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Below is an archive of previous WGXC news reports.

Local journalism resources: The Altamont Enterprise | The Business Review | The Berkshire Eagle | Chronogram | City and State | The Columbia Paper | The Daily Freeman | HudsonValley360 | Kingston Wire | The Legislative Gazette | Mid-Hudson News | New York Focus | New York State of Politics | Politico New York | Porcupine Soup | Poughkeepsie Journal | The River | Spectrum News | Spotlight News | Times Union | The Daily Gazette | The Upstater.com | Troy Record | WGXC | WNYT | WOOC | WRIP | WTEN

Tuesday

Feb

21

12:05 am

HSBC acquisition nearly complete

Feb 21, 2012 12:05 am • Lynn Sloneker

Jim Planck writes in The Daily Mail the acquisition of HSBC Bank by First Niagara is nearly complete. On Fri., Feb. 17, First Niagara announced it will close 35 locations statewide, including the HCBC...

Tuesday

Feb

21

12:04 am

NYPD watching Muslim students statewide

Feb 21, 2012 12:04 am • Noah Reibel

Chris Hawley writes for the Associated Press that New York City Police Department surveillance of Muslim students was far more widespread than previously known. City police monitored Web sites from Bu...

Tuesday

Feb

21

12:03 am

Judge Roger J. Miner dead at 77

Feb 21, 2012 12:03 am • Lynn Sloneker

Roger J. Miner, senior judge of the federal appeals court, died Sat., Feb. 18, at his Greenport home. He was 77 years old. Miner graduated from New York Law School and in 1959, joined his father, Abra...

Tuesday

Feb

21

12:02 am

The chefs behind the Crimson Sparrow

Feb 21, 2012 12:02 am • Noah Reibel

Crimson Sparrow from Jamie Larson on Vimeo. Jamie Larson's interview with chefs Ben Freemole and John McCarthy appears in the Feb. 21 edition of the Register Star. The chefs honed their skills...

Tuesday

Feb

21

12:01 am

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 local almanac

Feb 21, 2012 12:01 am • Staff

In addition, most local schools are on winter break this week, and closed all week. Weather right now READ TEMPERATURE IN HUDSON: On thermometer in Studio A. FAR LEFT:The temperature on the far...

Monday

Feb

20

4:48 am

Important local meetings this week

Feb 20, 2012 4:48 am • admin

Town meetings of note this week: MONDAY Greenville Public Hearing Feb. 20, 2012: 7:30 p.m. At Greenville Town Hall, 11159 Route 32, Greenville. 518-966-5055 Public hearing on changes to the dog...

Monday

Feb

20

1:48 am

DEC eyes Catskill Creek fishing change

Feb 20, 2012 1:48 am • Noah Reibel

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="187" caption="A walleye, from Wikipedia."][/caption]Lissa Harris in the Waterhed Post reports that the DEC is recommending several changes that could affect fis...

Monday

Feb

20

12:06 am

Future of Catskill Farmers Market in jeopardy

Feb 20, 2012 12:06 am • Lynn Sloneker

In a letter to the editor of The Daily Mail, on Wed., Feb. 15, the Catskill Farmers Market vendors' organization announced the majority of members will decline to participate in the market during the...

Monday

Feb

20

12:02 am

DEC moves to clean Hudson waterfront

Feb 20, 2012 12:02 am • admin

Tom Casey in the Register-Star reports that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) plans to dredge and cleanup a section of the Hudson waterfront, and is seeking public comm...

Monday

Feb

20

12:01 am

Monday, February 20, 2012 local almanac

Feb 20, 2012 12:01 am • Staff

Today is President's Day. The Daily Freeman rounds up the local closings: • Amtrak: Sunday schedule • Banks: Closed • County offices: Closed • Federal offices: Closed • Financial markets: Closed...

Saturday

Feb

18

10:01 am

Shearwater at Helsinki Sunday for WGXC

Feb 18, 2012 10:01 am • admin

Shearwater perform Sun., Feb. 26 at Helsinki Hudson, in a partial fundraiser for WGXC. From Wikipedia:"Shearwater is an American indie rock band formed in Austin, Texas in 1999[2] by Okkervil River...

Saturday

Feb

18

1:56 am

airlab.AM at Savoia for WGXC Friday

Feb 18, 2012 1:56 am • admin

Here is some audio for airlab.AM, who are part of the DJ Dance Party Fri., Feb. 24 at Savoia in Hudson, to celebrate WGXC's one-year anniversary on the air. The show will be broadcast live at WGXC 90....

Saturday

Feb

18

1:21 am

Hallenbeck explains his new job as Hudson Mayor

Feb 18, 2012 1:21 am • admin

[caption id="attachment_17899" align="alignright" width="224" caption="Hudson Mayor Bill Hallenbeck with WGXC's Jack Ross-Pilkington Feb. 17, 2012. Photo by Tom Roe."][/caption]On the "WGXC After...

Friday

Feb

17

12:07 am

WGXC weekend ski report: President's Day

Feb 17, 2012 12:07 am • admin

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="237" caption="Previous fireworks at Hunter Mountain, from their website."][/caption]All three local ski resorts feature special events and discounts this Presi...

Friday

Feb

17

12:06 am

Agreement reached on teacher evaluation

Feb 17, 2012 12:06 am • Lynn Sloneker

After days of intense negotiation, Governor Andrew Cuomo, state Education Commissioner John King and New York State United Teachers President Richard C. Iannuzzi announced Fri., Feb. 16, the state and...

Friday

Feb

17

12:04 am

Columbia County eyes two housing locations

Feb 17, 2012 12:04 am • Lynn Sloneker

The question of where Columbia County will house its homeless population has come up again, Tom Casey reports in the Register Star. The setting was a Board of Supervisors' Human Service Committee, Wed...

Friday

Feb

17

12:03 am

Rem Koolhaus to design Hudson museum

Feb 17, 2012 12:03 am • admin

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="Rem Koolhaus, from Wikipedia."][/caption]Alexandra Peers in New York magazine is reporting that the architect Rem Koolhaus will design and constru...

Friday

Feb

17

12:03 am

Hudson Valley Creamery opens in Livingston

Feb 17, 2012 12:03 am • Lynn Sloneker

Jamie Larson reports in the Register Star the Hudson Valley Creamery is expected to begin distributing European goat cheese from a former cold story facility in Livingston later this month. At a speci...

Friday

Feb

17

12:02 am

Route 42 in Lexington now open

Feb 17, 2012 12:02 am • Lynn Sloneker

Bridge and road damage caused by flooding during Tropical Storm Irene in August has been repaired on Route 42 in Lexington. Two bridges were reconstructed and are now open to traffic. The reopened are...

Friday

Feb

17

12:01 am

Friday, February 17, 2012 local almanac

Feb 17, 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...