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Wednesday

Apr

11

12:05 am

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 local almanac

Apr 11, 2012 12:05 am • Lynn Sloneker

Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Cairo: Chance of rain; high 54F; low 32F."][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Catskill...

Tuesday

Apr

10

12:20 am

Clermont Town Board to study hydrofracking

Apr 10, 2012 12:20 am • Lynn Sloneker

John Mason writes in the Register Star the Clermont Town Board has embarked on a study of hydrofracking. The proposal was put forward by Councilman Edward Kahle at a recent board meeting. Kahle was mo...

Tuesday

Apr

10

12:20 am

Register Star to stay in Hudson

Apr 10, 2012 12:20 am • Noah Reibel

The Register Star may be moving to a new location but, Debby Mayer of The Columbia Paper writes, publisher Roger Coleman intends to keep the staff and the paper's main office in Hudson. The paper anno...

Tuesday

Apr

10

12:10 am

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 local almanac

Apr 10, 2012 12:10 am • Lynn Sloneker

Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Cairo: Chance of rain; high 54F; low 34F."][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Catskill...

Monday

Apr

09

3:05 pm

Cairo-Durham district facing tough choices

Apr 09, 2012 3:05 pm • Noah Reibel

Rob LeDonne reports in The Daily Mail closing Durham Elementary School is one of the options under consideration by the Cairo-Durham Board of Education as a way to close the budget gap projected for t...

Monday

Apr

09

1:59 pm

State greenlights county road and bridge repairs

Apr 09, 2012 1:59 pm • Noah Reibel

Nathan Mayberg reports in the Register Star Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office announced the state has allocated $9.4 million to fund road and bridge repair in Columbia County this year. The program will over...

Monday

Apr

09

12:30 am

The week in review

Apr 09, 2012 12:30 am • Lynn Sloneker

Stories that made the news (Apr. 3 to Apr. 5) in Columbia and Greene counties: W.T. Eckert reports in The Daily Mail Republican George Amedore declared his candidacy for the new 46th Senate Distri...

Monday

Apr

09

12:29 am

Monday, April 9, 2012 local almanac

Apr 09, 2012 12:29 am • Lynn Sloneker

Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Cairo: Chance of rain; high 56F; low 36F."][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Catskill...

Wednesday

Apr

04

2:02 pm

Local unemployment rate continues to rise

Apr 04, 2012 2:02 pm • Lynn Sloneker

Tom Casey reports in the Register Star the rate of unemployment in Columbia and Greene counties increased in February, according to data released Tues., April 3, by the state Department of Labor. The...

Wednesday

Apr

04

11:29 am

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 local almanac

Apr 04, 2012 11:29 am • Lynn Sloneker

Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Cairo: Partly cloudy, high of 59F; 37F tonight."][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Ca...

Tuesday

Apr

03

3:50 pm

State bans synthetic marijuana

Apr 03, 2012 3:50 pm • Noah Reibel

W. T. Eckert and Audra Jornov report in the Register Star the sale of synthetic marijuana has been banned by the New York State Health Commissioner. The commissioner issued a press release Thurs., Mar...

Tuesday

Apr

03

3:20 pm

New congressional districts by the numbers

Apr 03, 2012 3:20 pm • Lynn Sloneker

At the Capital Confidential blog, Jimmy Vielkind has posted a spreadsheet sent along by a "delegation source" showing the breakdown of the new congressional districts outside of New York City. "It bol...

Tuesday

Apr

03

1:46 pm

Program to photograph state prison visitors launched

Apr 03, 2012 1:46 pm • Noah Reibel

The Associated Press reported New York state prison officials have initiated a new policy of photographing visitors to incarcerated inmates as part of a pilot program slated for a facility in northern...

Tuesday

Apr

03

1:30 pm

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 local almanac

Apr 03, 2012 1:30 pm • Lynn Sloneker

Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Cairo: Clear, with a high of 59F; 45F tonight."][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Cat...

Monday

Apr

02

1:44 pm

Freshtown plans to reopen June 1

Apr 02, 2012 1:44 pm • Lynn Sloneker

Lissa Harris reports in The Watershed Post Freshtown, the Margaretville supermarket heavily damaged by the Irene floods, is expected to be "fully operational" by June 1. The news was delivered in a pr...

Monday

Apr

02

12:51 pm

Coxsackie looking at health benefit options

Apr 02, 2012 12:51 pm • Lynn Sloneker

Melanie Lekocevic writes in The Daily Mail the Town of Coxsackie is considering a change in health plan for employees that could result in  thousands of dollars in savings. Current coverage is through...

Monday

Apr

02

12:05 pm

DOT to Hudson: Work it out with the neighbors

Apr 02, 2012 12:05 pm • Noah Reibel

Tom Casey writes in the Register Star the state Dept. of Transportation says its hands are tied until Hudson, Greenport and Claverack come to an agreement on the issue of rerouting truck traffic. On M...

Monday

Apr

02

11:53 am

Trout season underway

Apr 02, 2012 11:53 am • Noah Reibel

David Lee of the Register Star followed self-proclaimed fly fishing purist John Libruk into Claverack Creek for the first day of trout fishing, Sun., Apr. 1. Lee writes that mild temperatures and a la...

Monday

Apr

02

11:19 am

Barrett wins Assembly race

Apr 02, 2012 11:19 am • Noah Reibel

Parry Teasdale reports in The Columbia Paper Democrat Didi Barrett is the winner of the special election to fill the vacant 103rd Assembly District seat. Barrett's opponent Richard Wager conceded defe...

Monday

Apr

02

10:54 am

Monday, April 2, 2012 local almanac

Apr 02, 2012 10:54 am • Lynn Sloneker

Weather right now [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Cairo: Clear, with a high of 54F; 30F tonight."][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Cat...