Amelia Waters reports for Fox23 television that Windham Mountain ski resort has added helmets in their rental packages this year. Helmet usage is not mandatory in New York State. But last winter, in separate instances, two women not wearing helmets ran into trees on Windham Mountain and died. The last ski-related fatality at Windham Mountain occurred more than 15 years ago. According to the National Ski Areas Association, an average of 40.6 people have died skiing/snowboarding per year in the U.S. in the past decade. Read the entire story on the Fox23 website.
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Tags: helmets, ski helmets, Windham Mountain
WRIP (97.9-FM) in Windham is reporting on their Facebook page that the Disaster Recovery Centers in Windham and Prattsville will close this Wednesday, October 26 at 8 p.m. Both centers were opened in late August in response to Hurricane Irene flooding in the area. Call FEMA at 1-800-621-3362 or register online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov.
Tags: Disaster Recovery Centers, FEMA, floods, Hurricane Irene
Local weather forecast
The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for eastern Columbia County through 6 a.m. Thursday, and showers are likely everywhere before 8 a.m. Later in the day it will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Thursday night there is a slight chance of showers before 11 p.m., but otherwise mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. Friday should be partly sunny, with a high near 59.
Town meetings today
ANCRAM Board meeting at 7 p.m. in Town Hall at 1416 County Rte. 7, Ancram (329-6512).
CHATHAM Town of Chatham holds a public hearing concerning the enactment of a local law to define “Travel Trailer Camp.” Also Town Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Chatham Town Hall, 488 Route 295, Chatham.
COLUMBIA COUNTY Public Safety Committee meeting at 6 p.m. at County Office Building, 401 State Street, Hudson. Public hearing at 7:20 p.m. The Columbia County Board of Supervisors hold a Public Hearing, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law Ch. 36-a, Art. II, § 20(5), on the enactment of a Local Law to continue and renew the imposition of an additional transfer tax on the conveyance of real property within the County of Columbia; and pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law Ch. 36-a, Art. II, § 20(5), on the enactment of a Local Law to continue and renew the imposition of an additional mortgage tax in accordance with §253-i of the Tax Law.
COPAKE Comprehensive Planning Committee meeting at 7:30 p.m., at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
DURHAM Town board meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Town Building, 7309 State Rt. 81, East Durham.
GHENT Town Board meeting at the Ghent Town Hall, 2306 State Route 66, Ghent (392-4644)
GREENE COUNTY The Greene County Industrial Development Agency holds their Board Meeting at 8 a.m. at the Greene County IDA Office, 270 Mansion St., Coxsackie.
WINDHAM Town board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
The skies above
SUNRISE/SUNSET 7:12 a.m./6:10 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 11:52 p.m. Wed.; none today / 2:18 p.m.
Birthdays
October 20 Art Buchwald, Jerry Orbach, Mickey Mantle, Juan Marichal, and Tom Petty.
WGXC Program Notes
Special Programming on Thu. Oct. 20:
• 2 p.m.: “Between the Lines” with Ann Forbes Cooper features director Joseph Capone and his new play about Sybil Luddington, the female Paul Revere, which opens in Catskill on November 4. And in the second half of the show, tragi-comedian Mikhail Horowitz will perform a sketch from his forthcoming revue with musician and fellow satirist Gilles Malkine titled “Difficult Comedy for Hard Times,” opening in Rosendale on October 30.
• 3 p.m.: “Radio Theater” More haunted sounds and stories for Halloween.
• 6 p.m.: “Al Jazeera English” Updates from around the world.
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New PSAs
A OFF PSA 20111030 Pledge Drive
A OFF PSA 20111024 -Coop Ext Annual Dinner, for Cornell Cooperative Extension.
A OFF PSA 20111029 Operation Pumpkin Haunted House, Halloween festival for families in Hudson.
Audio headlines for top of the hour
• 5 a.m.: WGXC News 6:19 PLAY CLIP and International Network News (INN), through Audioport.
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• Midnight: International Network News (INN), through Audioport
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Walter Severini in The Watershed Post reports that Small Business Administration officer Jim Elens has a temporary office in Windham, thanks to Graham Merk, chairman of the Windham Chamber of Commerce. Elens will be available through Friday, October 21 to help anyone with property damage from the recent floods. The Small Business Administration offers Home Disaster loans, Business Physical Disaster loans, Economic Injury Disaster loans, and working capital loans. Elens is available from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mon-Fri at the IA Financial Building at 5419 Main St. Read the entire story in The Watershed Post.
Tags: Hurricane Irene, loans, SBA, Tropical Storm Lee
Local weather forecast
The National Weather Service predicts rain Thursday, with thunderstorms also possible after noon and a high near 64. Thursday night there is a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5 a.m., with a low around 58. Friday more rain is likely, with a high near 70.
Town meetings today
AUSTERLITZ Town of Austerlitz holds a Public Hearing to consider Local Law #3-2011, to override the tax levy limit of general municipal law 3-C. A copy of proposed Local Law #3-2011 will be available with the Town Clerk at the Town Hall. Meeting at 6:45 p.m. at Austerlitz Town Hall, 812 Route 203, Spencertown.
CHATHAM Village meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham (392-5821).
COPAKE There will be an open workshop for the 2012 budget at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mountainview Road, Copake (329-1234).
GALLATIN Town Board meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 667 Route 7, Ancram (398-7519).
GREENE COUNTY Finance & Audit committee meets at 5 p.m. at County Building, 411 Main St., Catskill (719-3270).
HUNTER The Town of Hunter Town Board conducts a Workshop to discuss the 2012 budget. At 6 p.m. at Hunter Town Hall, 5748 23A, Tannersville.
KINDERHOOK Planning Board Workshop meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 4 Church St, Niverville (784-2233).
LIVINGSTON Town board meets at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 119 County Route 19.
STUYVESANT Town board meets at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant (758-6248).
TANNERSVILLE Village trustees meet at 7 p.m. in their Village Hall on Route 23A.
WINDHAM Town board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
The skies above
SUNRISE/SUNSET 7:04 a.m./6:21 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 6:53 p.m. / 8:35 a.m.
Birthdays
October 13 Lenny Bruce, Margaret Thatcher, Nana Mouskouri, Pharoah Sanders, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
WGXC Program Notes
Special Programs for Thu. Oct. 13:
• 3 p.m.: Radio Theatre. Today’s show features theme songs from classic radio shows such as “Lux Radio Theatre,” “Philco Radio Time,” “The Lone Ranger,” and others. Also, a horror story for Halloween.
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The Windham-Ashland-Jewett school district has posted this public notice, announcing a Nov. 22 special election:
The Windham-Ashland-Jewett School building, maintenance buildings, athletic fields and site sustained substantial damage as a result of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE WINDHAM-ASHLAND-JEWETT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (the “District”) that a special meeting of the qualified voters of the District be and the same is hereby called to be held in the Cafetorium of the Windham-Ashland-Jewett School, Main Street, Windham, New York on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 from 1:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. prevailing time for the purpose of voting on the following proposition:
RESOLVED, that the Board of Education is hereby authorized to (1) reconstruct various District buildings, perform site work thereat (including reconstruction of athletic fields) and acquire original furnishings, equipment, machinery or apparatus required for the purpose for which such reconstructed buildings and athletic fields are to be used (the “Project”), at a maximum cost of $4,000,000, (2) expend such sum for such purpose, (3) transfer $120,000 from the Bus Purchase Capital Reserve Fund to the 2004 Capital Reserve Fund, (4) expend $129,133 from the Capital Reserve Fund for the classroom reconstruction portion of the Project, (5) levy the necessary tax therefor taking into account state and federal aid and insurance proceeds received and the amount expended from the 2004 Capital Reserve Fund, to be levied and collected in annual installments in such years and in such amounts as may be determined by the Board of Education, and (6) in anticipation of the collection of such tax, issue bonds and notes of the District at one time or from time to time in the principal amount not to exceed $3,870,867, and levy a tax to pay the interest on said obligations when due.
The vote upon such proposition shall be by machine or absentee ballot. The hours during which the polls shall be kept open shall be from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. prevailing time or for as long thereafter as necessary to enable qualified voters who are in the polling place at 9:00 p.m. to cast their ballots.
Personal registration of voters is required, and no person shall vote whose name does not appear on the register of the District. Any person registered to vote under the provisions of Article 5 of the Election Law is entitled to vote and their names shall be placed upon the register of the District. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or special district meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this meeting. All other persons who wish to vote must register.
The Board of Registration shall meet in The District Office on November 15, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m . to prepare the register of voters of the District. Any person shall be entitled to have his or her name placed on the register provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration, he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school meeting for which such register is prepared.
The register prepared by the Board of Registration shall be filed in the office of the District Clerk and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. prevailing time on each of the five days prior to the vote, except Sunday, November 20, 2011.
Absentee ballots may be applied for at the office of the District Clerk. Applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days prior to the vote if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or on or prior to November 21, 2011, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m. on November 22, 2011. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the office of the District Clerk during regular office hours until the day of the vote. Any qualified voter may, upon examination of such list, file a written challenge of the qualifications as a voter of any person whose name appears on such list, stating the reasons for the challenge.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the District Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish a notice of such meeting in two newspapers of general circulation within the District, four (4) times within the seven (7) weeks next preceding such School District meeting, the first publication to be at least forty-five (45) days prior to the date of the meeting.
Tags: education, elections, schools, Windham-Ashland-Jewett School District
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.
Tags: Hurricane Irene, Kory O’Hara, Larry Gardner, Shaun Groden
The National Weather Service predicts occasional showers Thursday, mainly before 2 p.m., with a high near 71. Thursday night there could be scattered showers and areas of fog, with a low around 56. Friday, rain is also likely, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 71.
Town meetings today
CHATHAM Village Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham (392-5821).
COLUMBIA COUNTY Budget/Salary Committee at 10 a.m.; Public Works Committee at 6 p.m. at County Office Building, 401 State Street, Hudson.
COPAKE Zoning Board of Appeals meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
GERMANTOWN Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 50 Palatine Park Road, Germantown (537-6687).
HUDSON Historic Preservation Committee at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
STUYVESANT Greenway Committee meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant (758-6248).
href=”http://www.townofwindham.com”>WINDHAM Town Board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 11:03 p.m./Low, 5:36 p.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:43 a.m./6:55 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 1 a.m. /3:46 p.m.
Birthdays
September 22 King Sunny Ade, Nick Cave, Andrea Bocelli, and Joan Jett.
Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos present 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. 9 a.m.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS Christina Malisoff hosts. 10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
CROSSROADS Alan Skerrett hosts. Noon-2 p.m.
SOUND FORMS Peter Wetzler hosts. 2 p.m.
RADIO THEATER 3 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Mark Lacoy 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. 7-9:30 p.m.
69 The Magic Stranger plays psychedelic music from 1969. 9:30-midnight.
TRANSMISSION ART Radio theater, experimental sound, field recordings, radio art, mash-ups, shortwave radio news, and more midnight through 6 a.m. Friday morning.
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Hannaford will not be building in New Lebanon
Lisa D. Connell reports in the Register-Star that Hannaford will not build the 24,000-square-foot supermarket and pharmacy in New Lebanon that was before the planning board there. We feel it is the best business decision to withdraw our application at this point,” company spokesman Michael Norton wrote in a press release. “We did not take this decision lightly and we appreciate the community support this proposal has received.” In November 2010 Hannaford announced plans to build the store at the Valley Plaza Shopping Center on Route 20, next to the former New Lebanon Supermarket. Northeastern Columbia County has few food options since that store closed. The Department of Environmental Conservation recently signed off on the project, which was moving through the planning board process. Read the full story in the Register-Star.
Highlights from City Hall
Carole Osterink reports in The Gossips of Rivertown blog that at the Mon. Sept. 12 informal Common Council meeting in Hudson President Don Moore read a letter from Mark Greenberg, attorney for Eric Galloway, saying that Galvan Partners not going to add a restaurant to the Hudson waterfront and buy the former Dunn warehouse, like they promised a few months ago. Osterink also reports, “Moore mentioned that ‘sometime this week’ he expects to set ‘tentative dates’ for the Council to review and discuss the edited LWRP.” Read the full story at The Gossips of Rivertown.
Lopez holds storm meeting in Windham
New York Assemblyman Pete Lopez (R,C,I-Schoharie) holds a Town Hall Meeting Thur., Sept, 15, at the Windham Center Property (5376 Route 23) in Windham. Lopez’s parents lost their Schoharie County home in the floods associated with Hurricane Irene, so the Assemblyman does know a lot about this issue. Representatives from several state and federal agencies, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be there to answer questions, as well as folks from the Small Business Association, the Greene County Emergency Management Office, the Greene County Department of Health as well as several Greene County legislators.
Storm relief fundraiser
Elizabeth Mitchell, who lives in the Catskills, is donating her performance fee, as is the venue, from her Sept. 17 concert to Delaware Opportunities, who will administer the funds raised for Head Start facilities and families most affected by the storms in Sidney and Arkville. West Kortright Centre, 49 West Kortright Church Road, East Meredith. 607-278-5454
Tags: Eric Galloway, Hannaford, Hurricane Irene, LWRP
Greene County schools open
After being delayed almost a week because of recent severe weather, Greene County schools open today, Tuesday, Sept. 13. Windham-Ashland-Jewett schools, however, remain closed through Mon. Sept. 19. From their website:
“Professional restoration teams are working on a 3-shift basis to remove the mud debris and moisture from the first floor of our main building and basement. The basement has been pumped and rinsed by environmental cleanup experts. They are currently working on all first floor classrooms and office spaces. It is very probable that first floor carpets, wood flooring, and some tile will need to be removed and replaced. Many cabinets, sheet-rock walls, paper supplies, and materials have been removed and will be replaced at a later date. The time requirements for ordering and manufacturing some of these products means that a few of the most significantly impacted rooms may not have all the final finishes when school reopens later this month. Regardless of the amount of water and mud cleaned from each room, which varied from a few centimeters to several inches, all rooms will be treated with environmentally-safe products that will prevent and or destroy any possible contaminates.”
ELECTION DAY
Greene County
From The Daily Freeman and The Daily Mail (the Greene County Board of Elections has no information about primaries on its website), here are a list of the contested elections in Greene County Tue., Sept. 13.
• ATHENS Five people are vying for four Republican Committee seats in District 2. On the ballot are Marilyn Farrell, John P. Farrell Jr., Herbert M. Blasewitz, Fred W. Dedrick II and Anthony T. Paluch.
• CAIRO Six people are vying for four Republican Committee seats in District 5. On the ballot are Carrie E. Anderson, Tara A. Rumph, David Clark, Barbara L. Koerner Fox, Anthony P. Puorro Jr. and Margaret M. Lawrence. Also, Lewis M. O’Connor and Robert F. Hempstead are seeking the Independence Party line in the race for town highway superintendent; and Monika C. Fabiano is seeking the Independence Party line in the race for town clerk. Voting at the Resurrection Lutheran Church between noon and 9 p.m.
• NEW BALTIMORE
Election District 1, Six candidates vying for four seats: Eleanore Alfeld; Jeffrey Schoenig; Kathleen Rundberg; Michael Meredith; Jeffrey Ruso; and Patrick Linger. Voting at the New Baltimore firehouse on Gill Road from noon to 9 p.m.
Election District 2, Five candidates vying for four seats: Barbara Finke; Eric Hoglund; Alma Flegel; Lauren Hallock; and Alan VanWormer. Voting at the New Baltimore Town Hall on County Route 51 from noon to 9 p.m.
Election District 3, Five candidates vying for four seats: Edward Barber; Jean Horn; Robert Krasney; Richard Marino; and Lisa Benway. Voting at the Medway-Grapeville Firehouse on County Route 51 between noon and 9 p.m.
Election District 4, Seven candidates vying for four seats: Bernard Jones; Christopher Norris; Arthur Byas; John Weidel; Donald Ogden; Denis Jordan; and Diane Jordan. Voting at the town hall from noon until 9 p.m.
• 108TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT Five people are vying for four positions as delegates to the 3rd Judicial District Convention on the Independence line. On the ballot are Sean W. Egan, Anthony F. Cornell, David O. Kelly, Sharon Kelly and Walter Simonsmeier. On the ballot to be among four alternates to the convention are Eileen M. Clyne, Julia L. Crawley, Phillip Lajeunesse Noreen Lajeunesse and Deborah Simonsmeier. Voting at the commissoner’s building on Schoharie Turnpike between noon and 9 p.m.
Columbia County
• CHATHAM Town-wide redistricting reduced the number of election districts from four to three. Most residents in the Village of Chatham and those on White Mills Road and Merwin Road now vote at the Chatham Elementary School gymnasium, 50 Woodbridge Ave. Most residents that used to vote at the community center in Malden Bridge now vote at the new Tri-Village Fire House in Old Chatham at 111 County Route 13. Others will vote at Town Hall at 488 State Route 295, including residents living on Route 66 and on Rock City and Highland roads.
• CLAVERACK Residents that used to vote at the Grange Hall in Mellenville now vote at the Claverack Town Hall, 836 State Route 217.
• COPAKE A second poll site, so not all voting will be done at Town Hall. Voters who live on the south side of Pumpkin Hollow Road North, Sky Farm Road, Twin Bridges Road, and Route 344 now vote at the Copake Recreation Center at 301 Mountain View Road.
• GHENT Election districts numbers one and two were combined to form one district. This includes all residents in Chatham Village and those who live north of the area defined by the intersection of Kline Kill Creek and County Route 9. Voters in this district will now vote at the Chatham Elementary School gymnasium, 50 Woodbridge Ave.
• GREENPORT All residents except those in the southern portion of the town that vote at Becraft Fire Department now vote at the Questar III Educational Facility located at 131 Union Turnpike (State Route 66).
• HUDSON Residents that used to vote at the American Legion Hall will now vote at the Hudson Central Fire Station, 77 North 7th Street. The other sites are the same: 1st, 2nd and 3rd Ward Residents vote at St. Mary’s Academy on Allen Street. 4th Ward Residents vote at the County Building at 401 State Street. 5th Ward Residents vote at the Central Fire Station at 77 North 7th St.
• KINDERHOOK All residents that used to vote at the Kinderhook Town Hall now vote at the Ichabod Crane High School gymnasium at 2910 Route 9.
• LIVINGSTON The number of poll sites was reduced from three to two. Residents who live on the north side of Hermitage Road, Walkers Mill Road and County Route 10 and those on the east side of County Route 19 to the north side of Scuderhook Road now vote at the Livingston Town Hall, 119 County Route 19. All other voters will vote at the Elizaville Fire House, 1575 County Route 19.
• STOCKPORT All voters now vote at the St. John the Evangelist Church at 107 County Route 25 in Stockport.
• STUYVESANT All voters now vote at the Stuyvesant Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive.
The Board of Elections urges anyone who may live on or near a road which is mentioned as a boundary line in the above listings to call the Board ahead of time to confirm their polling location. Voters should also have received two postcards from the Board which indicates their polling location. The Board of Elections phone number is 828-3115. Updated election-district maps will be posted on the Board’s website at columbiacountyny.com/depts/elections/districts.html.
Task force created to ease flooding never met
Brian Nearing in the Albany Times-Union reports that a high-level state task force created to study flood mitigation after the major New York flood in 2006 never met. The task force never took a single step to prepare for future floods, like the ones that are currently affecting much of New York state. “A Cornell University professor [Susan Rhia, earth sciences] named to the group gave up in frustration after repeatedly asking the state Department of Environmental Conservation when the first meeting would be held,” Nearing writes. That was nearly three years ago and “that was the last I ever heard of it … I have been wondering whatever happened to the task force,” said Rhia, director of the New York State Water Resources Institute. “Spokesmen in DEC and the state Canal Corp., which were among eight state agencies in the task force, had no comment Friday when asked what had happened to the group,” Nearing writes. Read the full story in the Albany Times-Union.
Widespread flooding
In Greene County, and much worse farther west and south in New York’s interior, there was widespread flooding Wednesday. The Susquehanna River was expected to exceed the flood stages it reached in 2006, and major parts of Interstate 88 and 90 may still be closed Thursday morning. At midnight the DOT announced:
“The New York State Thruway Authority has announced that due to heavy rain and rising water conditions along the Mohawk River, the Authority anticipates closing the Thruway between Interchange 24 (Albany) and Interchange 33 (Verona) along I-90. Motorists should avoid travel within the Mohawk Valley Region, and seek alternate routes outside of this region, as widespread flooding of area roads is expected. Motorists are advised to visit www.511ny.org to check status the of other roads. Currently, I-88 in Binghamton is closed between Exit 3 and Interstate 81; and I-81 is reduced to one lane, just north of Binghamton, between Exit 6 and Exit 8.”
Other news:
• A small culvert washed out, not a bridge, and has been repaired on CR 10, the alternate way into Prattsville.
• Two teens were rescued from the Hannacroix Creek.
• Greene and Columbia counties Flood Watches were set to end at 6 a.m. Thursday morning, while Albany and Rensselaer counties extends to 6:29 a.m., Ulster to 8:29 a.m., Delaware to 9:16 a.m., and Schoharie until 10:03 a.m.
Boil water orders
• Prattsville: BWO remains in effect. Water restored-temporary line installed not ready to sample.
• Tannersville: BWO remains in effect. Sampling was to begin Sept. 2, no results available yet. Filtered water turbidity levels have been good since late yesterday afternoon. The operator plans to collect bacteria samples from the system on Wed. Sept. 7 and Thu., Sept. 8. If all samples are satisfactory the boil water will be lifted.
• Windham: BWO remains in effect. Water service fully restored, but not ready to sample.
• Hensonville: BWO remains in effect. Water restored but with low pressure, leaks being repaired. Not ready to sample.
School in Greene County?
Previously, Greene County officials said that this afternoon they would announce whether schools there would open on Monday or not. Tue. Sept. 6, Greene County officials delayed opening schools that would have began Wed., Sept. 7. Greene County officials wanted to inspect bridges and roads before making the decision, and since then it has rained more, and flooded more. If Greene County officials do make an announcement WGXC will have that news on the “WGXC Afternoon Show” from 4-6 p.m.
Capital Region Economic Development Council Meeting at Columbia-Greene Community College
WGXC Town Recorder (and Hudson Alderman) Ellen Thurston recorded the public meeting of the of the Capital Region Economic Development Council Tuesday, Sept. 6 at Columbia-Greene Community College. The group — just formed by Gov. Cuomo to spur economic growth regionally — includes Columbia, Greene, Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington, and Warren counties. They are supposed to create a five-year plan to improve the area’s economy. Thurston recorded the entire meeting and you can play any part of it just by clicking on PLAY CLIP.
Fundraiser fetes GOP same-sex marriage senators
Jimmy Vielkind in the Albany Times-Union’s Capitol Confidential reports that Republican Senator Steve Saland of Poughkeepsie — who represents Columbia County in Albany — is getting large cash donations because of his vote in favor of same-sex marriage. Saland was the thirty-second senator to announce he would vote for the bill, assuring it would pass. “New York City’s billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg, will co-host a fundraiser next month for Republican Senators Steve Saland of Poughkeepsie, Jim Alesi of Rochester, Roy McDonald of Saratoga and Mark Grisanti of Buffalo. Tickets for the Manhattan soiree run as high as $16,800, the maximum amount allowed under the current election law,” Vielkind writes. Hosts for the party include Tim Gill, a software magnate, and Paul E. Singer, the founder of Elliott Management and chairman of the conservative Manhattan Institute as well as gay rights groups Marriage Equality New York, the Gill Action Fund and the Human Rights Campaign. Likewise, the National Organization for Marriage is working to defeat the four senators because of that vote, and campaign spending for his seat will be much larger this campaign. Read the full story in Capitol Confidential.
One less media voice
Marilyn Bethany and Dan Shaw of the blog Rural Intelligence are shutting down the source for news among the well-monied in Columbia, Dutchess, and Litchfield counties. “Our goal to create an online culture-and-lifestyle magazine that would unite four counties in three states was and remains, as far as we know, unique,” they wrote in their final post last week. “We are proud of the work we’ve done and that we’ve succeeded in fostering a sense of community across state and county lines among full- and part-time residents, as well as visitors.”
Performers announced for storm relief
Performers were announced for the Oct. 1-2 fundraiser for Greene County storm victims at the Michael J. Quill Irish Cultural Center in East Durham. The Catskill Glee Club, The Lustre Kings, Michael Packer, Kirsten Thein, Kitty Kelly, Lara Hope & The Champtones, Alexis P. Suter with Connor “The Kidd” Kennedy, Tas Cru, Prof. Louie & The Crowmatix, Phil Brown (of Little Feat) with Rhett Tyler are among the bands Sat., Oct. 1. Solo or duos Saturday include Peter Head, Andrew & Stephanie AKA Lex Ridge, David Kraii, Keith & Joy, Thomas Earl, and Finley & Pagdon. Sunday’s full bands include Michael Farrell School Of Dance, The Michael Louis Band, The Jonny Monster Band, Voodelic, The Five Points Band, Shorty King, John Cerbone, Rhett Tyler Trio, with solo and duos including Abby Lappen, John Holt, Wet Paint, Nick Bukuvalas, Peggy Atwood, and Mike Herman.
Tags: benefit, flooding, floods, fundraiser, Hurricane Irene, local audio, music
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch through 6 a.m. Thursday and predicts showers Thursday with a high near 71. By Thursday night the chance of showers drops to 40 percent, with a low around 61. Friday there is just a 30 percent chance of showers, with a high near 80.
Town meetings tonight
MEETINGS IN TOWNS AFFECTED BY THE STORM MAY OR MAY NOT BE HAPPENING AS SCHEDULED
CHATHAM Village meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham (392-5821).
COPAKE Town Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mountainview Road, Copake (329-1234).
GALLATIN Town Board meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 667 Route 7, Ancram (398-7519).
GREENE COUNTY Finance & Audit committee meets at 5 p.m. at County Building, 411 Main St., Catskill (719-3270).
KINDERHOOK Planning Board Workshop meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 4 Church St, Niverville (784-2233).
LIVINGSTON Town board meets at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 119 County Route 19.
STUYVESANT Town board meets at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant (758-6248).
TANNERSVILLE Village trustees meet at 7 p.m. in their Village Hall on Route 23A.
WINDHAM Town board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 12:59 p.m./Low, 7:07 a.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:29 a.m./7:19 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 5:11 a.m. / 2:45 p.m.
Birthdays
September 8 Jimmie Rodgers, Peter Sellers, Patsy Cline, Bernie Sanders, and Neko Case.
Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos present 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, with Ellen Thurston previewing 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.
THE PASSAGE Hosted by Richard Roth.
RADIO THEATER 3 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Jack Ross-Pilkington and Tom Roe update storm news, and other news. 4-6 p.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH 6 p.m.
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS 6:30 p.m.
THE JAZZ DISTURBANCE Cheryl K. may play President Obama’s economic speech live and discuss it. 7 p.m.
69 The Magic Stranger plays psychedelic music from 1969. 9 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.
Tags: town meetings
From Greene County Emergency Services:
“Due to excessive rainfall within the last 24-36 hours and the projected rainfall through 6 p.m. today, Greene County storm efforts are shifting back to Response Mode. The Recovery efforts are suspended until further notice. Storm refuse pickup in the communities of Windham and Ashland will be suspended for Wednesday, Sept. 7, due to rising flood waters. County Route 2 from Mosquito Bridge to Falke Road is now closed. Flood waters in the Township of Prattsville are expected to exceed maximum flood stage by mid afternoon Wednesday, Sept. 7. Travel within the County remain limited to emergency purposes only. The County State of Emergency remains in effect until further notice. All schools in Greene County remain closed.”
From the National Weather Service:
“The Flood Warning continues for the Schoharie Creek At Prattsville until this evening. At 8 a.m. Wednesday the stage was 12.9 feet. Flood stage is 12.0 feet. Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. The river is forecast to continue rising to near 13.3 feet by 2 p.m. Wednesday. The river is forecast to fall below Flood Stage after 5 p.m. Wednesday.”
Other news
• On 23B in Leeds, the bridge over the Catskill Creek is blocked off right now due to flooding. Go around on SR 23.
• Hudson Valley Traveler reports State Hwy 9H in Claverack in Columbia County closed between State Hwy 66 and Fish and Game Rd because of flooding.
• Single line traffic alternating directions on NY 143 in both directions at Village of Ravena; Town of Coeymans.
• Prattsville FEMA office closed due to weather, per Watershed Post.
Tags: emergency, flooding, state of emergency, Tropical Storm Lee
Latest Greene County storm recovery update
The Greene County Emergency Services office released this statement Tue., Sept. 6:
“By order of the County of Greene, all Greene County school districts are hereby directed to cancel classes for the week of September 6, 2011 through September 9, 2011. This decision is not solely based upon condition of school facilities, but upon road and bridge infrastructure that has not been adequately inspected and may be compromised. The state of emergency in Greene County is still in effect and travel is limited, particularly in the townships of Ashland, Lexington, Windham and Prattsville. This decision to cancel classes is relative to Article IIB of NYS Executive Law. Further information is to follow to all school districts and state education by Thursday afternoon, which will allow for final determination to re-open schools on Monday September 12, 2011.”
• Windham-Ashland-Jewett schools say they will not open until Sept. 19.
See complete storm recovery update below.
Locavore Cotler wins Locavore Prize
Lisa D. Connell in the Register-Star reports that Amy Cotler, the founding director of Berkshire Grown, won the second annual Victoria A. Simons Locavore Award. Cotler wrote “The Locavore Way,” and received $1,500 from the award, named for the late journalist and first woman on the board of the Columbia County Agricultural Society. Other nominees included: Liz Beals of Beth’s Farm Kitchen; Anna Dawson of Kinderhook, a cook and commercial food preparator of Harvest Kitchen; Amy Locke, a leader behind the Nassau Cooperative Community Food Compact; Ellen Poggi of Hand Hollow Farm in East Chatham; David Robinson of Chatham, a driving force behind the Columbia County Bounty of the County dinner event; Lori J. Selden, of CEO Mexican Radio Restaurant and Co-Founder, Columbia County Bounty. Read the full story in the Register-Star.
Voters settle cops’ fate
Diane Valden in The Columbia Paper says Copake voters will decide whether or not to eliminate the seven local part-time police force this fall. After $118,000 in unexpected expenses set the town back in July, some residents hope to offset that with $106,980 in savings from eliminating the police department and relying on the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office and the State Police. There will be a public hearing on the proposed local law at 6:20 p.m. Thu., Sept. 8 at Copake Town Hall, before the regular board meeting. “The board expects to conduct one or more information meetings to provide facts about Police Department services, a cost/benefit analysis and crime rate statistics so voters can make an informed decision. Meeting dates and times will be announced,” Valden writes. Then voters will decide Nov. 8. Read the full story in The Columbia Paper.
Athens FD heads to Schoharie
Athens Fire Department reports on its Facebook feed that it is being deployed to Schoharie County to help with storm recovery. The crew will be deployed on Wed. Sept. 7 and expected to stay for two days.
Greene County bridge closures
• Rte. 23A has alternating one-way traffic over Kaaterskill Creek in Hunter.
• Rte. 42 in Lexington, two bridges over the West kill are closed.
• Rte 23 over Schoharie Creek is closed.
• Rte. 32 over Kaaterskill Creek is closed.
Greene County road closures
• Rte. 23A is open to local traffic only between 296 in Hunter and Rte. 23 in Prattsville.
• Rte. 42 in Lexington is closed from CR 13A to Ulster County Line.
• Rte. 23 is open to local traffic only between Rte. 296 in Windham and Rte. 23A in Prattsville.
• Rte. 23 in Prattsville is closed between Rte. 23 over the Schoharie Creek and Rte. 23A. With no access west of the bridge.
• Rte. 32 in Catskill is closed between Rte. 23A and High Falls Rd.
Albany County road closures
• Rt. 145 and Rt. 81 intersection is shut down, bridge there flooded in Preston Hollow.
Water news
• Boil water order in effect for Windham, Hensonville, and Tannersville.
• The Agroforestry Resource Center, Rt 23 in Acra has water testing kits available. Call 622-9820 for details.
Surveying Greene County
New York State Senator James Seward and Assemblyman Pete Lopez will not tour Prattsville (9:30 a.m., specific location not disclosed), Windham (11:30 a.m., specific location not disclosed), Hunter (1:30 p.m., specific location not disclosed), and Cairo Wednesday, Sept. 7, as excessive rain cancelled their tour.
To donate
There is not much need for food and clothes anymore, but more specific items are needed: batteries of all types, pressure washers, large raincoats, flashlights, tools, and other items. WGXC recommends you call a specific donation collection center and ask what they need, or donate funds to help. The Watershed Post has a Google spread sheet with many different places to donate.)
• GREENE COUNTY Greene County has specific requests for reconstruction equipment, such as circular saws, cordless drills, crowbars, hammers, screws, shovels, rubber gloves, work gloves, dust masks, wheelbarrows, extension cords, large fans and more. These items can de dropped off at the former Sawyer Automotive location on Route 9W in Catskill, near the Route 23 interchange, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 6-7, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• $10,000 MATCHING DONATION Unk Slater grew up in Prattsville. After taking food out there this week, he is being told they have more then enough, what they need is cash. So his Great American supermarket in Cairo is now collecting cash donations, and will match the first $10,000. That makes $20,000 for storm victims in Greene County. Slater’s Great American Marketplace is at 241 Main St., in Cairo. Sunday, 7 a.m.-10 p.m., Mon.-Sat.: 7 a.m.-11 p.m.
• CAIRO Big Top Tent Rentals in Cairo is accepting donations destined for needy folks in Prattsville. They are accepting any common sense items that folks displaced by the storm might need: non-perishable food items, water, batteries, hand sanitizer, baby diapers, wipes, etc. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at 88 Grove St., Cairo.
Tags: bridges out, education, Greene County schools, Hurricane Irene, road closings, schools
Catskill, Sunday, Aug. 28. Photo in by Ann Forbes Cooper.
Hurricane headlines
Wednesday morning, Aug. 31, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Congressmen Chris Gibson Greene County Legislature Chairman Wayne Speenburgh, Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden, and other local officials and first responders for a briefing on the flood damage and current conditions in the Catskills at 7:45 a.m. at the Town Highway Facility, 240 W. Main St., in Catskill. WGXC will try to phone in as much of the press conference as possible, and may get a short interview with Rep. Gibson or other officials. The officials are trying to secure federal aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
WGXC audio
• New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Chris Gibson hold a press conference about the storm and federal help in Catskill.
Recorded by Tom Roe near corner of W. Main St. and Bridge St. in Catskill. PLAY CLIP
• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Chris Gibson speak to Catskill Village President Vince Seeeley.
Recorded at the corner of Bridge St. And W. Main St., Catskill. PLAY CLIP
Public events
• Informational Meeting: The Village of Catskill holds an informational meeting about the storm and flooding in Catskill Fri., Sept. 2 at 6:30 p.m. at Catskill High School.
Greene County road closures
• Route 23A from CR 18 to Route 32A Town of Hunter, bridge damage
• Rte 23 at Hickory Hill Rd, Town of Windham, due to flooding
• Route 23 at Hickory Hill Rd in Town of Windham, closed due to flooding
• Route 42 in Village of Spruceton, Town of Lexington, bridge washout
• Rte 296 in Town of Hensonville and between Co Rte 23C and Fort Hill Rd
• Rte 145 is closed from Rte 81 to Broome County. The Route 145/Route 81 intersection in Preston Hollow is closed, as the bridge is out.
• Rte 214 is closed from Hunter to Phoenecia
• Route 81 between Maple Ave and School House Rd, Town of Durham, closed due to trees/wires down
• Route 32 at Route 23A, Catskill, bridge washout
• RTE 23 Closed from Country Rd 4 to RTE 23A in the Town of Prattsville due to Flooding
Media sources
• Watershed Post
• WRIP 97.9-FM
• The Daily Mail
Town updates
• Prattsville is completely closed down, and early reports are of massive devastation, with most of the buildings destroyed.
• Ashland is still accessible mainly to locals.
• Windham is now accessible, as State Route 23 is open until you get there. Electricity and cell phone service reportedly returned late Tue., Aug. 30.
• Lexington is very isolated as SR 42 is closed with several bridges out.
• Haines Falls is now more difficult to reach, as State Route 23A is closed.
Boil water advisories
• All county residents on public water systems are encouraged to boil their water before use as a precaution.
• Boil Water Orders are in effect for Windham, Hensonville, Tannersville and Hunter, the Village of Arkville, Coxsackie, and the Village of Catskill.
Fundraisers/donations
• Big Top Tent Rentals in Cairo is accepting donations destined for needy folks in Prattsville. They are accepting any common sense items that folks displaced by the storm might need: non-perishable food items, water, batteries, hand sanitizer, baby diapers, wipes, etc. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at 88 Grove St., Cairo.
• Nickel Social Friday, Sept. 2, to benefit families on the mountaintop, including those in Windham, Hensonville, and Maplecrest. Money will be given to area fire companies, who’ll in turn give out supplies to needy families. Nickel Social from 6-9 p.m. at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Cairo. For more information or to volunteer, contact Erica DeLong at 845-542-6101.
* Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Irene Benefit Concert sponsored by the Belleayre Convservatory performing to aid flood victims of the Central Catskills. The concert is 8 p.m. Sat. Sept. 3 at Belleayre Ski Center, upper lodge. Tax deductible donations can be made out to:
The Belleayre Conservatory, PO Box 198, Highmount, NY 12441
Facebook resources
• Hurricane Storys group – Photos and news.
• Delaware and surrounding Counties Flooding – Hurricane Irene, August 2011 — Photos and news.
• Catskill Flood disaster group — for locating people.
• Irene in the Catskills relief coordination group.
• Shandaken-Irene Facebook page.
• Windham-Irene Facebook page.
Tags: boil water advisory, flooding, Hurricane Irene, storm, weather
The bridge in Haines Falls was destroyed in the storm. Photo by Dharma Dailey at 2 p.m. Sun., Aug. 28.
Dry ice distribution
Central Hudson will distribute dry ice at the following locations today, Tue., Aug. 30.
• Cairo (Greene County) – Angelo Canna Park, Mountain Ave., Cairo (adjacent to Greene County Office of Emergency Preparedness) .
• Ellenville (Ulster County) – Ellenville Village Hall, 81 North Main St., Ellenville.
• Lake Katrine (Ulster County) – Grace Community Evangelical Church, 160 Seremma Ct, Lake Katrine.
Central Hudson reports that 9,800 folks in Greene County lack power still, with no prediction on when that might change. In Columbia County, 300 lack power, which is expected to return by Wed. Aug. 31.
General bulletins
• A state of emergency has been declared in Greene County due to flooding.
• A boil water order is in effect for Tannersville, Hunter, and the Village of Arkville.
• Dial 211 for local recovery assistance information.
• Access to Village of Margaretville restricted to residents and emergency personnel only.
From Dharma Dailey:
“Word from T-Ville Firehouse this AM: All the bridges out of the Town of Hunter have some damage. Telling people to stay put. Power and net just back.” From Monday, Aug. 29.
Catskill shelters
• First Baptist Church on West Main Street
• Second Baptist Church on Main Street
• Firehouse on Central Ave.
Columbia County shelters
• Stuyvesant Fire House on Route 26A
• New Lebanon Fire House on Route 20
• Churchtown Firehouse
Greene County road closures
Greene County
• Route 23A from CR 18 to Route 32A Town of Hunter, bridge damage
• Rte 23 at Hickory Hill Rd, Town of Windham, due to flooding
• Route 23 at Hickory Hill Rd in Town of Windham, closed due to flooding
• Route 42 in Village of Spruceton, Town of Lexington, bridge washout
• Rte 296 in Town of Hensonville and between Co Rte 23C and Fort Hill Rd
• Rte 145 is closed from Rte 81 to Broome County
• Rte 214 is closed from Hunter to Phoenecia
• Route 81 between Maple Ave and School House Rd, Town of Durham, closed due to trees/wires down
• Route 32 at Route 23A, Catskill, bridge washout
• RTE 23 Closed from Country Rd 4 to RTE 23A in the Town of Prattsville due to Flooding
Albany County road closures
• COEYMANS, per WRIP: NY 32 closed north of the Alcove, Town of Coeymans, Albany Co.
Greene County power outages
• Central Hudson Electric & Gas: 19416 customers offline (69 percent) as of 10 p.m. Mon. Aug. 29.
• New York State Electric & Gas: 2689 customers offline (59 percent) as of 10 p.m. Mon. Aug. 29.
Damage reports and FEMA
• Email reports to Liz Higgins at the Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program. More info here.
Facebook resources
• Hurricane Storys group – Photos and news.
• Delaware and surrounding Counties Flooding – Hurricane Irene, August 2011 — Photos and news.
• Catskill Flood disaster group — for locating people.
• Irene in the Catskills relief coordination group.
• Shandaken-Irene Facebook page.
• Windham-Irene Facebook page.
Web resources
• Flooding Recovery info from Cornell Cooperative Extension.
• From NYS Archives – There are several resources in New York to assist your organization recover from Hurricane Irene. The State Office of Emergency Management provides assistance, including access to products and recovery services. Go to: http://www.dhses.ny.gov/.
• The State Library and State Archives have resources to assist you. Contacts, services, and resources are listed below by your organization type. The State Library and State Archives are also responsible for gathering information about the extent of damage to your building and/or collections as well as recovery costs. Contact Barbara Lilley (blilley@mail.nysed,gov) or Maria Holden (mholden@mail.nysed.gov) to report the impact of the storm on your organization.>
Libraries
• State Library staff are available to provide advice on recovering collections. Contact the State Library at (518) 486-4864. For additional resources, go to http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/cp/index.html.
State agencies
• Archives staff are available to provide advice on recovering damaged records. When agency records are believed to constitute a hazard to human safety or health or to property, the agency records management officer may request authorization from the State Archives to destroy or dispose of such records immediately. Contact the Archives at (518) 474-6926 or (518) 473-4254. For a complete listing of State Archives disaster services and resources, go to: http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/records/mr_disaster.shtml.
Local governments
• The State Archives Regional Advisory Officers are available by phone/email to provide advice on recovering archives and records and to assist you in applying for a recovery grant. Local governments may be eligible for up to $20,000 in disaster recovery funding for damaged records. Contact your Regional Advisory Officer http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/directories/dir_staff.shtml#Advisory or call the Archives at (518) 474-6926 or (518) 473-4254. For a complete listing of State Archives disaster services and resources, go to: http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/records/mr_disaster.shtml
The Hudson River spilled over into the Athens Waterfront Park. Photo by Sam Sebren.
Red Cross Needs Immediate Volunteers for Storm Relief
Three opportunities for the four-hour fast-track disaster relief training sessions offered by the American Red Cross of Northeastern New York for those who wish to assist with the current disaster relief efforts throughout Northeastern NY, stretching from Poughkeepsie to Plattsburgh. Any person interested in responding to disasters caused by Hurricane Irene who: Is 18 years of age or over; Is able to lift at least 35 pounds; Has a valid driver’s license and can travel throughout Eastern New York; Will consent to a background check (free of charge); Is available for several days over the next two to four weeks. Of particular interest are volunteers who may work for the State of New York and are therefore eligible to invoke NY State’s Disaster Leave Law, which may allow them to be released from work for up to three weeks without penalty. Three opportunities for fast-tracked disaster training will be offered by Red Cross staff and volunteers on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm in Albany, on Thursday, September 1, 2011 from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm in Poughkeepsie, and again on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm in Poughkeepsie. (Please note: only one training session is required). Following the training, new volunteers will be deployed regionally to the areas in need from Poughkeepsie to Plattsburgh.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 – 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm
United Way of the Greater Capital Region
1 United Way, Albany, NY
Thursday, September 1, 2011 – 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Nubian Directions Building
248 Main Street Poughkeepsie NY
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 – 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Nubian Directions Building
248 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY
The American Red Cross needs many additional volunteers to assist in the response to unprecedented flooding, evacuations and power outages following Hurricane Irene. With more than 35 shelters currently open, and the potential for additional shelters in the coming days, volunteers are needed in shelter operations, feeding, bulk distribution of supplies (comfort kits and cleanup kits, etc.), recovery information distribution, disaster assessment, counseling and emotional support, disaster public affairs, disaster nursing, and many other support areas.
Please call the American Red Cross of Northeastern NY at (518) 458-8111 to register.
Tags: disaster, emergency, Hurricane Irene, Red Cross, state of emergency
Greene County:
Catskill webcam: Thomas Cole House Claude Mirror
Nearby:
Tags: local video, webcams
There is a 40 percent chance of sustained tropical storm-force winds in our area, according to this National Weather Service graphic.
Hurricane Irene causes state of emergency
New York has declared a state of emergency ahead of the predicted arrival of Hurricane Irene in our area Sunday. See the “More” link at the bottom of this entry for a complete list of what the state of New York is doing now in preparation for the hurricane.
Columbia Street in Hudson closed after road collapse
WTEN television reported last night that the construction hole on Columbia St. between 4th and 5th Streets in Hudson opened up Thursday, Aug. 25 after an evening rain storm. In the Register-Star, Hudson Mayor Rick Scalera predicted the road would remain closed for several days, and with lots more rain on the way this weekend, it could tie up traffic in Hudson for a few days. Trucks will be diverted to an alternate route. Read the stories on the WTEN and Register-Star websites.
Robinson beats Cole in hand ballot for Dem nomination
Melanie Lekocevic in the Greene County News reports Athens Democrats backed incumbent Town Justice James Robinson over former Village Justice David Cole, 22-9. Cole was Athens Village Justice until that post was abolished in March. Town Councilwoman Phyllis Dinkelacker nominated Cole for one of the two town council seats no Democrats are attempting to win, but he declined. Read the complete story in the Greene County News.
Philmont will no longer be a chick magnet
Chris Simonds in The Columbia Paper writes that Philmont’s Village Board banned chickens from the village at a recent meeting (no date given). Chickens currently living in the village can live out their natural lives, but no new live chickens may be raised in Philmont. Previously, “the Philmont Zoning Code prohibited keeping ‘geese and fowl’ but said nothing about chickens,” Simonds writes, explaining the need for the new law. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines fowl (second definition) as, “a cock or hen of the domestic chicken.” Read the complete story in The Columbia Paper.
Shots fired in Hudson, one man wounded
The Register-Star reports that a man was shot in the elbow near 231 Columbia St. Thu. Aug. 25 in Hudson, and rescue crews picked him several blocks away, at the Hudson post office. Local authorities are looking for information about the shooting, and asking any witnesses to call the Hudson Police Department at (518) 828-3388. Read the full story in the Register-Star.
CMF offers classical music fest
Jim Planck in The Windham Journal previews the “High Peaks Festival: Music With Altitude,” classical music festival in Hunter and Windham Sat., Aug. 27 to Sun., Sept. 4, with performances, films, workshops, lectures, and trail hikes. The Catskill Mountain Foundation is sponsoring the festival, and working with local cellist Yehuda Hanani and artists from all over the world. “The idea is to bring young artists from divergent cultures together,” said Hanani. “Our students are at the same level — if not higher —- than the major festivals.” See www.catskillmtn.org for festival details, and read the full story in The Windham Journal.
See below for a complete list of what New York state is doing in preparation for Hurricane Irene:
Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Catskill Mountain Foundation, chickens, classical music, Columbia Street, David Cole, fowl, geese, Hurricane Irene, James Robinson, Phyllis Dinkelacker
The National Weather Service predicts showers and thunderstorms Thursday, mainly after noon, with a high near 79. Thursday night there is a lessening chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1 a.m., with a low around 59. Friday should be mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
Town meetings tonight
CHATHAM Village Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham (392-5821).
COLUMBIA COUNTY Budget/Salary Committee at 10:00 a.m.
Public Works Committee at 6 p.m. at County Office Building, 401 State Street, Hudson.
COPAKE Zoning Board of Appeals meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
GERMANTOWN Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 50 Palatine Park Road, Germantown (537-6687).
HUDSON Historic Preservation Committee at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
STUYVESANT Greenway Committee meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant (758-6248).
href=”http://www.townofwindham.com”>WINDHAM Town Board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 12:37 p.m./Low, 7:05 a.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:15 a.m./7:41 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 2:12 a.m. / 5:14 p.m.
Birthdays
August 25 Leonard Bernstein, Sean Connery, Wayne Shorter, Rollie Fingers, Martin Amis, and Elvis Costello.
Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos present the morning news, music, other features, agriculture reporting, and more in Spanish and English. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Sara Kendall updates of the morning news, with Ellen Thurston highlighting 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.
SOUND FORMS Local composer David Van Tieghem is interviewed by host Peter Wetzler. 2 p.m.
RADIO THEATER “Sound effects” are the theme today, with Gregory Whitehead, Spike Jonze, Tom Waits, and Bob Lassiter. 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 Germantown-based pianist John Esposito brings his John Esposito Quartet to Cheryl K.’s “The Jazz Disturbance.” 7 p.m.
69 The Magic Stranger plays psychedelic music from 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.
Tags: town meetings
The National Weather Service predicts a 30 percent chance of showers and/or thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny otherwise, with a high near 82. Thursday night the forecast is similar, though the possibility of rain diminishes after 10 p.m., with a low around 61. Friday there is a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81.
Town meetings tonight
ANCRAM Board meeting at 7 p.m. in Town Hall at 1416 County Rte. 7, Ancram (329-6512).
CHATHAM Town Board meeting at 7 p.m. Town Hall, 488 State Route 295, Chatham (392-3262).
COLUMBIA COUNTY Public Safety Committee meeting at 6 p.m. at County Office Building, 401 State Street, Hudson.
COPAKE Comprehensive Planning Committee meeting at 7:30 p.m., at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
DURHAM Town board meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Town Building, 7309 State Rt. 81, East Durham.
GHENT Town Board meeting at the Ghent Town Hall, 2306 State Route 66, Ghent (392-4644)
HUDSON The City of Hudson Planning Commission holds a special meeting at to consider a special use recommendation to the Hudson ZBA for a special use variance application submitted by Christopher Norman Chocolates to manufacture chocolates in a structure located at 73 North 2nd Street, Hudson. Meeting at 6 p.m. at Hudson City Hall, 520 Warren St., Hudson. 518-828-1030
WINDHAM Town board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 7:04 p.m./Low, 12:57 p.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:08 a.m./7:51 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 9:46 p.m./ 10:54 a.m.
Birthdays
August 18 Rosalynn Carter, Roberto Clemente, Joe Frank, Martin Mull, Edith Frost, and Felipe Calderon.
Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos present 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 Ellen Thurston spotlights weekend events. 9 a.m.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS Hosted by Christina Malisoff and Sam Sebren. 10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
CROSSROADS Alan Skerrett plays, jazz, R&B, blues, and rock. Noon-2 p.m.
BETWEEN THE LINES Ann Forbes Cooper interviews award-winning playwright Brian Petti and actor Elisabeth Henry about their new play “Banshee” opening at the New York International Fringe Festival this weekend. 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 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.
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The National Weather Service predicts Thursday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Thursday night should be mostly clear, with a low around 56. Friday the prediction is sunny, with a high near 81. Saturday there is a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, but otherwise mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Sunday there is a 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 75.
Town meetings tonight
CHATHAM Village meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham (392-5821).
COLUMBIA COUNTY Columbia County, in consideration of NYS Community Development Block Grant funded programs, will be holding a Public Hearing in the Committee Room at the Columbia County Office Building. The intent of this public hearing is to give a full description of the proposed project, to provide information on the estimated time schedule to accomplish the activity and to provide an opportunity for comment on the proposed 2011 CDBG Hudson Valley Creamery Job Creation Project. The Community Development Block Grant Program must meet one of three national objectives: benefit to low and moderate-income persons, elimination of slums and blight or urgent needs affecting the health and safety of the community. Up to $350,000 will be requested to support equipment purchases resulting in the creation of 20-25 jobs within a 24-month period. Minimally, 51 percent of the jobs will be made available to low-mod persons. All interested persons are encouraged to attend the hearing and offer comment. Written comments and questions can be mailed to Columbia County Planning and Economic Development, 401 State Street, Hudson.
COPAKE Town Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mountainview Road, Copake (329-1234).
GALLATIN Town Board meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 667 Route 7, Ancram (398-7519).
GREENE COUNTY Finance & Audit committee meets at 5 p.m. at County Building, 411 Main St., Catskill (719-3270).
HUDSON The City of Hudson Zoning Board of Appeals holds a public hearing to accept public comment on an application by Christopher Norman Chocolates for a Special Exception Use to manufacture chocolate confectionaries on the first floor of the structure located at 73 North 2nd Street for whole sale distribution. Please be further advised that the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a meeting following the public hearing beginning at 6:30 p.m. At City Hall, Warren St.
KINDERHOOK Planning Board Workshop meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 4 Church St, Niverville (784-2233).
LIVINGSTON Town board meets at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 119 County Route 19.
PHILMONT The Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Philmont holds a Public Hearing to consider the application for an area variance by Daniel and Kathy Wheeler for setback relief for a proposed addition with a proposed setback of 70 feet and required setback is 125 feet. The property is located at 34 Summit Street, Philmont, NY 12565, Tax map # 113.13-2-30, in a RLD zone. The applicant is requesting relief from the setback requirement as required pursuant to section 160-20-C of the Philmont Village zoning code. Philmont Village Hall.
STUYVESANT Town Board meets at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant (758-6248).
TANNERSVILLE Village trustees meet at 7 p.m. in their Village Hall on Route 23A.
WINDHAM Town board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 1:38 a.m./Low, 8:18 a.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:02 a.m./8:01 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 6:36 p.m./ 3:48 a.m.
Birthdays
August 10 Alex Haley, Pervez Musharraf, Bob_Mothersbaugh, Joe Jackson, and Jah Wobble.
Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos present 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 local music. Ellen Thurston outlines the weekend events, and interviews Hudson Music Festival organizer Rob Johanson. 9 a.m.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS Christina Malisoff and Sam Sebren. 10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
CROSSROADS Alan Skerrett hosts. Noon-2 p.m.
PASSAGES Richard Roth hosts. 2 p.m.
RADIO THEATER 3 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Antoine Guerlain hosts. 4-6 p.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH 6 p.m.
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS 6:30 p.m.
THE JAZZ DISTURBANCE Join host Cheryl K. for an interview with Hudson Valley-based bassist Michael Bisio. 7 p.m.
69 The Magic Stranger 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. Friday morning.
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The National Weather Service predicts a slight chance of showers, mainly before 7 a.m. Thursday. Then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Thursday night should be partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Friday, the prediction is mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 84.
Town meetings today
ANCRAM Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, 1416 County Rte. 7, Ancram (329-6512).
AUSTERLITZ Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 812 Route 203, Spencertown (392-3260).
CAIRO The Town Board of the Town of Cairo holds a Public Hearing to be held on the 4th day of August, the year 2011 at 3:30 pm at the Town Hall located on Main Street, Cairo, County of Greene, State of New York. The purpose of the meeting is to receive public comment on a local law extending a moratorium on approval of new junk yards within the Town of Cairo. Copies of the proposed local law are available in the Town Clerk’s Office. At 3:30 p.m. at Cairo Town Hall, 512 Main St.
COLUMBIA COUNTY Columbia County, in consideration of NYS Community Development Block Grant funded programs, will be holding a Public Hearing in the Committee Room at the Columbia County Office Building, 401 State Street, Hudson on Thursday, August 4, 2011 at 4 p.m. The intent of this hearing is to learn of all potential CDBG funding programs, the available funding amounts, and to obtain the views of citizens, public agencies and other interested parties regarding Columbia County needs. Approximately $50 million of CDBG funding is available annually to eligible communities within New York State. CDBG funding categories include Economic Development. Assistance under the Community Development Block Grant Program must meet one of three national objectives: benefit to low and moderate-income persons, elimination of slums and blight or urgent needs affecting the health and safety of the community. No less than seventy percent (70%) of grant funds must be used for activities benefiting low and moderate-income persons and the benefit area must contain at least fifty-one percent (51%) low and moderate-income residents. All interested persons are encouraged to attend. Written and verbal comments and questions can be mailed to Columbia County Planning and Economic Development, 401 State Street, Hudson, NY 12534. Please phone 518-828-3375 if special accommodations are required for your attendance.
COPAKE Planning Board meets at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
GHENT Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, 2306 State Route 66, Ghent (392-4644).
KINDERHOOK Zoning Board of Appeals meets at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 4 Church St, Niverville (784-2233).
WINDHAM Town board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 7:39 p.m./Low, 1:37 p.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 5:55 a.m./8:09 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 11:45 a.m./ 10:39 p.m.
Birthdays
August 4 Louis Armstrong, Klaus Schulze, Gerry Cooney, Barack Obama, Dennis Lehane.
Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW 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 Norman Keyser updates of the morning news with events from Ellen Thurston. 9 a.m.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS Hosted by Christina Malisoff and Sam Sebren. 10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
CROSSROADS Alan Skerrett plays jazz, R&B, soul, and more. Noon-2 p.m.
THE ART OF THE HUDSON VALLEY Colleen Schaffernoth, Executive Director of the Columbia County Council on the Arts. Fawn Potash, Catskill artist, Greene County Council on the Arts Visual Arts Director and Project Director for masters on Main Street. Galen Joseph-Hunter, Executive Director of free103point9, WGXC’s parent organization. And, Michael Royce, Executive Director of the New York Foundation for the Arts, who will be calling in from his Brooklyn office. Your host is Chad Weckler. 2 p.m.
RADIO THEATER 3 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Antoine Guerlain hosts. Philip Grant has an interview with Republican presidential candidate John Davis, who will be in Catskill and Hudson Thursday. 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 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. Friday morning.
Tags: town meetings
‘Fracking’ comment period firm
Brian Nearing in the Albany Times-Union reports that New York Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens spoke with the Times Union Editorial Board about High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing and said the department is unlikely to extend its 60-day comment period on the proposed rules. “I am inclined to stick with the 60 days,” said Martens. “In 2009, when DEC first unveiled proposed draft rules on hydrofracking, there were nearly 14,000 comments for the department to consider, prompting the department to come back with the revised draft rules,” Nearing reports. Martens said the department was considering increasing the bond that well drillers must provide to pay for the cost of unforeseen environmental cleanups, now just $5,000. Read the full story in the Times-Union.
Mountain Top Arboretum adds cell phone tours
The Mountain Top Arboretum in Tannersville, has added cell phone-led audio tours of the grounds and podcasts of information about the site at MTArboretum.org. The arboretum has three distinct zones: the West Meadow with native and non-native conifers, and exposed, 375-million-year-old, Devonian-era bedrock, and a butterfly garden; the Woodland Walk is a deer-fenced area designed to preserve the native habitat, including the native wildflowers and Mountain Laurels planted there; and the East Meadow includes the Pine Grove, Fern Trail, and Pump House, an early 20th century building now used as an irrigation system for the meadow. Call 518-261-8300 for the audio tour that takes about a half hour for each of the three zones.
Black Dome Press changes hands
Jim Planck in The Daily Mail reports that publisher Deborah Allen of Black Dome Press in Hensonville, is retiring, selling the company to long-time Black Dome editor Steve Hoare, of Delmar. “We’ve had great authors, loyal readers, wonderful supporters, active distributors and dealers — everyone that it takes to make a publishing house successful,” Allen told Planck. Hoare will keep up the imprint’s local tradition. “The intention is to stay ‘local’,” he said in the story, “focusing on books of interest to readers in the Hudson Valley, Catskills, Adirondacks, Capital Region, Lake George and Lake Champlain, Berkshires, and Mohawk Valley.” Read the entire story in The Daily Mail.
Tags: Black Dome Press, books, DEC, environment, high-impact hydraulic fracturing, Joseph Martens, Mountain Top Arboretum
The National Weather Service predicts a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3 p.m. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 83. Thursday night the chance of showers and thunderstorms rises to 40 percent, with a low around 63. Friday, that 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms remains, with a high near 83. For the weekend, saturday should be mostly sunny, with a high near 86 and Sunday similar, with a high near 83.
Town meetings today
CHATHAM Village Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham (392-5821).
COLUMBIA COUNTY Budget/Salary Committee at 10:00 a.m.
Public Works Committee at 6 p.m. at County Office Building, 401 State Street, Hudson.
COPAKE Zoning Board of Appeals meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
GERMANTOWN Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 50 Palatine Park Road, Germantown (537-6687).
GREENE COUNTY The Greene County Industrial Development Agency holds a Board Meeting at 8 a.m. at Greene County IDA Office 270 Mansion St., Coxsackie.
HUDSON Historic Preservation Committee at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
STUYVESANT Greenway Committee meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant (758-6248).
href=”http://www.townofwindham.com”>WINDHAM Town Board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 2:04 p.m./Low, 8:25 a.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 5:48 a.m./8:16 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 3:26 p.m./ 6:40 p.m.
Birthdays
July 28 Marcel Duchamp, John Ashbery, Bill Bradley, and William T. Vollman.
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 Norman Keyser updates the morning news, with weekend events from Ellen Thurston and Sara Kendall. 9 a.m.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS Christina Mailisoff and Sam Sebren host.10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
CROSSROADS Alan Skerrett hosts. Noon-2 p.m.
SOUNDFORMS Peter Wetzler hosts. 2 p.m.
RADIO THEATER 3 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO “Radio Explosion!” 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Antoine Guerlain hosts. Andy Turner from Cornell Cooperative Extension in both Greene and Columbia counties, and also on WGXC Radio Council, is one of the guests. 4-6 p.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH 6 p.m.
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS 6:30 p.m.
THE JAZZ DISTURBANCE Bassist, trombonist and composer Chris Brubeck will join Cheryl K. during this week’s “The Jazz Disturbance.” On Friday, August 5th, The Brubeck Brothers Quartet (BBQ) –- Chris, his brother Dan (drums), Ulster county resident Mike DeMicco (guitar) and Chuck Lamb (pianist) — bring their soulful jazz blended with a little funk to the Main Street Jazz Series at Gallagher’s Banquet Hall, 513 Main Street in Cairo, NY at 8 p.m. That weekend, the BBQ als perform at the famed Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, RI. They will discuss the performances and their new record. 7 p.m.
69 Eje will join The Magic Stranger. Eje unearths lost songs originally recorded in the Peruvian jungle from 1969. Don’t miss this impromptu celebration of never before heard lost psychedelic gems from the Deep. 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.
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Windham Vineyard grapes, from their website.
• Windham Winery
“Highest elevation vineyard and winery in the Northeast,” website boasts. “We produce small batches of hand crafted fine wines including Riesling, Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, estate grown specialties, fruit wines & dessert wines.” Windham Vineyard & Winery, County Route 10, Windham, NY, 12496. 518-734-5214
• Tousey Winery
Riesling, Rose, Cabernet, Pinot Noir, and others, and a Chardonnay coming soon. Tousey Winery, 1774 Rt 9, Germantown, NY, 12526. info@touseywinery.com, 518-567-5462
• Hudson-Chatham Winery
The winery features a tasting room with hand-crafted wines, cheeses, and desserts, and includes vineyard tours and a gazebo with scenic views. 1900 Route 66, Ghent, NY, 12075. 518-821-7253
Tags: agriculture, Albany, Andrew Cuomo, business, Darrel J. Aubertine, farming, grapes, Hudson-Chatham Winery, Tousey Winery, Windham Winery, wine, wineries
The National Weather Service predicts that it is going to be hot. An Excessive Heat Warning is out through this afternoon, and a Excessive Heat Watch through Friday afternoon. Thursday should be mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 97, and a heat index value as high as 106. Thursday night, there is a 20 percent chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms before 1 a.m., with a low around 73. Friday, a 20 percent chance if isolated showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m., with a high near 96, and heat index values as high as 104.0 Friday night should be partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Saturday: A slight chance of showers and mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Sunday should be sunny, with a high near 86.
Town meetings today
ANCRAM Board meeting at 7 p.m. in Town Hall at 1416 County Rte. 7, Ancram (329-6512).
CHATHAM Town Board meeting at 7 p.m. Town Hall, 488 State Route 295, Chatham (392-3262).
COLUMBIA COUNTY Public Safety Committee meeting at 6 p.m. at County Office Building, 401 State Street, Hudson.
COPAKE Comprehensive Planning Committee meeting at 7:30 p.m., at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
DURHAM Town board meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Town Building, 7309 State Rt. 81, East Durham.
GHENT Town Board meeting at the Ghent Town Hall, 2306 State Route 66, Ghent (392-4644)
HUNTER The Village of Hunter Board of Trustees holds a Public Hearing to discuss a proposed Un-mowed Frontage Law and will have a Special Meeting at 6:15 p.m. to discuss procedures for enforcement of building code violations. Meeting at 6 p.m. at Hunter Village Hall, 7955 Main St.
TAGHKANIC The Taghkanic Town Board holds a special meeting for the purposes of conducting interviews, together with such other and further business as may come before the board. Meeting at 6 p.m. at Taghkanic Town Hall, 909 Route 82.
TANNERSVILLE The Tannersville Zoning Board of Appeals holds a Public hearing for an area variance on the Mockin Property located at 96 Park Lane, tax map # 166.17-3-2. Meeting at 6 p.m. at Tannersville Village Hall, 1 Park Lane.
WINDHAM Town board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 8 a.m./Low, 2:17 p.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 5:42 a.m./8:22 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 11:16 p.m./ 12:07 p.m.
Birthdays
July 21 Marshall McLuhan, Cat_Stevens/Yusuf Islam, Garry Trudeau, Robin Williams, and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos present the morning news, music, other features, agriculture reporting, and more, in English and Spanish. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Norman Keyser updates the morning news, with weekend events from Joan Geitz and Ellen Thurston. 9 a.m.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS Sam Sebren and Christina Malisoff host. 10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
CROSSROADS Alan Skerrett hosts. Noon-2 p.m.
BETWEEN THE LINES Ann Forbes Cooper hosts. 2 p.m.
RADIO THEATER 3 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Antoine Guerlain hosts. 4-6 p.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH 6 p.m.
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS 6:30 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.
Tags: town meetings
Insider deal in Columbia County DWI case?
Jimmy Vielkind in the Albany Times-Union reports that, a “politically connected” Columbia County man was able to plead guilty to a misdemeanor when he should have faced a felony charge under Leandra’s Law, a Times-Union review of court records shows. Timothy McEachern, 46, paid a $700 fine instead of four years in prison for driving drunk with his kids as passengers. McEachern is a major political supporter of Columbia County District Attorney Beth Cozzolino, his wife’s sister. Vielkind writes that, “McEachern was deeply involved in Cozzolino’s successful 2007 bid for district attorney.” Then, her campaign committee was registered to his Spencertown home. Now McEachern and his wife Andrea hosted a fundraiser Saturday, July 9, to kick off Cozzolino’s campaign to replace Paul Czajka as Columbia County judge. Cozzolino’s office recused itself from the McEachern case after it was brought, asking that it be handled by a special prosecutor from the office of Republican Greene County District Attorney Terry Wilhelm. Wilhelm declined to return calls from the Times Union, but Cozzolino’s opponent for Columbia County Judge this November returned Vielkind’s call. “This only points out that if you’re a member of the club in Columbia County, you’ll be taken care of. It’s a classic example,” said Gene Keeler, a former Columbia County district attorney, and a Democrat. “According to the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, Columbia County prosecutors disposed of seven cases under Leandra’s Law: One was dismissed, three resulted in felony convictions, three in misdemeanor convictions. Two defendants were imprisoned, three were sentenced to probation, and one — McEachern — was fined,” Vielkind writes. Read the complete story in the Albany Times-Union.
DEC releases hydraulic fracturing statement
The 2011 draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement for high-volume hydraulic fracturing is now available on the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s website at http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/75370.html. A link to the draft SGEIS webpage can also be found on DEC’s homepage at http://www.dec.ny.gov/index.html.
Town picks up where zoning panel left off
Doron Tyler Antrim reports in The Daily Mail that the Cairo Town Board will not do anything about the proposed zoning law until September. “We will continue going forward with this document,” Town Supervisor John Coyne said. “I don’t want to see it put on the shelf.” The Board took over the proposed zoning law from the zoning commission Thu. July 7 and the zoning commission was disbanded after four years and a 163-page proposal. A public hearing will be held before the Board votes on the proposal. The zoning commission held a public hearing April 26, available to hear in the WGXC archives, with many critics speaking and only two favoring the proposal. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
Historic Hudson looks at other ways of preserving Robinson
Jamie Larson in the Register-Star reports that the local architectural preservation group Historic Hudson has at least temporarily abandoned its efforts to get the Hudson Historic Preservation Commission to designate Robinson Street a historic district. “Although we have not abandoned the goal of preserving this unique Hudson neighborhood,” Historic Hudson President Timothy Dunleavy wrote in a statement read at Friday’s HPC meeting by the group’s vice president Carole Osterink. “We have come to realize that a great deal of education is required to make property owners in the proposed district comfortable with the idea of historic designation.” Historic Hudson considers the working class, turn-of-the-last-century houses on Robinson St. interesting historically. At an April meeting, Robinson resident and Second Ward Supervisor Rev. Edward Cross led protests from homeowners and renters worried the historic preservation guidelines would be expensive. Read the story in the Register-Star.
MONDAY AUDIO CLIPS
• A Very Incomplete Calendar: 20110711
A weekly round up oh Hudson Valley music events from Terry Doyle, who hosts “Imprint” on WGXC which looks at the regional music scene. PLAY CLIP.
Aaron Gwin wins the UCI World Cup on Windham Mountain Sunday, July 10. From Windham Mountain's Facebook page.
Tags: Beth Cozzolino, DEC, Gene Keeler, high-impact hydraulic fracturing, historic preservation, hydraulic fracturing, mountain biking, Robinson St., Terry Wilhelm, Timothy McEachern, zoning
Windham Mountain Bike World Cup Festival
Julia Reischel in the Watershed Post reports on the abundance of bicycles in Greene County this weekend:
One of the biggest mountain biking events in the world will be happening in Greene County this weekend: The 2011 Mountain Bike UCI World Cup. The most formidable bikers from around the globe will gather at Windham Mountain Saturday and Sunday to jockey down rocky slopes and blow through mud puddles. The race — the 7th in the 2011 World Cup series — is the core of a four days of biking events, including a block party, a concert, and a race for kids. If you can’t make it in person, you can watch the races live on the Race Windham website right from your couch. Windham NY 2011 Mountain Bike World Cup Festival, July 7 – July 10, Windham Mountain, Windham, NY. www.racewindham.com.
Read the full story in the Register-Star.
Hinchey, Gillibrand renew effort to get national park designation for region
The Daily Freeman staff reports that U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, who represents the Hudson River Valley just south of the WGXC listening area, and U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand have reintroduced legislation to make the “Hudson River Valley” part of the National Park system. “Under such a distinction, the region would benefit from greater national attention, additional federal resources to support and preserve heritage sites and increased regional tourism, all of which would contribute to job creation and economic growth, the congressman and senator said in a joint press release issued by Hinchey’s office,” the Freeman story says. “The Hudson River Valley is truly one of America’s richest treasures,” Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said in the statement. “From the Adirondacks to the busy ports of New York City, the Hudson River fuels our economy, inspires our artists, and provides New Yorkers with miles of adventure and endless recreation.” Areas along the Hudson River in Columbia and Greene counties are included in the proposal. Read the full story in The Daily Freeman.
Cement plant clears first important hurdle
Hilary Hawke in The Daily Mail reports that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has accepted the Final Environmental Impact Statement from the Lafarge Cement Plant in Ravena as complete. After a ten-day waiting period, the DEC can release a “Findings Statement,” and according to Hawke’s story Lafarge is eager to get started on the plant modernization if approved. The story suggests “project construction which could start as early as fall of 2011 with grounds preparation, grading and drainage.” Hawke outlines the timeline in the company’s efforts to modernize the plant:
• Aug. 2008: DEC accepted the Lafarge Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
• Nov. 2010: Public comment and a legislative hearing was held in January, 2011.
• Jan. 2011: Legislative hearing.
• April, 2011: DEC sent the document to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a mandatory 45-day review, which ended in mid-June. According to a Lafarge Environmental Manager John Reagan, the EPA provided no further comments.
The new plant’s production would increase from roughly 1.7 million tons currently to 2.8 million tons each year. The article also provides links to Lafarge and DEC documents on the matter, but failed to link to CASE, the local environmental watchdog group that has often been critical of the company. Read the story in The Daily Mail.
Village may find water’s cost hard to swallow
Emilia Teasdale in The Columbia Paper reports that Chatham Village is about to get a $2.3-million sewer upgrade that will cost residents $90 more a year on their water bill. At the town’s Public Works committee meeting last week, Teasdale also reports that the village reservoir leaks about 50,000 gallons of water a day, according the Pat Prendergrast, the village engineer. And the water tower leaks. Prendergrast suggested to the committee that the village close the reservoir. He asked village officials to look at “your long term plan for your 48-year-old water tower and your reservoir that nobody likes.” Water and Sewer Commissioner George Grant defended the reservoir, saying, “This reservoir had been good to us since 1907,” and then weighed in on the tower: “If we maintain it and coat it every 10 years like we were supposed to it would last for another 30 to 40 years,” he said. Read the full story in The Columbia Paper.
Claverack skate park
The Town of Claverack wants to build a skate park in the town on an already installed foundation. Anyone who wants to make a bid on the project can contact the town (518-672-7911) for more details, but must have four printed copies and a PDF at Town offices at 91 Church St. in Mellenville, by 10 a.m. July 22.
Tags: bicycles, DEC, Hudson River, Kirsten Gillibrand, Lafarge, local video, Maurice Hinchey, mountain bikes, Pat Prendergrast, skate park, water, Windham Mountain Bike World Cup Festival
The National Weather Service predicts isolated showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Thursday, and otherwise mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Thursday night should be mostly clear, with a low around 58. Friday there is a slight chance of showers, then a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Otherwisem partly sunny, with a high near 80. Saturday should be mostly sunny, with a high near 84.
Town meetings today
ANCRAM Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, 1416 County Rte. 7, Ancram (329-6512).
AUSTERLITZ Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 812 Route 203, Spencertown (392-3260).
COPAKE Planning Board meets at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
GHENT Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, 2306 State Route 66, Ghent (392-4644).
KINDERHOOK Zoning Board of Appeals meets at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 4 Church St, Niverville (784-2233).
WINDHAM Town board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 8:05 a.m./Low, 2:56 p.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 5:31 a.m./8:30 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 12:43 a.m./ n/a
Birthdays
July 7 Satchel Paige, Pinetop Perkins, Ringo Starr, and Michelle Kwan.
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WGXC MORNING SHOW Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobs present the morning news, music, other features, agriculture reporting, in English and Spanish. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Norman Keyser updates the morning news, with Ellen Thurston and Joan Geitz on weekend events. 9-10 a.m.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS Christina Malisoff and Sam Sebren host. 10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
CROSSROADS Alan Skerrett plays jazz, R&B, and more. Noon-2 p.m.
THE ART OF THE HUDSON VALLEY Scheduled Guests: David Anderson, Executive Artistic Director of Walking the dog Theater, who is directing Eurydice, opening at PS21 in Chatham, July 7 with music by Jonathan Talbott. Cara Benson, Program Manager at Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz will also be a guest. Also, photographers Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick will be on the show. Their exhibition at Carrie Haddad Photograph Gallery in Hudson, opens July 7 through August 14 and is titled “Mars: Adrift on the Hourglass Sea.” Hosted by Chad Weckler. 2 p.m.
RADIO THEATER Experimental radio art. 3 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Antoine Guerlain hosts. 4-7 p.m.
THE JAZZ DISTURBANCE Cheryl K. hosts. 7 p.m.
69 The Magic Stranger plays psychedelic music from 1969. 9:30 p.m.
TRANSMISSION ART Radio theater, experimental sound, field recordings, radio art, mash-ups, shortwave radio news, and more through 6 a.m. Friday morning.
Tags: town meetings
The National Weather Service predicts isolated showers and thunderstorms after 11 a.m., and patchy dense fog before 8 a.m. Monday. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 80. Monday night should be mostly clear, with a low around 57. Tuesday will be sunny, with a high near 80. Tuesday night should be mostly clear, with a low around 57, and Wednesday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
Closings
The Daily Freeman runs down Independence Day closures:
Amtrak: Sunday schedule.
Banks: Closed.
County offices: Closed.
Federal offices: Closed.
Financial markets: Closed.
Greene Co. Transit: No service.
Mail delivery: None.
Metro-North: Sunday schedule, with extra trains.
State offices: Closed.
Trailways: Extra buses Monday and Tuesday.
Fourth of July events
Kinderhook Peoples Parade 11 a.m. This is a participatory parade, so one could decorate your car, stroller, wagon, tractor, or bicycle to join the parade, or watch. Parade starts at Rothermel Lane and ends in the Village Square.
Old-Fashioned Independence Day 2 p.m.–10 p.m.: Clermont State Historic Site, One Clermont Ave., Germantown, 12526. 518-537-4240. 18th Century music and entertainment, food and the Saugerties fireworks display.
Village of Saugerties 4th of July Parade and Fireworks 11 a.m.: Parade starts from Saugerties High School. The Kiwanis Club of Saugerties and the Saugerties Fire Department will team up for the Saugerties 4th of July celebration.
Windham Mountain: Windham Mountain keeps its zipline and Skyride open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. There will be a parade through Windham at 7 p.m., barbeque and a DJ (7:30-10:30 p.m.), and fireworks at 9 p.m.
The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 5:22 p.m./Low, 12:32 a.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 5:30 a.m./8:30 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 9:11 a.m./10:32 p.m.
Birthdays
July 4 Calvin Coolidge, Rube Goldberg, Bill Withers, Ron Kovic, and Pam Shriver.
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WGXC MORNING SHOW Philip Grant presents the morning news, music, other features, agriculture reporting. July 4 features today on safety and local events. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Philip Grant updates the morning news, with more on local Independence Day activities. 9-11 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
CLASSICAL SHOW SLincoln Mayorga hosts. Noon-2 p.m.
LIVING LIGHTLY ON THE LAND Liz LoGiudice from the Agroforestry Center hosts. 2 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Kaya Weidman and Greg Osofsky host. 4-7 p.m.
BLUEGRASS SHOW Cowboy Jim hosts. 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 through 6 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Tags: July 4
Saturday, July 2
Bing Bang Boing: It’s Your Patriotic Duty 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Uncle Sam’s Parade at 11 a.m. on Main St. from Farmer’s Market on Church Street to the old Freightmaster’s Building at Catskill Point. Bring instruments. At the Point, the Greene County Council for the Arts presents a Bing Bang Boing concert of renowned musicians playing their own hand-made instruments, ending with a massive drum circle to which all are invited. There will also be kids’ activities, including marshmallow airgun contests and kite flying, a bouncy house. Park at Dutchman’s Landing, at 2 Main Street by the river. Shuttles and/or cabs will be available. Call 943-3400 or visit www.greenearts.org for information.
Rep. Chris Gibson at Chatham Middle School, at town meeting March 23. Photo by Tom Roe.
• WGXC interviewed Helen Hauswald about the East Durham Independence Day Parade and Festival. Click here to listen to mp3 audio of the interview.
You’re a Grand Ole Flag. Noon-2 p.m.: Olana State Historic Site, 5720 Route 9G, Hudson, NY 12534. One could celebrate the Fourth of July by creating a quilt of your own at this event. This easy-to-do, no-sewing quilt will be inspired by Frederic Church’s painting “Our Banner in the Sky.” Please call 518-828-1872 x109 for more information or to register, or email shasbrook@olana.org for more information or to register.
Bear Creek Landing Fireworks: A restaurant and recreational park in Hunter with day activities such as horseback riding, paintball, and indoor/outdoor dining. At corner of Rt. 214 & 23A, Hunter.
Sunday, July 3
Chatham Family Fun Fest 3 p.m.: Columbia County Fair Grounds, Route 66, Chatham, NY. The fairgrounds gates open at 3 p.m. for the Family Fun Fest. Activities include free kiddie rides, a climbing wall, hay maze, Fuddi-Duddy the Clown, pony rides, Electric Blue Dee Jay, and lots of food, with a fireworks display at dusk.
Our Banner in the Sky: An interpretation through music and dance: Wagon House Education Center, Olana State Historic Site, 5720 Route 9G, Hudson, NY 12534. A performance by Cu Dubh bringing Frederic Church’s painting “Our Banner in the Sky” to life through music and dance is at Olana Sunday. Bring a picnic blanket and basket. Please call (518) 828-1872 x 109 or email shasbrook@olana.org for more information.
Fireworks/band at Cone-E Island/Mountain T-Shirts in Catskill: Activities begin at 2 p.m., music starts at 4 p.m. with Steppin’ Out performing at 6 p.m and fireworks at 9:15 p.m. 8 West Bridge St., Catskill.
Monday, July 4
Kinderhook Peoples Parade 11 a.m. This is a participatory parade, so one could decorate your car, stroller, wagon, tractor, or bicycle to join the parade, or watch. Parade starts at Rothermel Lane and ends in the Village Square.
Old-Fashioned Independence Day 2 p.m.–10 p.m.: Clermont State Historic Site, One Clermont Ave., Germantown, 12526. 518-537-4240. 18th Century music and entertainment, food and the Saugerties fireworks display.
Village of Saugerties 4th of July Parade and Fireworks 11 a.m.: Parade starts from Saugerties High School. The Kiwanis Club of Saugerties and the Saugerties Fire Department will team up for the Saugerties 4th of July celebration.
Windham Mountain: Windham Mountain keeps its zipline and Skyride open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. There will be a parade through Windham at 7 p.m., barbeque and a DJ (7:30-10:30 p.m.), and fireworks at 9 p.m.
Tags: Clermont State Historic Site, Independence Day, July 4, Michael J. Quill Irish Cultural & Sports Centre, Olana
The National Weather Service reports a Flash Flood Watch for Greene and Columbia counties through 6 p.m. Thursday. The NWS predicts showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1 p.m., with a high near 78. Thursday night showers are likely, with a low around 66. Friday there is also a 60 percent chance of showers, with a high near 81. Saturday there is a 40 percent chance of showers, with a high near 79 and Sunday should be mostly sunny, with a high near 81.
Town meetings today
CHATHAM Village Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham (392-5821).
COLUMBIA COUNTY Budget/Salary Committee at 10:00 a.m.
Public Works Committee at 6 p.m. at County Office Building, 401 State Street, Hudson.
COPAKE Zoning Board of Appeals meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
GERMANTOWN Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 50 Palatine Park Road, Germantown (537-6687).
HUDSON Historic Preservation Committee at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
STUYVESANT Greenway Committee meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant (758-6248).
WINDHAM Town Board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 9:24 a.m./Low, 4 p.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 5:25 a.m./8:30 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 12:23 a.m./1:20 p.m./Last Quater begins at 6:49 a.m.
Birthdays
June 23 June Carter Cash, Wilma Rudolph, Clarence Thomas, Frances McDormand, and Steve Shelley.
Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos present the morning news, music, other features, agriculture reporting, and more in English and Spanish. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Sara Kendall updates the morning news with weekend event information from Ellen Thurston and Joan Geitz. 9-10 a.m.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS Sam Sebren interviews Linda Mussman and Ron Puhalski about gay rights. 10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
CROSSROADS Alan Skerrett plays jazz, R&B, and more. Noon-2 p.m.
RADIO THEATER 3 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Antoine Guerlain hosts. 4-7 p.m.
THE JAZZ DISTRUBANCE Cheryl K. hosts. 7 p.m.
69 The Magic Stranger plays psychedelic music from 1969. 9:30 p.m.
TRANSMISSION ART Radio theater, experimental sound, field recordings, radio art, mash-ups, shortwave radio news, and more through 6 a.m. Friday morning.
Tags: town meetings
The National Weather Service predicts Thursday will be sunny, with a high near 85. Thursday night there is a chance of showers, mainly after 1 a.m., with a low around 58. Friday, showers are also likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2 p.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. A high near 76 on Friday and Friday night a low around 60 and a chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 81. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 79.
Town meetings today
ANCRAM Board meeting at 7 p.m. in Town Hall at 1416 County Rte. 7, Ancram (329-6512).
CHATHAM Town Board meeting at 7 p.m. Town Hall, 488 State Route 295, Chatham (392-3262).
COLUMBIA COUNTY Public Safety Committee meeting at 6 p.m. at County Office Building, 401 State Street, Hudson.
COPAKE Comprehensive Planning Committee meeting at 7:30 p.m., at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
DURHAM Town board meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Town Building, 7309 State Rt. 81, East Durham.
GHENT Town Board meeting at the Ghent Town Hall, 2306 State Route 66, Ghent (392-4644)
HUDSON Hudson Community Development and Planning Agency Board meeting at noon at City Hall, Hudson.
WINDHAM Town board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 4:19 p.m./Low, 10:37 a.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 5:25 a.m./8:25 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 1:41 p.m./12:58 a.m.
Birthdays
June 16 Stan Laurel, Katherine Graham, Joyce Carol Oates, Roberto Duran, and Femi Kuti.
Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Antonio Flores-Lobos and Sara Kendall present the morning news, music, other features, agriculture reporting, and more, in both English and Spanish. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Norman Keyser updates the morning news, with weekend event information from Ellen Thurston and Joan Geitz. 9-10 a.m.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS Christina Malisoff hosts. 10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
CROSSROADS Allan Skerrett plays jazz, R&B, and more. Noon-2 p.m.
BETWEEN THE LINES Interviews with Carey Harrison, Richard Roth, and others. Hosted by Ann Forbes Cooper. 2 p.m.
RADIO THEATER 3 p.m.
YOUTH SHOW Loretta and Karen Schoemer host. 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Antoine Guerlain hosts. A little after 5 p.m. there will be a long interview with Tim O’Conor, Chris Reed, and Patrick Doyle from the South Bay Task Force, about Hudson’s proposed LWRP plan. 4-7 p.m.
THE JAZZ DISTURBANCEE Guitarists Eddie Diehl, Matt Finck and Gabe Schnider will perform live on “The Jazz Disturbance” with host Cheryl K. 7 p.m.
69 The Magic Stranger plays psychedelic music from 1969. 9:30 p.m.
TRANSMISSION ART Radio theater, experimental sound, field recordings, radio art, mash-ups, shortwave radio news, and more through 6 a.m. Friday morning.
Tags: town meetings
The National Weather Service predicts a chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday, mainly after 2 p.m. Some storms could be severe, with heavy rain. Otherwise, Thursday should be mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Thursday night, a low around 61. Friday, should be partly sunny, with a high near 79.
Town meetings today
AUSTERLITZ Town Of Austerlitz holds a Public Hearing about Local Law #2 regulating signs in Austerlitz. At 6:45 p.m. at Austerlitz Town Hall, 812 Route 203, Spencertown.
CHATHAM Village meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham (392-5821).
COPAKE Town Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mountainview Road, Copake (329-1234).
GALLATIN Town Board meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 667 Route 7, Ancram (398-7519).
GREENE COUNTY Finance and Audit committee meets at 5 p.m. at County Building, 411 Main St., Catskill (719-3270).
KINDERHOOK Planning Board Workshop meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 4 Church St, Niverville (784-2233).
LIVINGSTON Town board meets at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 119 County Route 19.
NEW BALTIMORE The Planning Board holds a Public Hearing about the application of Patricia Schiller for a minor subdivision of property located on Route 144 in the Town of New Baltimore. At 7:45 p.m. at New Baltimore Town Hall, 3809 County Route 51, Hannacoix.
STUYVESANT Town board meets at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant (758-6248).
TANNERSVILLE Village trustees meet at 7 p.m. in their Village Hall on Route 23A.
WINDHAM Town board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
The skies above
TIDES Hudson: High, 10:09 p.m./Low, 4:24 p.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 5:25 a.m./8:25 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 1:41 p.m./12:58 a.m.
Birthdays
June 8 Cole Porter, Les Paul, Jackie Wilson, Patricia Cornwell, and Natalie Portman.
Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos presents the morning news, music, other features, agriculture reporting, and more. in Spanish and English. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Norman Keyser updates the morning news, and Ellen Thurston covers area events. 9-10 a.m.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS Hosted by Christina Malisoff and Sam Sebren. 10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
CROSSROADS Alan Skerrett hosts. Noon-2 p.m.
PASSAGES Richard Roth hosts. 2 p.m.
RADIO THEATER 3 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Sara Kendall hosts. 4-7 p.m.
THE JAZZ DISTURBANCE Cheryl K. hosts. 7 p.m.
69 The Magic Stranger plays psychedelic music from 1969. 9:30 p.m.
TRANSMISSION ART Radio theater, experimental sound, field recordings, radio art, mash-ups, shortwave radio news, and more through 6 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Tags: town meetings
Windham Mountain is investing $2.4 million in improvements, mostly in snow-making equipment. They are buying new grooming tractors and an arsenal of snow-making guns that use less energy than previous models used at the resort. Windham is also installing a side-by-side racing Zipline in the resort’s Adventure Park, and renovating the base lodge and the Club at Windham Mountain. “Snow quality is at the core of [the experience at Windham],” Tim Woods, the resort’s president and general manager, says. “This investment will further improve what’s already a great skiing and snowboarding experience while reducing Windham Mountain’s energy demand.”
Tags: skiing, Windham Mountain
The National Weather Service predicts the most spectacular weather week of the year so far:
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 68. (Maybe a little breezy.)
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 75.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 77.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 77.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 76.
Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 77.
Town meetings today
ANCRAM Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m., town hall, 1416 County Rte. 7, Ancram (329-6512).
AUSTERLITZ Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 812 Route 203, Spencertown (392-3260).
COPAKE Planning Board meets at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
GHENT Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, 2306 State Route 66, Ghent (392-4644).
KINDERHOOK Zoning Board of Appeals meets at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 4 Church St, Niverville (784-2233).
WINDHAM Town board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
Astronomical bodies
TIDES Hudson: High, 3:40 a.m./Low, 10:50 a.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 5:27 a.m./8:20 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 5:54 a.m./9:20 p.m.
Birthdays
June 2 Milo O’Shea, Charlie Watts, Cornel West, Pedro Guerra, Raul Ibanez, and Lydia Lunch.
Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos present the morning news, music, other features, agriculture reporting, and more in both Spanish and English. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Tom Roe updates the morning news, and Ellen Thurston previews weekend events. 9-10 a.m.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS Rebroadcast of interview with Susan Falzon. 10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
CROSSROADS Alan Skerrett hosts. Noon-2 p.m.
THE ART OF THE HUDSON VALLEY Theatrical performance discussion with scheduled guests David Anderson of Walking the Dog Theater, Laura Margolis of Stageworks/Hudson, Liv Cummins of Columbia Arts Team, John Peterson of The Two of Us Productions and Keith Nelson of Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. Your host is Chad Weckler. 2 p.m.
RADIO THEATER Rip Van Winkle and more. 3 p.m.
YOUTH SHOW Loretta and Karen Schoemer. 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Antoine Guerlain hosts 4-7 p.m.
THE JAZZ DISTURBANCE Hosted by Cheryl K. 7 p.m.
69 The Magic Stranger plays psychedelic music from 1969. 9:30 p.m.
TRANSMISSION ART Radio theater, experimental sound, field recordings, radio art, mash-ups, shortwave radio news, and more.
Tags: town meetings
The National Weather Service predicts isolated showers and thunderstorms after 9 a.m. Some storms could be severe, with heavy rain. High near 81. Chance of precipitation is just 20 percent. Thursday night, a 40 percent chance of rain, with a low around 62. Friday, scattered showers and thunderstorms are predicted. High near 81.
Town meetings today
CHATHAM Village Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham (392-5821).
COPAKE Zoning Board of Appeals meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
GERMANTOWN Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 50 Palatine Park Road, Germantown (537-6687).
HUDSON Historic Preservation Committee at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
STUYVESANT Greenway Committee meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant (758-6248).
href=”http://www.townofwindham.com”>WINDHAM Town Board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
Astronomical bodies
TIDES Hudson: High, 11:38 p.m./Low, 5:41 p.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 5:31 a.m./8:15 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 1:56 a.m./2:33 p.m.
Birthdays
MAY 26 Jay Silverheels, Moondog, Peggy Lee, Stevie Nicks, and Lenny Kravitz.
Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos present the morning news, music, other features, agriculture reporting, and more in Spanish and English. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Christina Malisoff and Ellen Thurston updates the morning news. 9-10 a.m.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS Director Franklin Lopez speaks in a question and answer session after a screening of his film “END:CIV,” based on the book “End Game” by activist and author Derek Jensen. Franklin Lopez presented his film and held a workshop at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy on April 22. 10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
CROSSROADS Allan Skerrett plays jazz and other styles. Noon-2 p.m.
SOUND FORMS Peter Wetzler talks with Kingston-based composer Pauline Oliveros. 2 p.m.
RADIO THEATER Experimental radio theater. 3 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO Loretta and Karen Schoemer host. 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Antoine Guerlain hosts 4-7 p.m.
THE JAZZ DISTURBANCE Hosted by Cheryl K.
69 The Magic Stranger hosts. 9:30 p.m.
TRANSMISSION ART Radio theater, experimental sound, field recordings, radio art, mash-ups, shortwave radio news, and more.
Tags: town meetings
Copake planners wrestle with tower details
Diane Valden in The Columbia Paper reports that the Copake Planning Board is considering whether there is currently adequate cell phone coverage in the Columbia County town. If not, then Mariner Tower, II, may be allowed to build a 150-foot lattice tower on the West Copake farm of Ezra J. Link, Jr., at 3124 County Route 7 with the tower east of Route 7 between Pumpkin Hollow Roads North and South. Radio experts may fly a literal trial balloon to determine where the tower would be seen from if allowed. The farmer and tower company are asking for variances for the proposed tower as 125 feet is the town’s maximum height, and a 1,500-foot setback from residences is required, but this tower has about 1,200 feet of setback from two residences. The applicants have to appear before both the Planning Board for site plan review and the Zoning Board of Appeals for the variances, and the Planning Board will next discuss the issue June 2. Read the full story in The Columbia Paper.
Graduations
Both local colleges hold graduations Saturday: Columbia-Greene Community College at 10 a.m. in the gym, and Bard College at 1 p.m. with a live webstream here.
Board resigns
There’s this from the Public Notices in the Register-Star about the Catskill gym where Mike Tyson learned to fight: “The Board of Directors of the Cus D’amatos Boxing Gym have resigned from their positions as members of the board. The board is no longer responsible for any activity in the gym or any indebtedness.”
At Home on the Farm and in E-Books
Julie Bosman in The New York Times profiles Columbia County writer Susan Orlean in the Thu. May 19 edition, around the publication of her new e-book “Animalish,” about the animals on her 55-acre spread. They include one dog, three cats, eight chickens, four turkeys, six guinea fowl, one fish, two snow-white ducks, and 12 Black Angus cattle. Orlean, who writes for The New Yorker, published “Animalish,” as an e-book Thursday exclusively by Amazon as a “Kindle Single,” one of their excerpts of original, long-form writing. Read the entire story in The New York Times.
Windham’s Zipline construction begins
Windham Mountain’s Facebook page says that construction has begun on a Zipline there. From a post: “2 race at a time. I leg goes from the top of the Adventure Park lodge down to a tower by the berm on the snowtubing park; 2nd leg goes to a tower by the skating rink; then a rope bridge back to the Lodge.” Hunter Mountain has the longest and highest zipline in North America, with four miles of the hanging rides.
Rebecca Anderson, a member of the new student garden club at Columbia-Greene Community College, readies the soil for planting. From CGCC.
Twelve students are taking turns tending to a garden on campus at Columbia-Greene Community College through the new student garden club. Students are growing corn, sweet peas, kale, tomatoes, lettuce, potatoes, wild strawberries, and basil, according to one of the club’s founders, Lizzy Winig. The students may get the food they grow served in the college’s cafeteria. “The student garden is dedicated to growing green this summer, working with the land to produce a healthy variety of vegetables,” says club member Rebecca Anderson. “We students are also hoping to donate a good portion of our harvest to the local food pantry and college cafeteria, keeping the impact on the environment light, and the impact on the community powerful.” Assistant Professor of History Ted Hilscher is the club’s advisor.
Tags: agriculture, Bard College, Columbia-Greene Community College, Cus D'Amato, garden, Hunter Mountain, local video, Susan Orlean, Windham Mountain, zipline
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for Greene and Columbia counties. The prediction for Thursday says there will be a 60 percent chance of more rain, with a high near 67. Thursday night, a chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a low around 57. Friday more scattered showers are predicted, with a high near 71.
Town meetings tonight
ANCRAM Board meeting at 7 p.m. in town hall at 1416 County Rte. 7, Ancram (329-6512).
CHATHAM Town Board Meeting at 7 p.m. town hall, 488 State Route 295, Chatham (392-3262).
COLUMBIA COUNTY Public Safety Committee meeting at 6 p.m. at County Office Building, 401 State Street, Hudson.
COPAKE Comprehensive Planning Committee meeting at 7:30 p.m., Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
DURHAM Town board meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Town Building, 7309 State Rt. 81, East Durham.
GHENT Town Board meeting at the Ghent Town Hall, 2306 State Route 66, Ghent (392-4644)
WINDHAM Town board meets at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 371 State Rt. 296, Hensonville (734-4170).
Astronomical bodies
TIDES Hudson: High, 4:50 a.m./Low, 11:43 a.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 5:36 a.m./8:09 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 10:47 p.m./7:19 a.m.
Birthdays
MAY 19 Jim Lehrer, Andre the Giant, Grace Jones, and Joey Ramone.
Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores-Lobos presents the morning news, and other features, agriculture reporting, and more, in Spanish and English. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Christina Malisoff reads the news and Joan Geitz and Ellen Thurston present weekend events in Greene and Columbia counties. 9-10 a.m.
TELL IT LIKE IT IS Christina Malisoff and Sam Sebren present a rare speech from Dr. Timothy Leary at RPI University. 10 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
CROSSROADS Allan Skerret plays many types of music, such as jazz, and R&B. Noon-2 p.m.
BETWEEN THE LINES Catskill’s baseball authority, John Thorn, talks about his new book. 2 p.m.
RADIO THEATER 3 p.m.
YOUTH RADIO 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Antoine Guerlain hosts. 4-7 p.m.
THE JAZZ DISTURBANCE Cheryl K hosts. 7 p.m.
69 The Magic Stranger welcomes Gandalf as guest. 9:30 p.m.
TRANSMISSION ART Radio theater, experimental sound, field recordings, radio art, mash-ups, shortwave radio news, and more. Overnight.
WGXC’s Philip Grant has compiled information for voting in elections Tuesday, May 17. Links to local news stories, interviews, audio clips, and other information to consider.
Columbia County
Chatham Voting 9 a.m.-9 p.m. at Elementary school.
•Candidates hope to fill board seats
Paul Crossman’s story in the Register-Star is about candidates for the Chatham Central School Board and New Lebanon Central School District.
•Schools chief says contracts trigger pay hikes
Emilia Teasdale in The Columbia Paper reports on the budget.
Germantown Voting noon-9 p.m.
•District will vote on $14 million budget plan
Jamie Larson in the Register-Star reports on the budget.
•Four hopefuls vying for two spots on school board
Jamie Larson profiles the candidates in the Register-Star.
Hudson Voting noon-9 p.m. at J.L. Edwards School, Greenport #1 Pumper Co., Claverack Firehouse, Stockport Town Hall, and Livingston Town Hall.
•@Issue: Hudson School Board radio program mp3 file.
May 11, 2011, WGXC show hosted by Victor Mendolia and Deborah Gilbert. With guests Jack Howe, Superintendent of Hudson schools; school board member Peter Mayer; Unmuffled blog writer Lynn Slonecker; and others.
•Unmuffled blog by Lynn Slonecker.
Continuing, exhaustive coverage of the Hudson school system and education in general.
•No opposition for HCSD Board of Ed candidates
Audra Jornov in the Register-Star reports that three candidates are vying for three seats in Hudson.
Ichadbod Crane School Board Voting 8 a.m.-9 p.m. at Ichabod Crane High School gym.
•Debate over football funding clouds ICC budget outlook
Emilia Teasdale reports in The Columbia Paper about the $34-million Ichabod Crane school budget proposal, with a 3.98 percent tax levy increase, which includes $31,000 for the football program.
•At least 5 seek 3 seats in Ichabod Crane District
A staff report in The Columbia Paper profiles the five candidates running for three seats on the Ichabod Crane School Board of Education.
•ICC board candidate John Chandler
John Mason profiles the candidate in the Register-Star.
•ICC board candidate Landra Haber
John Mason profiles the candidate in the Register-Star.
•ICC board candidate Andrew Kramarchyk
John Mason profiles the candidate in the Register-Star.
•ICC board candidate Susan Ramos
John Mason profiles the candidate in the Register-Star.
•ICC board candidate Cheryl Trefzger
John Mason profiles the candidate in the Register-Star.
New Lebanon Voting noon-9 p.m. at W.B. Howard Elementary School
•Candidates hope to fill board seats
Paul Crossman’s story in the Register-Star is about candidates for the Chatham Central School Board and New Lebanon Central School District.
Taconic Hills Voting noon-9 p.m. at Taconic Hills Veterans Community Room.
•TH cuts workforce to save tax rate
John Mason in the Register-Star reports on the Taconic Hills School District’s $32,046,446 budget.
•TH school board candidate — Steve Argus
John Mason profiles the candidate in the Register-Star.
•TH school board candidate — Arnold Anderson
John Mason profiles the candidate in the Register-Star.
•TH school board candidate — Justin Kutski
John Mason profiles the candidate in the Register-Star.
•TH school board candidate — George W. Lagonia Jr.
John Mason profiles the candidate in the Register-Star.
•TH school board candidate — Christine Perry
John Mason profiles the candidate in the Register-Star.
Greene County
Catskill Voting 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Catskill High School gym
•Catskill School Board Meet the Candidates Forum mp3 file.
April 26, 2011. WGXC recording by Philip Grant. Forum at Catskill High School.
•Catskill school budget keeps sports, activities
Ariel Zangla in The Daily Freeman reports on Catskill’s proposed $37.2 million budget.
•Four candidates seeking three seats on Catskill school board
Ariel Zangla in The Daily Freeman profiles Karen Haas, William Fiske, Michael Maloney, and Ward Osborn.
•District to decide 3 seats in Catskill
Jim Planck in The Daily Mail also profiles the candidates.
Cairo-Durham Voting noon-9 p.m. at Durham Middle School cafeteria.
•4 candidates battle for three seats in C-D
Doron Tyler Antrim in The Daily Mail profiles the candidates — newcomer Beth Phillips, and incumbents Susan Kusminsky, Bill Alfeld, and Pat Ublacker — and reports on two propositions on the ballot:
•Would authorize a $2,000 increase in the appropriation for the Cairo Public Library, from $18,500 to $20,500.
•Would authorize the purchase of nine new 66-passenger school buses at a cost of more than $925,000. More than three-quarters of the cost would be returned to the district in the form of state aid. If approved, the proposition will allow the district to replace buses with between 50,000 and 150,000 miles in the past 10 years.
Greenville Voting 1 p.m.-9 p.m. at Scott M. Ellis Elementary School
•School board summaries: Greenville Central School District
Miguel Madera in The Daily Mail writes about unchallenged candidates Paul Lampman and Roseanne Stapleton.
Coxsackie-Athens Voting 1 p.m.-9 p.m. at either Edward J. Arthur Elementary School, Athens or Coxsackie Elementary School.
•Voters to decide on $25.1 million budget
Melanie Lekocevic writes about the school budget meetings in the Coxsackie-Athens Central School District in he Greene County News.
•Community gets to Meet the Candidates
Melanie Lekocevic covers the Meet the Candidates event May 10 in Coxsackie.
•6 candidates vie for 3 open board seats
Melanie Lekocevic in The Daily Mail reports three newcomers challenge three incumbents in the Coxsackie-Athens Central School District.
Windham-Ashland-Jewett Voting 1 p.m.-9 p.m. at the school cafeteria.
•Budget hearing draws little comment or concern
Michael Ryan’s report in The Daily Mail about the budget.
Hunter-Tannersville Voting 1 p.m.-9 p.m. at the Hunter Elementary School cafeteria.
•Budget, one candidate on Hunter-Tannersville ballot
Ariel Zangla in The Daily Freeman reports on the Hunter-Tannersville election and $13.2 million budget.
•School board summaries: Hunter-Tannersville Central District
Jim Planck writes about unopposed incumbent Brian Byrne.
Albany County
Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk
•Eight candidates vie for three Board of Ed seats
Hilary Hawke profiles the candidates in The Ravena News-Herald.
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