Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced Tue., Oct. 4, that $1.2 million more in aid from the state's Agricultural and Community Recovery Fund (ACRF) will be distributed among 127 farms to help them recover from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. Locally those farms in the latest round of aid include:
Greene County Soil & Water District - $69,350
Projects: Debris removal, fence repair, grassed waterway repair.
• Crystal Valley Farm, $9,000
• John Falke Farm, $34,500
• Stoneledge Farm, LLC, $12,500
• John J Farber Farm, $13,350
Columbia County Soil & Water District – $64,000
Projects: Access road, stream crossing, fencing repair, debris removal from crop fields and stream bank stabilization.
• Doyle Mtn. Farm, $26,000
• Klein's Kill Fruit Farm Corp., $14,500
• Robert Meyer Farm, $10,500
• Buster Creek Farm, $13,000
Albany County Soil & Water District – $34,425
Projects: Reconstruction of access roads, stream crossings, fence repair, and gravel deposition removal.
• Kevin Sisson, $13,200
• Robert Rapp, $8,500
• Windy Hill Farm, $9,725
• Kenneth Crawford, $3,000
Delaware County Soil & Water District - $21,280
Projects: Debris removal; fencing; access road replacement and repair, stream bank stabilization.
• James Hull Farms, $6,000
• Dairy Smith Holsteins, $1,180
• Felice Sulla & Jerry Raeder, $14,100
Dutchess County Soil & Water District – $19,139
Projects: Debris removal from pastures, access road repair, fence repair, downed tree removal and vegetative buffer planting.
• FW Battenfeld and Son, $9,639
• Briggs Hollow Farm, $9,500
Rensselaer County Soil & Water District – $800
Projects: Fence replacement and repair; stream bank stabilization, debris removal, and access road repair.
• Terry Wasielewski Farm, $800
Schoharie County Soil & Water District – $207,950
Projects: Debris removal including gravel piles, whole trees, buildings, fuel and propane tanks in crop fields; milk house waste treatment system replacement; fencing; access road replacement and repair’ stream bank stabilization; cover cropping; field repair, water control structure repair.
• Schoharie Nurseries, $29,200
• Barber Family Farm LLC, $58,000
• John Vanderwerken Farm, $36,250
• James Buzon Farm, $7,000
• Chris Lawton Farm, $8,000
• Fox Valley Vail Farm, $22,500
• Eleanor Reinhart Farm, $2,500
• Rock & Pinkster Farm, $21,500
• River Run Tree Farm, $6,000
• Maurice Downs Farm, $3,000
• Theresa Murphy Farm, $4,000
• Mountain Valley Angus, $10,000
Ulster County Soil & Water District – $102,589
Projects: Stream crossing for equipment repair, critical area seeding, irrigation system repair, fencing, orchard repair, debris removal, access road repair and cover cropping.
• Greiner Bros Farm Inc, $30,860
• Pinegrove Ranch Inc., $1,692
• Woodcrest Farms, $4,734
• Watswyck Farm, $1,170
• J & B Trapani Co Inc, $27,095
• J. A. M. of New Paltz, Inc, $10,736
• Jaway Farm, $25,702
• The Farm, $600

School officials want to turn Durham Elementary into a charter school
WGXC volunteer Anne Horst recorded the meeting Tue. Oct. 4 in the Cairo High School auditorium about the possibility of turning Durham Elementary into a charter school. School officials said they hoped the school board would vote on the issue at the Oct. 13 meeting. About 40 citizens turned out to hear why the change: Durham Elementary is half empty and costing taxpayers extra to run it half-empty. How would it pay for itself: part of the curriculum would be online, and attract students from around the state. There would be a lottery, first among Durham students, then throughout, and then outside the Cairo-Durham school district. Click here or below on PLAY CLIP to listen to the meeting audio via mp3.
Entire meeting about possible charter school. PLAY CLIP

Bigger burden falling on food pantries
W. T. Eckert reports in the Register-Star that food stamp use in Columbia County is up 11 percent in the past year, with 5,662 Columbia County residents, now receiving benefits. Last August, 5,109 folks in Columbia County needed help with food, according to Columbia County Department of Social Services Commissioner Paul Mossman. "Mossman said his department’s overall caseload is up 13 percent, due to a variety of issues, ranging from the increase in food prices, energy costs and housing costs to an increase in health insurance options and prescription medication," Eckert wrote in the paper. “So people have less and less to spend on food items,” Mossman said, “and what money they do have left probably doesn’t stretch far enough, therefore we do see more people relying on food pantries.” Read the full story in the Register-Star.

Hunters wanted to help small game count
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) encourages hunters to participate in two surveys for popular game species during this fall's hunting seasons. Rabbits hunters in Rensselaer, Columbia, Dutchess, Putnam, or Westchester counties are asked to submit the heads of rabbits harvested to help determine the distribution of New England cottontails. Those interested in participating, or for more information, please contact DEC by phone at 518-402-8870 or by e-mail at fwwildlf@gw.dec.state.ny.us (please type "NE Cottontail" in the subject line). Hunters are also asked to keep logs about hunting ruffed grouse and American woodcock. Those interested in participating can download a hunting log from the DEC website. Detailed instructions can be found with the form. Survey forms can also be obtained by calling (518) 402-8886 or by e-mailing fwwildlf@gw.dec.state.ny.us (please type "Grouse Log" in the subject line).

State police seek missing Athens man, 71
The Daily Freeman reports that Joseph M. Platt, 71, of Athens, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, has been reported missing, according to state police. He was last seen Monday near Greenlake Road, wearing blue pants, a blue T-shirt and black shoes, and is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs around 220 pounds, accoridng to police, who ask anyone with information to call 518-622-8600. Read the full story in The Daily Freeman.

Occupy Wall Street protests gets labor rally
The Occupy Wall Street protests in Manhattan are joined by several labor groups and sympathy strikes on Wed., Oct. 5. Students at SUNY schools around the state say some will walk out at 1 p.m. Other protests are being held around the country. WGXC correspondent Kelly Benjamin will call in with a report live during the protests on the WGXC Afternoon Show live from the Catskill Community Center every Wednesday.

The National Weather Service predicts that Wednesday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Wednesday night there could be areas of frost after 4 a.m., with a low around 34. Thursday should be sunny, with a high near 61.

Town meetings today
CANAAN The Canaan Town Board holds a Public Hearing regarding Local Law No. 1 of the year 2011 - amending the Town of Canaan Zoning Law relative to Wind Energy Conversion Systems, followed by a workshop of the 2012 Tentative Budget. The regularly scheduled monthly meeting will follow the hearings. At 6 p.m. at Canaan Town Hall, 1647 County Route 5, Canaan.
CAIRO Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 512 Main Street, Cairo (622-3120).
GHENT Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, P.O. Box 98, Ghent (392-4644).
GREENE COUNTY Meetings for Human Services, Health, and Education Committees at 6 p.m. at County Building, 411 Main St., Catskill (719-3270).
GREENPORT Town Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Greenport Town Hall, 600 Town Hall Drive, Hudson (828-4656).
HUDSON Hudson Common Council Youth & Aging Committee meeting, 6 p.m., and Arts, Entertainment & Tourism Committee meeting at 6:45 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
LIVINGSTON Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, County Rte. 19, Livingston (851-9441).

The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 10:57 p.m./Low, 5:07 a.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:56 a.m./6:33 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 3:13 a.m. / 12:38 a.m.

Birthdays
October 5 Vaclav Havel, Bill James, Bob Geldof, Bernie Mac, and Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Phillip Grant presents the morning news, music, other features, agriculture reporting, and more. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Phillip Grant updates of the morning news, and plays music. 9 a.m.
@ISSUE Host Victor Mendolia talks with Taghkanic candidates Debora Gilbert and Jerry McAward will discuss their races for Town Board. In the second half hour, Steven Sorman will discuss his race for Gallatin Town Supervisor. 10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
THE SCHOEMER SHOW Karen Schoemer hosts. Noon-2 p.m.
PRISON VOICES Kaya Weidman hosts. 2 p.m.
THE HALF-HOUR NEWS HOUR The Watershed Post's weekly news show. 3 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO Radio Explosion! 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Elaine Fernandez, Tom Roe, and Peter Krug host from the Catskill Community Center. Kelly Benjamin will call in with a live report from Occupy Wall Street, and we will look at charter schools, possibly in Durham, and other interviews. 4-6 p.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH 6 p.m.
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS 6:30 p.m.
LIVE FROM RED DOT OPEN MIC Rob Johanson hosts. Turn out live to get a chance to play at the open mic at the Red Dot restuarant. 9-10 p.m.
TRANSMISSION ART Radio theater, experimental sound, field recordings, radio art, mash-ups, shortwave radio news, and more midnight through 6 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Nearly 1,000 state layoffs land in Albany County
Jimmy Vielkind reports in Capitol Confidential that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has targeted 3,496 government jobs for elimination, though only eight are in Greene or Columbia counties. Cuomo began the layoffs last week when the Public Employees Federation voted down a tentative contract agreement. The total layoffs per area counties:
• Greene County, 5 jobs
• Columbia County, 3
• Albany County, 998
• Rensselaer County, 49
• Delaware County, 7
• Dutchess County, 115
• Ulster County, 5
Read the full story in Capitol Confidential.

High-impact hydraulic fracturing hearing Thursday
While the Department of Environmental Conservation's public hearings about high-impact hydraulic fracturing will be held farther south away from our area, the New York State Assembly holds a hearing Thursday closer, in Albany. The Assembly's Committee on Environmental Conservation holds a hearing Thur. Oct. 6 at 9:30 a.m. at Hamilton Hearing Room B, 2nd Floor of the Legislative Office Building in the State Capitol. To testify, one needs to fill out a form.

Greene Dems elect new leader
Greene County Democrats changed leaders Monday, Oct. 3, electing Doreen Davis chair, and Terry McSorley vice-chair, and Marie Metzler at Gallagher's in Cairo. Davis has been the town of Catskill’s Democratic Committee chairwoman and treasurer for the county party. Previously, Tom Poelker was chairman, Brud Miller was vice chair, and Metzler was secretary.

Occupy Albany meets
WGXC's Jack Ross-Pilkington attended the Occupy Albany meeting Sunday, where organizers of the offshoot protest movement from Occupy Wall Street, planned similar actions. Ross-Pilkington writes: "When I first got there, there were about 20 people, but the number rose to about 150 by the time I left. There was no apparent leader, and took much pride in that. There were lots of proposals (15) such as providing transportation to NYC, creating a video expressing solidarity with Wall St protesters, and researching possible places for an Albany occupation. They have more videos and information at their website, occupyalbany.org." Wednesday, union organizers are joining the Occupy Wall Street protest, and there a planned student walkout and protest at SUNY Albany at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5.

The National Weather Service predicts showers likely, mainly before 11 a.m. Tuesday, otherwise cloudy, with a high near 61. Tuesday night there will be scattered showers, with a low around 47. Wednesday should be mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

Town meetings today
CAIRO There will be a district-wide information meeting for the community in the MS/HS Media Center to regarding the proposed conversion of Durham Elementary to a Charter School. There will be a presentation and a question and answer period. 7 p.m. at Cairo-Durham High School, 1301 Route 145, Durham.
CATSKILL Town Board meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill (943-2141).
COLUMBIA COUNTY The Columbia County Industrial Development Agency meets at 8:30 a.m., and the Columbia County Capital Resource Corporation meets at 9 a.m., both at 4303 Route 9, Hudson.
COLUMBIA COUNTY Finance Committee meets at 5 p.m. at County Office Building, 401 State St., Hudson.
COPAKE Park Commission meets at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
DURHAM The Durham Town Board opened a Public Hearing on August 2 for the following proposed Site Plan Reviews which will remain open until further notice: Property owned by Edward Armstrong, parcel 49.00-6-30 located at 1105 Hervey Sunside Road, Cornwallville consisting of approximately 54.80 +/- acres. Their wish is to place a 140’ wind tower on this parcel; And property owned by Robert Stefanko, parcel 63.00-3-8 located at 7591 Rt 23, East Windham consisting of approximately 17.10 +/- acres. Their wish is to place a 120’ wind tower on this parcel. Town Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Town Building, 7309 State Rt. 81, East Durham (239-8260).
HILLSDALE The Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Hillsdale holds a public hearing on a special permit for Howard Henward to remove sediment and gravel in compliance with DEC permits from his stream pond at 165 County Route 21, Hillsdale. At 7:30 p.m. at Hillsdale Town Hall, Main St., Hillsdale.
LEXINGTON Town Board meeting at 7 p.m., at Municipal building, 3542 Route 42, Lexington, (986-6303).
LIVINGSTON Zoning Board of Appeals meeting at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, County Rte. 19, Livingston (851-9441).

The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 9:56 p.m./Low, 3:59 p.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:55 a.m./6:35 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 2:36 a.m. / 12:38 Wed a.m.

Birthdays
October 4 Charlton Heston, Alvin Toffler, Anne Rice, Tony La Russa, Susan Sarandon, and Russell Simmons.

Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Phillip Grant presents the morning news, music, other features, agriculture reporting, and more. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Phillip Grant updates of the morning news, and plays music. 9 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
VOCAL CHORDS Andrew Sosnowski hosts. Noon-2 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos host. 4-6 p.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH 6 p.m.
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS 6:30 p.m.
JMOORE Jeff Moore plays music. 7 p.m.
BATTLEFIELD EARTH Dan Seward hosts. 9:30 p.m.
TRANSMISSION ART Radio theater, experimental sound, field recordings, radio art, mash-ups, shortwave radio news, and more midnight through 6 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Durham Elementary location of possible charter school
The Greenville Mountain View Pioneer (no website) reports that this Tuesday, October 4, the Cairo-Durham Central School District is holding a first meeting to consider turning Durham Elementary into a charter school. Three administrators, four teachers, and six parents have formed a "Parents Choice Charter School" committee to consider the idea. The meeting is at 7 p.m., Tuesday at Cairo-Durham High School, 1301 Route 145, in Durham. The next Cairo-Durham Board of Education meeting is Thu. Oct. 13.

West Nile Virus confirmed in Albany County
The Greenville Mountain View Pioneer reports that the Albany County Department of Health says an adult over the age of 60 contracted West Nile Virus in Albany County, the first ever in that county. Mosquitoes deliver the disease to humans, and there are more mosquitoes in our area than usual, as we have excessive rain since before Hurricane Irene blew through.

Hudson River Historic Boat Restoration & Sailing Society becomes non-profit
Hudson River Historic Boat Restoration & Sailing Society Inc., a local group led by Louise E. Bliss that's attempting to restore the Sloop Eleanor, has been granted official non-profit status, and has a website. Sloop Eleanor is currently protected from the weather at 191 23 B, Hudson. The group will have an information tent set up this Saturday, Oct. 8, at Hudson's Henry Hudson Waterfront Park, to answer questions about the project.

One month left to register for FEMA aid
The Daily Mail reports that New Yorkers affected by Hurricane Irene have four weeks to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for federal disaster assistance. Oct. 31, 2011 is the deadline. “Registration keeps open the possibility of a wide range of assistance,” said Philip E. Parr, FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer. “If your insurance coverage comes up short, or other damage appears later, you need to be registered for us to help.” To register, call the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362 between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.

New York sports
In baseball, the New York Yankees lost to the Detroit Tigers Sunday, bringing their best-of-five playoff series to a one-to-one tie. Game three is tonight in Detroit. In football, the New York Jets were embarrassed by the Baltimore Ravens Sunday 34-17. The New York Giants beat the Arizona Cardinals 31-27, and the New England Patriots beat the Oakland Raiders 31-19.

The National Weather Service predicts a 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3 p.m. Monday, with patchy fog before 7 a.m. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Monday night there is a 50 percent chance of showers, with patchy fog after 2 a.m., with a low around 47. Tuesday there will be scattered showers, with a high near 62.

Town meetings today
ANCRAM Conservation Advisory Council at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 1416 County Rte. 7, Ancram (329-6512).
ATHENS Town meeting at 7 p.m. at 2 First Street, Athens (734-3636).
AUSTERLITZ The Town of Austerlitz has called a special meeting to present the 2012 Tentative Budget. At 7 p.m. at Austerlitz Town Hall, 812 Route 203, Spencertown,
CLAVERACK a Public Hearing before the Planning Board for the Town of Claverack on the following application(s): Bristol Estate Subdivision: Subdivision of approximately 54 +/- acres into 3 parcels located on NYS Rte. 9-H and Old Lane in Claverack; also Subdivision of 141 +/- acres of the Runyon farm property, which lies south of NYS. Rte. 217 in to two separate parcels of 22 acres and 119.02 acres respectively; and Catskillview Rd. Subdivision, modification of a previously approved Subdivision located at Catskill View Rd. Meeting at Town Hall, Church Street, Mellenville (672-7911).
CLERMONT Town Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 1795 Route 9, Clermont (537-6868).
HUDSON Informal meeting of Common Council at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren St., Hudson (828-1030).
TAGHKANIC Town meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, Route 82,West Taghkanic (851-7638).

The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 8:55 p.m./Low, 2:50 p.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:54 a.m./6:37 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 1:52 a.m. /11:34 p.m.
First Quarter Moon: 10:16 p.m.

Birthdays
October 3 Gore Vidal, Eddie Cochran, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gwen Stefani, and Talib Kweli.

Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Phillip Grant presents the morning news, music, other features, agriculture reporting, and more. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Phillip Grant updates of the morning news, and plays music. 9 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
MONDAY MUSIC MATINEE Classical music with Lincoln Mayorga. Noon-2 p.m.
LIVING LIGHTLY ON THE LAND Agroforestry Center's Liz LoGiudice discusses watershed protection. 2 p.m.
WELLNESS WATCH 3 p.m.
BOUND BY BOOKS Youth radio. 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Kaya Weidman hosts. 4-6 p.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH 6 p.m.
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS 6:30 p.m.
STONE WALLS, STEEL BARS Cowboy Jim plays bluegrass music. 7 p.m.
LUNARMOSS DJ Lunar Moss plays mostly vinyl. 9:30 p.m.
TRANSMISSION ART Radio theater, experimental sound, field recordings, radio art, mash-ups, shortwave radio news, and more midnight through 6 a.m. Tuesday morning.

Anyone got a spare $10 million?
Earlier in the week in The Daily Mail Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said it would cost about $10 million to fix Greene County's roads and bridges damaged from the storms associated with Hurricane Irene. Similarly, Michael Ryan in the Windham Journal has a long story looking at Prattsville's future, and Town Supervisor Kory O’Hara estimates it will take $10 million to return the town to normal. And it is not as simple, or difficult, as finding huge sums of money. Political fingerpointing has already begun, budgetary constraints may delay repairs for years, and many residents have left or are considering leaving as winter approaches.

Ryan's story paints a grim picture in Prattsville. The Prattsville Relief Fund has collected $112,000 in donations, and are about to begin distributing the funds to needy locals. Prattsville is considering borrowing $2 million in low-interest bonds. The Young’s Agway Store in town is selling everything for half price. The New York Times recently painted a vivid tale of life at the Prattsville Tavern, which has stayed open even without a bar. The town has begun holding meetings every Monday evening. “A lot of people are holding up their hands, saying they’re going,” Ryan reports one resident said. “What incentive do we have to stay when this can all just happen again?” O’Hara warns that Prattsville is a small town, and if it loses 30 homes, there could be a 30 percent increase in taxes for anyone left. Soon it will be cold, making staying that much more difficult.

Jim Planck in The Windham Journal reports that there is some money coming to help. The Catskill Watershed Corporation diverted $5 million from its Catskill Fund for the Future, for direct aid to storm-damaged businesses and towns. “That ($5,000,000) was then divided among the (five) watershed counties,” County Legislator and Hunter town attorney Larry Gardner told Planck. Greene County gets $930,500 in total, with Prattsville getting $600,000, roughly, Windham about $250,000, and Hunter receiving $90,000. Ashland, Jewett, Lexington, and Halcott, Planck reports, have indicated no businesses eligible for the funds. The Greene County Industrial Development Agency has also set aside $100,000 in another program.

Thursday, Sept. 29, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection added $1 million to that CWC fund, Mid-Hudson News reported, so those town figures should all rise in proportion. The DEP says it has also provided $1 million in in-kind contributions of manpower, equipment, and materials to assist Catskills communities flooded by the storms. The $1 million donation announcement comes in the face of heavy criticism of the DEP from people in Prattsville. "Folks are angry about the streams, claiming DEP won’t let the town maintain them right," Ryan writes in The Windham Journal. "O’Hara said he talked to DEP Commissioner Carter Strickland shortly after the storm. 'I told him what we think they did to us and that we needed money to fix our problems. It’s been thirty days and we haven’t heard anything from them,'" O’Hara told the reporter. It looks like O'Hara is now hearing Prattsville might be getting about $120,000 from the DEP, a drop in the bucket, to pardon the pun, of the $10 million Prattsville needs.

Groden, the new Greene County administrator, is using the storm to attack Gov. Andrew Cuomo's two-percent property tax cap. “Our requirement under the two percent cap means we couldn’t increase the tax levy by more than $350,000. So, we can’t make repairs with the cap, unless the residents are willing wait four to five years,” said Groden. The math is that if the bill is $10 million, the county has to pay for $1,250,000 of that, and the tax cap only allows the county to raise $350,000 per year.

Concert for the Catskills
The Catskill Glee Club, Phil Brown (of Little Feat), members of the Allman Brothers Band, Kitty Kelly, Peter Head, The Trapps, Voodelic, the Jonny Monster Band, Abby Lappen, Steve Charney, Rhett Tyler, and the dancers from the Mike Farrell School of Irish Dance are among the many performers at the "Concert for the Catskills" Oct. 1-2 at the Michael J. Quill Irish Cultural Center (2267 Route 145) in East Durham which benefits storm victims. Performances take from noon until 10 p.m. Saturday and noon until 7 p.m. Sunday, and styles range from Irish to rock to country to folk to comedy and dance. Community Action of Greene County will make sure all of the money raised goes to Greene County storm victims.

The National Weather Service predicts a slight chance of showers after 10 a.m. Friday, otherwise cloudy or partly sunny, with a high near 65. Friday night, there is another small chance of rain, with a low around 45. Saturday, the chance of showers increases slightly, with a high near 50. Sunday, maybe a little rain, with a high near 48.

Town meetings today
This is the fifth Friday of the month, and few towns schedule meetings in the fifth week.

The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 5:53 p.m./Low, 12:02 p.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:51 a.m./6:42 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 10:48 a.m. /8:38 p.m.

Birthdays
September 30 Buddy Rich, Truman Capote, Elie Wiesel, Frankie Lymon, Bob Lassiter, and Marc Bolan.

Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Mark Lacoy and Casson Kennedy presents the morning news, music, other features, agriculture reporting, and more. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Tom Roe updates of the morning news, and plays music. 9 a.m.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS Hosted by Christina Malisoff. 10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
PURE MOODS Buke and Gass are guest DJs with host Shannekia McIntosh. Noon-2 p.m.
QUE COCINARE HOY? Spanish-language news and features from Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos. 2 p.m.
POETRY 3 p.m.
KNOCK ON WOOD Steve Charney hosts. 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Sanford Allen is a guest, talking about his classical concert in Copake. Tom Roe hosts, and Jack Ross-Pilkington checks the weekend events and sports. 4-6 p.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH 6 p.m.
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS 6:30 p.m.
HOTLINE RADIO Extended edition with guests. 7 p.m.-midnight.
TRANSMISSION ART Radio theater, experimental sound, field recordings, radio art, mash-ups, shortwave radio news, and more midnight through 6 a.m. Sunday morning.

Hudson-based band Yassou Benedict performed "No Lights" with Young Paris at Helsinki Hudson on September 2, 2011, and recorded this video. Below, the official "No Lights" video produced by Steve Durand, "shot in three hours at an abandoned school in Upstate New York," and an official selection of the 2011 Woodstock Film Festival.

Hudson gets nation's first Animal Welfare-approved restaurant
William M. Dowd reports in examiner.com that Grazin', the diner restaurant that opens Saturday, Oct. 1 at 717 Warren St. in Hudson, is the first restaurant in the nation to be an Animal Welfare Approved (AWA) operation. "That means it is first in the U.S. to use only meat, eggs and dairy products certified by the AWA organization. Restaurants can earn the designation only if all such products are from AWA-approved farms," Dowd writes. Grazin' is owned by Dan and Susan Gibson and his family own also operate Angus Acres farm in Ghent. The menu includes eight different burgers, all made using their local grass-fed cows. Read the entire story in examiner.com. (h/t The Gossips of Rivertown)

An island unto himself
Doron Tyler Antrim reports in The Daily Mail that on Monday the U.S. Board of Geographic Names approved a proposal to name a Hudson River island after Catskill environmentalist Doug Bush. He, "fished the waters and contributed to the island's preservation; it continues to be a home for bald eagles and other bird species," according to Antrim. “My dad would be very proud that this went through,” said Catskill Village President Vincent Seeley, whose late father Jeff was a childhood friend of Bush, who died in 2001. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.

DEC issues draft regulations for high-volume hydraulic fracturing
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Wednesday, Sept. 28, issued draft regulations for high-volume hydraulic fracturing based on the proposed requirements contained in the agency's revised draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement released earlier this month, and also announced four public hearings for citizens to air their views on the issue. The hearings will be held:
• Nov. 16: Dansville Middle School Auditorium, 31 Clara Barton St., Dansville, NY 14437
• Nov. 17: The Forum Theatre, 236 Washington Street, Binghamton, NY, 13901
• Nov. 29: Sullivan County Community College, Seelig Theatre, 112 College Rd, Loch Sheldrake, NY 12759
• Nov. 30: Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street, New York, NY, 10007
Each public hearing will have an afternoon and an evening session from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., respectively. Comments will be accepted in written and oral format at the hearings. Once the comment period is complete Dec. 12, DEC will review the comments on the revised draft SGEIS and proposed regulations and prepare responses to be released with the final SGEIS and final regulations. No permits for high-volume hydraulic fracturing will be issued until the SGEIS is finalized and DEC issues the required Findings Statement. Comments can be submitted online at: http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/76838.html or by mail to:
Attn: dSGEIS Comments
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233-6510

Dilan: GOP is dragging its feet on prison gerrymandering
Jimmy Vielkind in Capitol Confidential, the Albany Times-Union's political blog, reports that Senate Republicans are challenging the constitutionality of a 2010 law to count prisoners at their last known address instead of their jail cells. A hearing before Albany County Supreme Court Justice Eugene Devine will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4. During a phone interview with the Albany Times Union on Wednesday, Sept. 28, New York State Senator Martin Dilan, D-Brooklyn, alleged Senate Republicans are dragging their feet crunching the new prison counts:

“The Senate majority staff, in the background, has been doing everything behind the scenes to make sure people don’t get counted,” said Dilan. “Publicly they’re saying one thing and behind closed doors they’re doing another. The Assembly has been doing a very good job at trying to geocode and put everyone back in place, but I was informed by my staff was that the majority’s executive director was saying nobody should be counted. They’re not moving forward toward proper geocoding. They’re just looking not to do it.”

Read the full story in Capitol Confidential.

Tune in Hudson Common Council
Monday night the Hudson Common Council held a Special Meeting about the LWRP -- the proposed waterfront development plan -- at the Hudson Central Fire Station and Dan Udell was there to record it for WGXC. The public did not get the opportunity to speak to their representatives at the meeting, but the public can hear the meeting at 4 a.m. early Friday morning, Sept. 30 on WGXC 90.7-FM. The Hudson Common Council passed the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program at the meeting. Click here to listen to the recording of the entire meeting

The National Weather Service predicts showers and possibly a thunderstorm Thursday, with a high near 65. Thursday night there is a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a low around 51. Friday there is a 30 percent chance of showers, with a high near 63.

Town meetings today
This is the fifth Thursday of the month, and few towns schedule meetings in the fifth week.

The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 4:59 p.m./Low, 10:15 a.m. and 11:50 p.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:50 a.m./6:43 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 9:33 a.m. /7:51 p.m.

Birthdays
September 29 Clarence Ashley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lech Walesa, Les Claypool, and Dan Crary.

Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos presents the morning news, music, other features, agriculture reporting, and more. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Sara Kendall updates of the morning news, and plays music, and Ellen Thurston previews weekend events. 9 a.m.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS Hosted by Christina Malisoff. 10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
CROSSROADS Alan Skerrett hosts. Noon-2 p.m.
RADIO THEATER 3 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Tom Roe hosts. 4-6 p.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH 6 p.m.
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS 6:30 p.m.
THE JAZZ DISTURBANCE CHeryl K. hosts. 7 p.m.
69 The Magic Stranger plays psychedelic music from the year 1969. 9:30 p.m.
TRANSMISSION ART Radio theater, experimental sound, field recordings, radio art, mash-ups, shortwave radio news, and more midnight through 6 a.m. Friday morning.

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="765" caption="Matt Bua, left, and Ron Diamondstein host the WGXC Afternoon Show at the Catskill Community Center."][/caption]The "WGXC Afternoon Show" now originates from the Catskill Community Center in a front window on Main Street every Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. Today's guests included Dick May, who writes the "Seeing Greene" blog about Greene County news. WGXC correspondent Kelly Benjamin also filed an interview with Cornell West at the Occupy Wall Street protests in Manhattan. Other WGXC regulars that stopped by the Catskill Community Center today included Joan Geitz, Ann Forbes Cooper, and Al Davis. Anyone is encouraged to come by the Catskill Community Center every Wednesday from 4-6 p.m to see how radio works, or help make it work. Also, Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos are taking over hosting duties on the WGXC Afternoon Show on Tuesdays, from 4-6 p.m.

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="Roswell Rudd, from Wikipedia."][/caption]Kerhonkson resident Roswell Rudd will be the guest on "The Jazz Disturbance" with Cheryl K, Thursday, Oct. 6 from 7-9:30 p.m. on WGXC. The trombonist will be appearing at Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St. in Hudson, the next day, Friday, October 7, to play with trumpeter Steve Bernstein for his 50^th birthday with Sex Mob and guest keyboardist John Medeski. Rudd is known primarily for his work in free and avant-garde jazz (performing with Carla Bley, Don Cherry, Archie Shepp), but has extended his musical range through and to World music. He graduated from Yale University and later taught music-ethnology at Bard College and the University of Maine. His latest release is "The Incredible Honk" on Sunnyside Records.

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Kelly Benjamin with Cornell West at Occupy Wall Street."][/caption]WGXC correspondent Kelly Benjamin recorded an interview with Princeton University profesor Cornell West at the Occupy Wall Street protests in Manhattan. Click here to listen to mp3 recording. Benjamin also filed this report for Free Speech Radio News and WMNF (88.5-FM) in Tampa, Florida. PLAY CLIP

Tune in Hudson Common Council
Monday night the Hudson Common Council held a Special Meeting about the LWRP at the Hudson Central Fire Station and Dan Udell was there to record it for WGXC. The public did not get the opportunity to speak to their representatives at the meeting, but the public can hear the meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28 on WGXC. At that time, WGXC will air the first hour of the meeting, where the Hudson Common Council passed the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program. "@Issue," which usually airs at this time, will return next week. Click here to listen to the recording of the entire meeting.

Mobile FEMA center to open in Catskill
Lissa Harris in The Watershed Post reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will open a mobile disaster recovery center in Catskill, from today, Wednesday, September 28 through Friday, September 30. The DRC will be located at the Catskill Community Life Church at 20 West Main Street. It will be open from 8 a.m. through 8 p.m., Wednesday through Friday. Four other DRCs are still open six days a week, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., around the Catskills region:
• Ulster County: Belleayre Ski Center, Route 28, Highmount
• Schoharie County: Cobleskill Fire Department, 610 East Main Street, Cobleskill
• Delaware County: Sidney Civic Center, 21 Liberty Street, Sidney
• Greene County: Main Street, Prattsville
"A spokesperson for FEMA told the Watershed Post this morning that the DRC at the Belleayre Ski Center was slated to close on October 1. The Cobleskill, Sidney and Prattsville DRCs will be open until further notice," Harris reports. The Watershed Post will have more storm updates on its "The Half-Hour News Hour" at 3 p.m. today, Wed. Sept. 28 on WGXC. Read the full story in The Watershed Post.

A battle that is far from won
Claude Haton in The Daily Mail reports that the people of Prattsville still need your help. “The first weekend, we had 800 volunteers,” per day, said George Williams of the Huntersfield Christian Training Center’s recovery center in Haton's story. “The second weekend, 400, the third weekend 175 and on the fourth, we had 125 on Saturday and 34 on Sunday.” Williams says that 117 homes in the hamlet were hit by the storm, with 42 condemned. “We’re working on the other 75,” he noted. To volunteer or otherwise donate good and services, the recovery center can be contacted at 347-633-1536 or 347-782-2667. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.

ZBA reclassifies dog camp as commercial operation
Barbara Reina in the Register-Star reports that Tuesday night, Sept. 27, the Stuyvesant Zoning Board of Appeals voted 4-2 to change the classification of the Glencadia Dog Camp from Home Occupancy 2 to Commercial because of "unusual noise." "The draft resolution states that, the Town ZEO (Zoning Enforcement Officer Gerry Ennis) mistakenly issued a zoning permit. This zoning permit should be deemed invalid and be revoked,” Reina reported. Read the full story in the Register-Star.

Baseball season ends?
Today is the final regular day of the baseball season and while the division races are all long settled, the wild card races in both leagues are, improbably, tied. The Boston Red Sox have blown a nine-game lead over the Tampa Bay Rays, yet are tied today, playing the Baltimore Orioles, while the Rays play the New York Yankees. In the National League, the Atlanta Braves have had a similar collapse to the Red Sox, losing Tuesday to the Philadelphia Phillies to fall to a tie with the St. Louis Cardinals. If the teams remained tied after today, there will be one-game playoffs between the teams.

The National Weather Service predicts scattered showers Wednesday, with areas of fog before 11 a.m., and a high near 69. Wednesday night there is a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a low around 56. Thursday the chance of rain is 70 percent, with a high near 66.

Town meetings today
ATHENS Village meeting at 7 p.m. at Community Center, 2 First St., Athens (945-1551).
COLUMBIA COUNTY Public Works Committee at 6 p.m. at County Office Building, 401 State Street, Hudson.
HUDSON Department of Public Works Committee meeting at 6 p.m.; Legal Committee meeting starts at 6:45 p.m at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
KINDERHOOK Historical Committee meeting at 7 p.m., Town Hall, 4 Church St, Niverville (784-2233).

The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 4:10 p.m./Low, 10:28 a.m. and 10:59 p.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:49 a.m./6:45 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 8:17 a.m. /7:10 p.m.

Birthdays
September 28 Tuli Kupferberg, Koko Taylor, John Sayles, C. J. Chenier, and Janeane Garofalo.

Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Phillip Grant presents the morning news, music, other features, agriculture reporting, and more. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Philip Grant updates of the morning news, and plays music. 9 a.m.
HUDSON COMMON COUNCIL LWRP MEETING First hour of Hudson Common Council special meeting on the waterfront development plan. Full recording available at www.wgxc.org. 10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
THE SCHOEMER SHOW Karen Schoemer hosts. Noon-2 p.m.
THE HALF-HOUR NEWS HOUR From The Watershed Post. 3 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO Radio Explosion! 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Ron Diamondstein hosts from the Catskill Community Center, with Matt Bua. 4-6 p.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH 6 p.m.
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS 6:30 p.m.
LIVE FROM RED DOT OPEN MIC Rob Johanson hosts. Anyone can come out, sign up, and get on the air from the Red Dot restaurant in Hudson. 9-10 p.m.
TRANSMISSION ART Radio theater, experimental sound, field recordings, radio art, mash-ups, shortwave radio news, and more midnight through 6 a.m. Thursday morning.

Senate reaches deal to avert government shutdown
Jennifer Steinhauer reports in The New York Times that the U.S. Senate voted Monday, Sept. 26, 79 to 12, to approve funding for the government for seven weeks, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency reported that its $114 million on hand will last the week. It was a possibility that FEMA -- with emergency centers currently in Greene and Columbia counties because of the storms associated with Hurricane Irene -- would run out of money this week. Both New York Senate Democrats, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, voted for the measure. Read the full story in The New York Times.

Easements protect farmlands in Dutchess, Columbia
Kyle Wind in The Daily Freeman reports that the, "environmental group Scenic Hudson and government officials on Monday announced the shared $3.6 million purchase of development rights to about 700 acres of farmland in Red Hook, Clermont, and Germantown." The conservation easements are being financed with $1.8 million from the federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program, $1.2 million from Scenic Hudson, and $615,000 from the town of Red Hook through an initiative voters approved ten years ago. The Dutchess Land Conservancy is also “contributing toward stewardship and project expenses,” officials said. Eight farms, with 440 acres of easements, are in Red Hook, in Dutchess County. They include Northwind Farm, the Three Pond Farm, Migliorelli Farm, Missing D Farm, Trezza Farm, Panorama Farm, and the Sturges and Karpinski agricultural lands adjacent to two large farms. In Columbia County, the O’Neal Farm in Clermont and the Diehl Farm also are selling development rights. Read the full story in The Daily Freeman.

Report from Hudson Common Council special meeting about LWRP
Dan Udell recorded Monday's Hudson Common Council special meeting to consider a part of the Local Waterfront plan, or LWRP, that is currently being considered. Click here to listen.

Christopher Reed of Friends of Hudson sent this report to the InFoH listserv, and allows us to reprint it here:

"Earlier this evening, the Hudson Common Council voted overwhelmingly to accept the Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement (FGEIS), a key component of the Hudson LWRP. There was one "No" (Chris Wagoner) and one Abstention (Ellen Thurston).

Discussion before the vote was limited to Common Council members, City Attorney Cheryl Roberts and Department of State (DOS) attorney and land use expert William Sharp. Despite this restriction, the discussion provided useful insights into waterfront zoning, one of the key components of the LWRP remaining to be reviewed and voted on. Specifically, Sharp helped clarify the distinction between non-conforming and conditional uses, key zoning concepts for effective public control of the causeway as a transportation corridor.

... I'd like to mention that Cheryl Roberts cleared up a mystery as to why the May 2011 LWRP/GEIS needed to undergo an additional four months of revisions. Roberts cited three developments:
1. The South Bay Task Force's "Newly Discovered Information" letter to the Common Council on notable species observed in the South Bay (May 17).**
2. The proposed designation by the DOS of major portions of the South Bay as a Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife habitat (June 15).
3. The paving of the causeway by O&G (June 23) and subsequent use to haul aggregate to the Holcim dock.
Roberts also reported that the error discovered by the South Bay Task Force in one of the key maps (InFoH 9/19/11) has been corrected."

More dog barking tonight in Stuyvesant
The Stuyvesant Zoning Board meets tonight, perhaps with some resolution to the noise issue surrounding the Glencadia Dog Camp. Dog camp owner Will Pflaum predicts on his "Sunshine on the Hudson" blog that he will lose at tonight's hearing. But his lawyers recently uncovered at least one document that supports his claim that the epic battle that has taken over the town over his dog camp is somehow about personalities or politics, rather than dog barking. "Here is what our upstanding Family man does on the side. Enclosed are pictures and facts about Will Pflaum aka Emcee Will Ep. He writes and performs all lyrics, and sells albums. For example: My Big Gun speaks of shooting the Pope. Most other songs are x-rated and the lyrics are too obscene to write down," says the letter in Pflaum's file. The Stuyvesant Zoning Board meets at 7:30 p.m. at Stuyvesant Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant.
[caption id="attachment_14271" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="Will Pflaum's lawyers filed Freedom of Information Law requests for information relating to the town's attempts to shut down his "dog camp" turned up this unsigned, hand-written document."][/caption]

Epic fail?
Last night the Tampa Bay Rays won and the Boston Red Sox lost, USA Today reports, to almost complete one of the most shocking failures in sports history. A few weeks ago, the Red Sox were nine games ahead of the Rays for the wild card position in the American League playoffs, and now they are tied. The Rays have two games against the New York Yankees, who have long-clinched the division title and their spot in the playoffs. The Red Sox, with their 6-19 September record, have two games left with the Baltimore Orioles, who have a long history of little love for the Boston baseball team.

TUESDAY AUDIO
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• Occupy Wall Street News Report: 20110927 3:10
Kelly Benjamin reports for WGXC that the Occupy Wall Street protests continued in Manhattan's financial district for the 11th straight day on Mon., Sept. 26. Things have been relatively peaceful in the occupied public square after the mass arrests and pepper sprayings that took place over the weekend. But today, the Hacktivist group "Anonymous" fanned some flames by releasing documents publicly on the internet related to the NYPD officer the group claims is responsible for the pepper-spraying of a group of protesting women on Saturday. Anonymous claims the officer seen in the widely circulated internet video is Anthony Bologna. WGXC's Kelly Benjamin is in New York and spoke with Occupy Wall Street's Patrick Bruner about the incident. PLAY CLIP

The National Weather Service predicts it could drizzle or be foggy before noon Tuesday, then isolated showers after 3 p.m. are possible. Otherwise, it will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Tuesday night there is a 40 percent chance of showers, after 9 p.m., with a low around 58. Wednesday there is a 50 percent chance of showers, with a high near 67.

Town meetings today
CANAAN A public hearing before the Canaan Zoning Board of Appeals will be conducted to be consider a request for a special permit in Appeal 2011-2 by Bobbi-Jean Bennett, 13131 State Route 22, Tax ID#60.-1-37 and a request for two area variances in Appeal 2011-3A&B by David and Shalva Gliner, 530 County Route 24, East Chatham NY 12060. Meeting at 7 p.m. at Canaan Town Hall, 1647 County Route 5, Canaan.
GREENPORT Planning Board meeting, 7:30 p.m. at Greenport Town Hall, Town Hall Drive, Hudson (828-4656).
HILLSDALE The Town Board of the Town of Hillsdale holds a special meeting on the Tentative Budget for 2012. At 7 p.m. at Hillsdale Town Hall, Main St., Hillsdale, 518-325-7563.
HUDSON Common Council Economic Development Committee meeting, 6 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
STUYVESANT Zoning Board meets, discusses sound issues surrounding Glencadia Dog Camp. At 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant.

The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 3:23 p.m./Low, 9:41 a.m. and 10:08 p.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:48 a.m./6:47 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 7 a.m. /6:34 p.m.
New Moon: 6:10 a.m.

Birthdays
September 27 Jim Thompson, Bud Powell, Wilford Brimley, and Carrie Brownstein.

Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Phillip Grant presents the morning news, music, other features, agriculture reporting, and more. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Philip Grant updates of the morning news, and plays music. 9 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
FOURTH TUESDAY OPERA SCENE Margaret Juntwait, host of the Metropolitan Opera on radio, will talk with Ed Beaty about the 2011/2012 Met Opera season, and will recall their years working together on the live Met Broadcasts. Noon-2 p.m.
BLINDSPOT RADIO Radio show about photography. 2 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO Karen Schoemer and Loretta. 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Ann Forbes Cooper hosts with Rene van Schaack, the interim executive director for the Greene County Industrial Development Agency will talk about its new initiatives to help businesses affected by Irene and other issues such as how to attract new industry to the area. in the 4 p.m. hour; and Vincent Seeley, Catskill Village President answers questions about his term in office, Hurricane Irene, the economy, the future of Catskill Village and much, much more in the 5 p.m. hour. Listeners are urged to call in with questions for either, at 518-828-0290. The show kicks off with psychologist Risha Handlers discussing how individuals deal emotionally with crises, such as major local storms. 4-6 p.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH 6 p.m.
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS 6:30 p.m.
THE TOM WAITS SHOW Kurt and Doug host. 7 p.m.
BATTLEFIELD EARTH Bee Mask, Drainolith, Saviour Self, DJ Peoplekiller will be on a wgxc.org internet feed beginning at 8 p.m., and will air on the FM signal at 9:30 p.m. with regular host Dan Seward at the helm.
TRANSMISSION ART Radio theater, experimental sound, field recordings, radio art, mash-ups, shortwave radio news, and more midnight through 6 a.m.Wednesday morning.

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