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Tuesday

Mar

06

5:38 pm

Draft of district lines released early

Mar 06, 2012 5:38 pm • Lynn Sloneker

[caption id="attachment_18420" align="alignright" width="270" caption="The newly redrawn Hudson Valley district"][/caption] Jimmy Vielkind is reporting at the Times Union's Capital Confidential blo...

Tuesday

Mar

06

3:25 pm

Plan to expand Chatham Plaza moves forward

Mar 06, 2012 3:25 pm • Lynn Sloneker

Emilia Teasdale writes in The Columbia Paper about the plan to expand the Chatham Plaza on Route 66. The proposal put forward by plaza owner Hampshire Company calls for construction of an addition off...

Tuesday

Mar

06

12:04 am

Coxsackie gets Wednesday farmers market

Mar 06, 2012 12:04 am • admin

Melanie Lekocevic in The Daily Mail reports that Coxsackie is organizing a farmers market for this summer for Wednesday nights. While Greenville, New Baltimore, Hudson, and perhaps Catskill hold weeke...

Tuesday

Mar

06

12:03 am

Tancredi unopposed for sixth Tannersville term

Mar 06, 2012 12:03 am • admin

Ariel Zangla reports in The Daily Freeman that incumbent Michael Tancredi is running unopposed for another three-year term as Tannersville village trustee. Tancredi, a registered Democrat, is running...

Tuesday

Mar

06

12:02 am

World's oldest forest discovered near Gilboa

Mar 06, 2012 12:02 am • Noah Reibel

The Times Union's Paul Grondahl writes about the discovery of the world's oldest forest near the Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County. The fossilized forest, estimated to be 385 million years old, dates fro...

Tuesday

Mar

06

12:01 am

Tuesday, March 6, 2012 local almanac

Mar 06, 2012 12:01 am • Staff

Weather right now READ TEMPERATURE IN HUDSON: On thermometer in Studio A. FAR LEFT:The temperature on the far left is from the Hawthorne Valley Farm Weather Page. MIDDLE TEMP: Cairo from Weather...

Monday

Mar

05

9:50 pm

Art project links Catskill to Occupy Wall Street

Mar 05, 2012 9:50 pm • admin

Elaine Fernandez tracks stories of the current economy in her Wii the People blog. This week she travels to Catskill, to preview the March 17 Greene County Council on the Arts ten-week art project a...

Monday

Mar

05

12:05 am

Important meetings this week

Mar 05, 2012 12:05 am • admin

See wgxc.org/events for more information. Add your own event and have it read on the radio. Go to wgxc.org/events and click on the "Add an Event" button at the top of the page. Then type, or copy a...

Monday

Mar

05

12:04 am

Hannaford hiring in Hudson this week

Mar 05, 2012 12:04 am • admin

Hannaford Supermarkets holds a Job Fair at the Columbia-Greene Community College in the Professional Academic Center Building Room 612, 4400 Route 23, Hudson on Mon., March 5 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Tue.,...

Monday

Mar

05

12:03 am

Charges dropped for Occupy Albany protesters

Mar 05, 2012 12:03 am • Noah Reibel

Casey Seiler in Capitol Confidential reports a judge formally dropped charges against 88 protestors arrested over the course of Occupy Albany’s two-month downtown encampment last fall. City Court Judg...

Monday

Mar

05

12:02 am

Gas prices hit record highs

Mar 05, 2012 12:02 am • Noah Reibel

Gasoline prices rose on Fri., March 2 for the 24th straight day, as pumping stations pass along the rising cost of oil. The national average for gasoline hit $3.74 per gallon, according to AAA, Wright...

Monday

Mar

05

12:01 am

Monday, March 5, 2012 local almanac

Mar 05, 2012 12:01 am • Staff

Weather right now READ TEMPERATURE IN HUDSON: On thermometer in Studio A. FAR LEFT:The temperature on the far left is from the Hawthorne Valley Farm Weather Page. MIDDLE TEMP: Cairo from Weather...

Saturday

Mar

03

12:08 am

This week in radio news

Mar 03, 2012 12:08 am • admin

LPFM application window this fall Paul Riismandel in Radio Survivor reports LPFM and translator stations are on the Federal Communications Commission's March 21 meeting agenda. The agency is expected...

Friday

Mar

02

10:29 pm

Winter Weather Advisory for high ground

Mar 02, 2012 10:29 pm • admin

The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory from 10 p.m. Fri., March 2, through 10 a.m. Sat., March 3 for western Greene County and eastern Columbia County. Sleet, freezing rain, and...

Friday

Mar

02

2:00 pm

Prattsville rebuilding expo Saturday

Mar 02, 2012 2:00 pm • admin

The Prattsville Housing Committee hosts a "Housing Expo & Home Improvement Show" 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat., March 3, at the Fire House in Prattsville. “The Expo is open to everyone in the process of rebuild...

Friday

Mar

02

12:43 am

WGXC weekend ski report

Mar 02, 2012 12:43 am • admin

The heavy, wet snow that fell mid-week might not be the best for skiing, but the three local resorts will take what they can get this year. The Greene County mountains each report about 8 inches fell....

Friday

Mar

02

12:04 am

Columbia Co. business owners hopeful

Mar 02, 2012 12:04 am • Lynn Sloneker

Tom Casey reports in the Register Star that members of the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce are cautiously optimistic about the area's business climate. According to the 25th Annual Capital Region...

Friday

Mar

02

12:03 am

The Big Up is on hold

Mar 02, 2012 12:03 am • Lynn Sloneker

Karrie Allen writes in the Chatham Courier the Ghent music festival, The Big Up, is taking a year off. The July event, organized by Shireworks Productions, is on hiatus, but, Shireworks assured Allen,...

Friday

Mar

02

12:02 am

Hunters bag record number of bears

Mar 02, 2012 12:02 am • admin

New York hunters killed more than 228,350 deer and 1,250 bears during the 2011 hunting seasons, according to New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens. Out...

Friday

Mar

02

12:01 am

Friday, March 2, 2012 local almanac

Mar 02, 2012 12:01 am • Staff

Weather right now READ TEMPERATURE IN HUDSON: On thermometer in Studio A. FAR LEFT:The temperature on the far left is from the Hawthorne Valley Farm Weather Page. MIDDLE TEMP: Cairo from Weather...