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Thursday
Aug
30
12:50 am
Cuomo announces literary appointments
Marie HoweCasey Seiler reports at Capitol Confidential Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed Marie Howe to serve as the State Poet and Alison Lurieas the State Author. Both are the 10th to hold the two-year...
Thursday
Aug
30
12:30 am
Thursday, August 30, 2012 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 84F; low 5F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 84F; low 63F.[/caption]  ...
Wednesday
Aug
29
2:17 pm
After the Flood: The Water Recedes
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="350"] Inside Zadock Pratt Museum, Prattsville, July 2012. Photo by Jess Puglisi.[/caption] In the immediate aftermath of the storms surrounding Hurricane Ire...
Wednesday
Aug
29
2:17 pm
New York looking at energy drink makers
Nelson D. Schwartz is reporting in The New York Times the state Attorney General's Office has subpoenaed three large makers of so-called energy drinks as part of an investigation into allegations the...
Wednesday
Aug
29
1:38 pm
Disclosure guidelines for lobbyists emerge
Rick Karlin is reporting in the Times Union good government groups are hailing a new set of disclosure guidelines they believe will shed more light on the relationships between lawmakers and lobbyists...
Wednesday
Aug
29
1:45 am
Cahalan named Columbia Memorial CEO
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="134"] Jay Cahalan(courtesy Columbia Memorial Hospital)[/caption] Nathan Mayberg reports in the Register Star Jay Cahalan was named the new CEO of Columbia M...
Wednesday
Aug
29
1:43 am
Catskill voters reject fire district
Jim Planck reports in the Daily Mail, the plan for a consolidated fire district to serve both the Village of Catskill and that part of the Town of Catskill currently served under contract to the villa...
Wednesday
Aug
29
12:05 am
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 75F; low 48F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 75F; low 54F.[/caption] &nbs...
Tuesday
Aug
28
1:03 pm
Kinderhook farmer diversifies crops
From the Fruit Growers Network:"Jake Samascott of Samascott Orchards in Kinderhook, talks about how his family has diversified its crop base as it has focused on selling at multiple farmers markets...
Tuesday
Aug
28
7:21 am
Fire inspection standards for TCI unclear
John Mason reports in the Register Star fire inspection standards for the TCI of NY facility in West Ghent remain unclear, nearly a month after the facility burned to the ground, Aug. 1. Columbia Coun...
Tuesday
Aug
28
2:04 am
After the Flood: The Storm Breaks
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="350"]Catskill, Sun., Aug., 28, 2011. Photo by Ann Forbes-Cooper.[/caption]WGXC recounts the moments before the storms surrounding Hurricane Irene tore through...
Tuesday
Aug
28
12:30 am
Conveyor belt fire at Lafarge
Cathleen F. Crowley reports in the Times Union a fire broke out on a conveyor belt at the Lafarge cement plant in Ravena, Mon., Aug. 27. The fire started around 2 p.m. and took about 90 minutes to dou...
Tuesday
Aug
28
12:10 am
Jordan talks jazz on WGXC
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="220"]From Wikipedia.[/caption]Vocalist, educator, and 2012 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award recipient Sheila Jordan sits down for an interview...
Tuesday
Aug
28
12:05 am
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 82F; low 52F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 82F; low 55F.[/caption] &nbs...
Monday
Aug
27
12:40 pm
Prattsville all wet again for MudFest
[caption id="attachment_22372" align="alignleft" width="300"] Margo Mullein and "Darlene" performing a water blessing of Schoharie Creek, Sat., Aug. 25, 2012. Photo by Jess Puglisi.[/caption] WGXC'...
Monday
Aug
27
11:59 am
National media return to Prattsville
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A house on Main St. (Route 23) in Prattsville Sat., Aug. 25, 2012. Photo by Jess Puglisi.[/caption] Noah Rosenberg has a feature piece at The New Yor...
Monday
Aug
27
12:20 am
After the Flood: WGXC covers the storms surrounding Hurricane Irene and how they affected our area one year later
Hurricane Irene barreled down on the Catskills Aug. 27, 2011 only as a Tropical Storm, but still packed a wallop, With ground saturated from weeks of rain, as much as 20" of rain fell overnight and in...
Monday
Aug
27
12:10 am
Weekend in review
Items that made the news Aug. 24 to 26: Susan Campriello reported in The Daily Mail the Mountain Top Historical Society's welcome center in Haines Falls has a new, cement, climate-controlled archiv...
Monday
Aug
27
12:01 am
Monday, August 27, 2012 local almanac
Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 81F; low 66F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 79F; low 64F.[/caption] &nbs...
Sunday
Aug
26
2:08 am
New songs for Sunday
"Heart and Soul" from Scanner, unreleased demo for Live_Transmission project with Heritage Orchestra, re-scoring and arranging the music of Joy Division. "This is my early studio demo that was then...