstorm Warning
UPDATE (5:20 p.m.) NYAlert is reporting a Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect in Columbia County until 6 p.m. The NWS has indicated this severe thunderstorm is capable of producing quarter-inc...
Tuesday
May
21
6:46 am
Ghent attorney: Town did not know about sodium
John Mason reports in the Register Star Ghent Town Attorney Ted Guterman has rebutted a TCI Inc, spokesman’s recent statement that town officials were told sodium was present in the company's Falls In...
Tuesday
May
21
6:44 am
Central Hudson, Fortis expect workers to back merger
William J. Kemble reports in the Daily Freeman CH Energy Group and Fortis Inc. has announced an agreement is imminent that will sway employees into endorsing Fortis's proposed $1.5 billion takeover of...
Tuesday
May
21
6:01 am
Voting times and polling locations for school elections
Columbia County Chatham Central School District (392-2400) Polls open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, in the Mary E. Dardess Elementary School gymnasium. Germantown Central School District (537-6281)...
Tuesday
May
21
12:15 am
NWS issues Hazardous Weather Outlook
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for northwestern Connecticut, western Massachusetts, east central New York and southern Vermont from today through Thursda...
Tuesday
May
21
12:01 am
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 84F; low 59F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 86F; low 66F.[/caption] &nbs...
Monday
May
20
6:53 am
Weekend in review
Some of the stories that made the news, May 18 through May 20: Kyle Adams reports in The Daily Mail more than two dozen cars lined up in the Cairo Elementary School parking lot Sun., May 19, to tak...