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Thursday

Aug

16

12:56 am

Public to question officials at TCI meeting

Aug 16, 2012 12:56 am • Staff

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="150"] Didi Barrett[/caption] On Mon., Aug. 13 on the "WGXC Afternoon Show," Assemblymember Didi Barrett, Ghent activist Patti Matheney, and filmmaker David M...

Thursday

Aug

16

12:05 am

Thursday, August 16, 2012 local almanac

Aug 16, 2012 12:05 am • Lynn Sloneker

Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 81F; low 57F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 82F; low 63F.[/caption] &nbs...

Wednesday

Aug

15

1:47 am

Gibson vs. Schreibman on Medicare

Aug 15, 2012 1:47 am • admin

Since Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney chose Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential nominee last weekend, Congressional candidates across the nation have been running to and fr...

Wednesday

Aug

15

12:04 am

Athens Village Mayor talks noise

Aug 15, 2012 12:04 am • Staff

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"]Athens Village Mayor Andrea Smallwood talks with WGXC's Sam Sebren at WGXC's Acra studio.[/caption] The Village of Athens Mayor, Andrea Smallwood, was...

Wednesday

Aug

15

12:03 am

Kinderhook holds sewer election Wednesday

Aug 15, 2012 12:03 am • admin

A special election in the Village of Kinderhook, will be held Wed., Aug. 15, at the Village Hall, 6 Chatham Street, Kinderhook between noon and 9 p.m. on the following:"Shall the resolution of the Vi...

Wednesday

Aug

15

12:02 am

Legislators want tax break for apple farmers

Aug 15, 2012 12:02 am • admin

Greg Barber in Capitol Confidential reports that two local state legislators, Republican Assemblymen Pete Lopez and Steve McLaughlin are trying to get a tax relief bill for New York’s apple farmers. W...

Wednesday

Aug

15

12:00 am

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 local almanac

Aug 15, 2012 12:00 am • Lynn Sloneker

Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 79F; low 57F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 79F; low 61F.[/caption] &nbs...

Tuesday

Aug

14

11:36 pm

Hudson setting for historical novel

Aug 14, 2012 11:36 pm • Staff

Tahir Shah discussed how the city of Hudson plays a role in his historical novel, "Timbuctoo," on the "WGXC Afternoon Show," Fri., Aug. 10 with hosts Jess Puglisi and Jack Ross-Pilkington. Click here...

Tuesday

Aug

14

6:58 am

Voters to decide fate of Catskill fire district

Aug 14, 2012 6:58 am • Lynn Sloneker

Susan Campriello reports in The Daily Mail Catskill Village officials have agreed to put the formation of the Catskill Joint Fire District to a public vote, Aug. 28. The Catskill Village Fire Dept. cu...

Tuesday

Aug

14

2:10 am

Hurricane erases Greene County homes

Aug 14, 2012 2:10 am • admin

Ariel Zangla in The Daily Freeman reports that 40 Greene County properties severely damaged by the storms associated with Hurricane Irene will be bought out in a federal program and never be built on...

Tuesday

Aug

14

12:05 am

TCI West Ghent fire update

Aug 14, 2012 12:05 am • Staff

ABOVE: Local videographer Lance Wheeler uploaded, on Jan. 25, 2012, this video of the first fire at TCI in Ghent in January. He wrote: "A stubborn industrial fire in West Ghent Wednesday night kept...

Tuesday

Aug

14

12:00 am

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 local almanac

Aug 14, 2012 12:00 am • Lynn Sloneker

Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 86F; low 59F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 84F; low 64F.[/caption] &nbs...

Monday

Aug

13

6:08 am

Weekend in review

Aug 13, 2012 6:08 am • Lynn Sloneker

A few of the stories that made the news, Aug. 10 to 12 Nathan Mayberg reported in the Register Star Columbia County and the city of Hudson are at odds over the building permit for the county's $9 m...

Monday

Aug

13

12:10 am

Conrad Schnitzler all this week on WGXC

Aug 13, 2012 12:10 am • admin

All of free103point9's "transmission arts" airtime this week -- every night from midnight to 6 a.m. and all day Saturday on WGXC 90.7-FM -- will be devoted to Conrad Schnitzler's compositions. Regular...

Monday

Aug

13

12:04 am

Romney's VP pick reverberates in local politics

Aug 13, 2012 12:04 am • admin

On Sat., Aug. 11, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced his pick of Rep. Paul Ryan, from the swing state of Wisconsin, as vice-presidential nominee. Ryan is best known for his auster...

Monday

Aug

13

12:03 am

Abramović sits down with WGXC

Aug 13, 2012 12:03 am • admin

Performance artist Marina Abramović sat down with WGXC's Galen Joseph-Hunter Fri., Aug. 10 at her Malden Bridge home, and discussed her proposed Marina Abramović Foundation for the Preservation of Pe...

Monday

Aug

13

12:02 am

Weekend songs from Greene and Columbia

Aug 13, 2012 12:02 am • Staff

• Buke & Gase, "Misshaping Introduction" The Hudson-based duo released the first song from their "Function Falls" EP, a four-song digital-only release due Sept. 11 before their fall tour of the...

Monday

Aug

13

12:00 am

Monday, August 13, 2012 local almanac

Aug 13, 2012 12:00 am • Lynn Sloneker

Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 82F; low 59F.[/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 82F; low 59F.[/caption] &nbs...

Sunday

Aug

12

12:03 am

Sunday sounds

Aug 12, 2012 12:03 am • admin

"Very Large Green Triangles (Edit)" from Matmos from forthcoming Thrill Jockey Records album. "Today's Supernatural" is the first single from Animal Collective's new album Centipede "Hz," out Sep...

Saturday

Aug

11

2:04 pm

Perseid meteor shower Saturday night

Aug 11, 2012 2:04 pm • admin

The Perseid meteor shower peaks Sat., Aug. 11 through the morning of August 12. "Perseid rates can get as high as 100 per hour, with many fireballs visible in the night sky," NASA says. There is a wan...