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Tuesday

Dec

06

12:06 am

More Climate Conference coverage

Dec 06, 2011 12:06 am • admin

WGXC correspondent Kelly Benjamin is in Durban, South Africa covering the United Nations Climate Change Conference there for WGXC. He reports: Thousands of Afrikans fed up with a lack of internation...

Tuesday

Dec

06

12:05 am

Sonny Rollins at the Kennedy Center

Dec 06, 2011 12:05 am • admin

USA Today reports that Germantown's free jazz legend, Sonny Rollins was honored alongside Meryl Streep, Yo-Yo Ma, Neil Diamond, and Barbara Cook at the Kennedy Center Sunday, December 4. President B...

Tuesday

Dec

06

12:04 am

Cuomo may raise taxes on wealthy

Dec 06, 2011 12:04 am • admin

Thomas Kaplan in The New York Times reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo may, after all, raise taxes on the wealthy to solve some of the state's budget woes. So far, Cuomo has refused to renew a so-called "...

Tuesday

Dec

06

12:03 am

Seward turns around the unfunded mandate

Dec 06, 2011 12:03 am • admin

Local governments have complained for years about unfunded mandates: laws from the Federal government or states that require local governments to do something in particular, without providing any mone...

Tuesday

Dec

06

12:02 am

Coxsackie Town Board raises tax cap

Dec 06, 2011 12:02 am • Noah Reibel

The Daily Mail's Melanie Lekocevic reports that Coxackie's Town Board voted to override the state's new two-percent tax cap, with Councilman Jeffrey Lewis the sole dissenting voice. Coxackie's 2012 bu...

Tuesday

Dec

06

12:01 am

Tuesday, December 6, local almanac

Dec 06, 2011 12:01 am • Staff

Local weather forecast Today's forecast is specific to Jefferson Heights in Catskill. The National Weather Service predicts Tuesday there will be rain throughout the area, with a high near 53. The f...

Monday

Dec

05

12:14 am

Rt. 23 in Prattsville reopens Monday

Dec 05, 2011 12:14 am • Noah Reibel

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Fri., Dec. 2 that State Route 23 in Greene County will reopen to traffic on Monday, Dec. 5. Parts of the roadway in Prattsville was destroyed by the floodwaters of Hurr...

Monday

Dec

05

12:01 am

Monday, December 5, local almanac

Dec 05, 2011 12:01 am • Staff

Local weather forecast Today's forecast is specific to Jefferson Heights in Catskill. The National Weather Service predicts Monday will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Monday night there will...

Friday

Dec

02

4:23 pm

DEC extends hydro-fracking commenting

Dec 02, 2011 4:23 pm • Noah Reibel

Video taken by Sullivan County radio producer and anti-drilling activist Sabrina Artel at the DEC's public hearing on gas drilling in Binghamton, November 17, 2011. Lissa Harris of The Watershed Po...

Friday

Dec

02

10:02 am

Tune in to Climate Change Conference on WGXC

Dec 02, 2011 10:02 am • Staff

The United Nations Climate Change Conference is under way in Durban, South Africa this week with representatives from nearly 200 countries meeting to discuss how to address the issue of global clima...

Friday

Dec

02

12:07 am

Hudson Common Council approves LWRP

Dec 02, 2011 12:07 am • admin

Tom Casey in the Register-Star reports that Wednesday evening, the Hudson Common Council passed the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program and several amendments to local laws at a special meeting at...

Friday

Dec

02

12:06 am

Gillibrand backs end to Congress' insider trading

Dec 02, 2011 12:06 am • admin

4:22 New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, on a bill to end the ability of Congressmen and women to profit from insider knowledge on Wall Street. “I have introduced a bipartisan bill in the Senate w...

Friday

Dec

02

12:05 am

Catskill label gets Grammy nomination

Dec 02, 2011 12:05 am • admin

The Nippertown blog reports that Catskill record label Planet Arts were among the locals getting Grammy Award nominations this year. Saratoga-based producer Joel Moss, and Woodstock-area musicians Lev...

Friday

Dec

02

12:04 am

Music Omi residency applications due

Dec 02, 2011 12:04 am • admin

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="From Art Omi website."][/caption]The Music Omi International Residency Program at Art Omi in Ghent is now accepting applications for the summer 20...

Friday

Dec

02

12:03 am

New Alexander Turnquist track

Dec 02, 2011 12:03 am • admin

Finding the Butterfly from alexander turnquist on Vimeo.Hudson-based 12-string guitarist is on a West Coast tour right now, but posts a new song.

Friday

Dec

02

12:01 am

Friday, December 2, 2011 local almanac

Dec 02, 2011 12:01 am • Staff

Local weather forecast Today's forecast is specific to East Durham. The National Weather Service predicts a slight chance of rain showers after 1 p.m., mixing with snow after 5 p.m., with a high nea...

Thursday

Dec

01

12:04 am

Lafarge settles with EPA

Dec 01, 2011 12:04 am • admin

Lafarge North America Inc., one of the largest suppliers of construction materials in the United States and Canada, and four of its U.S. subsidiaries have agreed to resolve alleged Clean Water Act vio...

Thursday

Dec

01

12:03 am

Catskill boys b-ball team beats Greenville

Dec 01, 2011 12:03 am • admin

The Catskill Cats beat the Greenville Spartans boys varsity basketball team in Catskill Wed., Nov. 30, in a game broadcast live on WGXC 90.7-FM. Catskill won 79-51, and Catskill student Zach Vosburgh...

Thursday

Dec

01

12:02 am

Free parking in Hudson this month

Dec 01, 2011 12:02 am • Noah Reibel

The Register-Star reports that Hudson Mayor Rick Scalera declared free parking in Hudson throughout December. “I hereby suspend the placing of coin(s) in the parking meters throughout the City of Huds...

Thursday

Dec

01

12:01 am

Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 local almanac

Dec 01, 2011 12:01 am • Staff

Local weather forecast Today's forecast is specific to Livingston. The National Weather Service predicts a sunny Thursday, with a high near 47. Thursday night the clear should continue, with a low a...