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Local weather forecast:

TODAY: Mostly sunny. High near 46. Thursday night, a chance of snow, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy. Low around 27.

FORECAST FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS
FRIDAY: A chance of snow, mainly between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny. High near 35. Friday night, mostly cloudy. Low around 9. Wind chill values as low as -3.
SATURDAY: Partly sunny. High near 22. Saturday night, partly cloudy. Low around 7.

Sunrise today: 6:15 a.m.
Sunset today: 5:55 p.m.
LENGTH OF THE DAY: 11:40 hrs.

PUBLIC MEETINGS
Today is the second Thursday of the month.

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

CHATHAM Village meeting, 7 p.m. at Village Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham (392-5821).
CLAVERACK Town Board meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 91 Church St., Mellenville (672-7911).
COPAKE Town Board meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mountainview Road, Copake (329-1234).
GALLATIN Town Board meeting, 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 667 Route 7, Ancram (398-7519).
GREENE County Legislature Finance Audit Committee meeting, 4 p.m. at 411 Main Street, Catskill (719-3200).
HUDSON Planning Board public hearings on the 886 Columbia Street, 6-12 Hudson Avenue, 34 Allen Street and 124 North Second Street applications, followed by regular meeting, 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren St., Hudson (828-1030).
KINDERHOOK Planning Board workshop meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 4 Church St, Niverville (784-2233).
LIVINGSTON Town board meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 119 County Route 19.
NEW BALTIMORE Planning board meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 3809 County Route 51, Hannacroix (756-6671).
STUYVESANT Town board meeting, 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant (758-6248).
WINDHAM Town board meeting, 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
WINDHAM-ASHLAND-JEWETT Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m. in school library, 5411 State Route 23, Windham (734-3400).

POLITICAL EVENTS
HUDSON VALLEY PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY, 6:30 p.m., Mar. 9 at Newburgh Armory Unity Center, Newburgh. Meeting with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman organized by Community Voices Heard.
NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION Day of Action, Mar. 13. Action at State Capitol in Albany by the NYCLU against policies of the Republican administration.