Today is Day 6 of the WGXC Radical Radio 2017 Winter Pledge Drive. During the coming days, WGXC programmers, volunteers and staff must raise $20,000 to keep WGXC Hands-on Radio on the air, live and local during the coming months. Your support will make all the difference. Call (518) 697-7400 or go online to wgxc.org [slash] donate. Thank you for supporting creative community radio in New York's Greene and Columbia counties.

Local weather forecast:

TODAY (Presidents Day): Sunny. High near 41. Monday night, mostly clear. Low around 21.

FORECAST FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS
TUESDAY: A slight chance of rain after 1 p.m. Partly sunny. High near 41. Tuesday night, a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy. Low around 33.
WEDNESDAY: Partly sunny. High near 53. Wednesday night, partly cloudy. Low around 35.

Sunrise today: 6:42 a.m.
Sunset today: 5:35 p.m.
LENGTH OF THE DAY: 10:52 hrs.

PUBLIC MEETINGS
Today is the third Monday of the month.

WGXC suggests calling ahead to confirm time and location.
All numbers are in the 518 area code unless otherwise noted.

ATHENS Town Board meeting, 6:45 p.m. at community center, 2 First St., Athens (945-1052, ext. 2).
DURHAM Town Board meeting, 7:30 p.m. at Town Building, 7309 State Rt. 81, East Durham (239-8260).
GREENVILLE Town Board meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 11159 Route 32, Greenville (966-5055).
HUNTER Town Board meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville (589-6150).
PHILMONT Planning Board meeting, 7 p.m., Philmont Village Hall, 124 Main St., Philmont (672-7032).
TAGHKANIC Zoning Commission meeting, 3:30 p.m. at Town Hall, Route 82, West Taghkanic (851-7638).

POLITICAL EVENTS
NOT MY PRESIDENTS DAY Rally, 12 p.m., Feb. 20, on the SUNY New Paltz campus at the JFT Concourse. Organized by Move Forward New York.
PAUL TONKO Town Hall, 5:30 p.m., Feb. 20 at Schenectady County Community College, 78 Washington Ave., Schenectady.
JOHN FASO Appearance, 8:30 a.m., Feb. 21 at Miss Monticello Diner, 406 Broadway, Monticello. Faso will discuss his first 50 days in office during a small business forum. Ticketed event.
JOHN FASO Fundraiser, 5:30 p.m. at Fort Orange Club, 110 Washington Ave., Albany. Rescheduled from Feb. 9.
Unofficial JOHN FASO Town Hall, 6 p.m., Feb. 24, at Kingston Town Hall. Organized by Citizen Action of the Hudson Valley. Local activists organized this town hall event for Faso. The first-term Congressman is not holding public meetings with his constituents.
Make Faso Listen March, 2 p.m., Feb. 25, at U.S. Rep. John Faso's District Office, 2 Hudson Street, Kinderhook. Organized by Indivisible CD19NY.