Seward hosts town hall in Catskill

New York State Senator James L. Seward (R/C/I-Oneonta) holds a fall town hall-style meeting in Catskill at 7 p.m. Tue. Oct. 6 at the Catskill Middle School Auditorium, 345 W. Main St. At the meeting, Seward will visit with constituents, discuss current state issues and take questions. For the first hour, Seward and area residents [...]

Columbia County final primary election results

Columbia County final primary election results from Columbia County Board of Elections:OFFICIAL Columbia County Primary Election 2009 Results9/24/2009City of HudsonWard 1 – District 1AldermanDEM1AGeeta Cheddie44347***(vote for 2)DEM2ASarah H. Sterling51455***DEM3ACarole Osterink42446Total Votes13711148Ward 4 – District 1SupervisorIND1CWilliam Hughes (write-in)213***Total Votes/Voters213SupervisorCON1DSamuel Santiago101CON1DWilliam Hughes (write-in)202***1DGeraldine E. Nero (write-in)101Total Votes/Voters404Town of CanaanDistrict 1 and 2SupervisorIND1CRichard Keaveney13013***IND1CGary Flaherty (write-in)202Total Votes/Voters15015SupervisorCON1DRichard Keaveney808***CON1DGary [...]

Lopez to meet citizens in Athens

Assemblyman Pete Lopez (NY-127, R, C, I – Schoharie) will visit the Athens American Legion Hall at 6:30 p.m. Tue. Oct. 6 for a town meeting. “These meetings will allow me to spend some more, in-depth time in each community and really listen to the concerns of my neighbors across the district so that I [...]

Rep. Murphy announces $16,000 wind turbine grant for Pine Plains man

U.S. Representative Scott Murphy (D-NY 20) announced a $16,306 grant through the USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program for Raymond Wendover of Pine Plains to purchase a Bergey Excel 10kW class wind turbine. The project is expected to generate 12,836 kW per year covering 101 percent of the business’ energy costs.

Protest against mandatory vaccines

From Helena Kosorek in Greenville:

Hudsonic Series, No. 5

Hudsonic Series, No. 5 by Sam TruittThe Point, Catskill, Greene CountySeptember 18, 2009, 4:43 PM1.5 MB (1:11 minutes) MP4 A dog barks, and a Dutchman conducts a crowd in song as music plays. Hudsonic%205.mp3View Larger Map

Interview with Obama supporter after 9/22 speech

Mary and I did a number of interviews with students and supporters after Obama’s policy address at Hudson Valley Community College. Here is one of them.

Congressman Murphy announces grant for WGXC

Hudson, NY – Today, Congressman Scott Murphy (NY-20) announced that WGXC was awarded a grant of $71,486 from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration through their Public Telecommunications Facilities Program, which will fund half the equipment needed for the station to go on the air on 90.7 FM. WGXC will be a 3,300-watt non-commercial community [...]

President Obama’s visit to Hudson Valley Comunity College

Here are some shots from yesterday’s presidential visit.

Hudson Series, No. 4

Hudsonic Series, No. 4 by Sam TruittMarianne Courville Gallery, 341 Warren Street, Hudson, Columbia County09.13.09, 6:34 pm (02.59 minutes)3.7 MB, MP4The microphone lies on a table. Crowd voices.View Larger Map

Bliss Tower meeting Thursday

The Hudson City Democrats and the Columbia County Common Sense message board both mention a public meeting at 7 p.m., Thur. Sept. 24 in the community room at Bliss Tower, that concerns redevelopment of Bliss Tower. The message board guesses that Hudson Mayor Rick Scalera; Exec. Dir of HHA Jeff First; 4th Ward Supervisor William [...]

Obama visit to Hudson Valley Community College

This is an audio recording of President Obama’s Monday, 9-21-09 visit to Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York. He was introduced by Dr. Jill Biden, educator and wife of Vice President Biden. We also interviewed four people after the address to get their reactions: two students and two Obama supporters. Because of the [...]

President Obama’s visit to the Hudson Valley Community College

This is an audio recording of President Obama’s Monday, 09-21-09 visit to Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York. He was introduced by Dr. Jill Biden, educator and wife of Vice President Biden. We also interviewed four people after the address to get their reactions: two students and two Obama supporters.

Seward, Lopez at Environmental Awareness Days

NY State Senator James Seward and Assemblyman Peter Lopez will be at the Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Agroforestry Resource Center, 6055 Route 23 in Acra, NY at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday for the 40th anniversary of Environmental Awareness Days, and to honor the event’s founder Eric Rasmussen.

Greene County Chamber of Commerce hands out awards

(At right, “Business Idol” winner Kip Christie from Banner Hill School of Woodworking in Windham [right] with award presenter Kathleen Packard of KathodeRay Media, the Greene County Chamber of Commerce and the WGXC Radio Council. Chamber Executive Director Tracy McNally is in the background.) The Greene County Chamber of Commerce held their annual Greene Jeans [...]

Molinaro open house Friday in Red Hook

Assemblyman Marc Molinaro (R,C,I-Red Hook) hosts an open house for constituents from 3 to 6 p.m. on Friday, September 18 in Molinaro’s district office located at 7578 North Broadway, Suite 4, in Red Hook. “In Albany, there is much work to be done for the residents of the Hudson Valley, including comprehensive property tax reform, [...]

Cairo sidewalk law public hearing

Click here to listen to public hearing about proposed sidewalk law in Cairo Last night the Town of Cairo held a public hearing about a proposed law for snow removal on sidewalks. Listen by clicking on the link. Won’t work with Internet Explorer.

Cairo Town Board meeting

Click here to listen to Town of Cairo Board meeting 091609 The Town of Cairo held its regular board meeting last night, with Dave Hart being appointed to the town’s Zoning Commission, and the board deciding to wait on a decision on the proposed law for sidewalk snow removal. Planning Board Chairman Dan Benoit (pictured [...]

Hudsonic Series, No. 3

Hudsonic Series, No. 3 by Sam TruittWalmart, 265 West Bridge Street, Catskill, Greene County09.13.09 (03:52 minutes)4.36 MB, MP4The microphone lies behind a flower pot (daisies) on a rack. Cars and carts pass variously, a person speaks, and a car door opens and closes.

Obama to speak at Hudson Valley Community College

Congressmen Scott Murphy (NY-20) and Paul Tonko (NY-21) announced that President Obama will visit Hudson Valley Community College at 11:00 a.m., Monday, Sept. 21. Several months ago the Congressmen requested that the President visit the region to highlight hi-tech job creation in Upstate New York. “I am honored to welcome President Obama to Upstate New [...]

Audit finds problems in Village of Catskill

From Mid-Hudson News Network: ALBANY – State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced his office completed an audit of the Village of Catskill – Fiscal Oversight and Internal Controls Over Selected Financial Activities. According to the report, the village board and president did not effectively oversee the village’s financial operations and failed to address significant weaknesses, identified [...]

CORRECTION: Taghkanic primary election results

Columbia County Board of Elections Democratic Commissioner Virgina Martin provided the following corrected election results for the Town of Taghkanic tonight at 7 p.m. “The results we gave you last night had a series of errors due to the complexity of the election and the high number of write-in votes that were cast,” she wrote. [...]

Columbia County primary results won’t be final until next week

Columbia County Board of Election Democratic commissioner Virgina Martin says they are recanvassing machines, and should have a count after 6 p.m. tonight. But final results will not be announced before Tuesday, as absentee ballots still are allowed to arrive from the post offfice. In the Democratic contest for District 1 in Hudson, incumbent Carole [...]

Wal-Mart closes, opens in Greenport

Wal-Mart closed its giant store in Greenport today and opened an even larger marketplace across Fairview Avenue in Greenport today. The empty store sits next to Price Chopper and Fashion Bug.

Hudsonic Series

Columbia County primary election results

UNOFFICIAL Columbia County Primary Election 2009 Results9/15/2009 UPDATE: Note Taghkanic votes have been corrected. Board of Elections officials provided different totals at first, now corrected. City of HudsonWard 1 – District 1AldermanDEMGeeta Cheddie44DEMSarah H. Sterling51DEMCarole Osterink42Total Voters137Ward 4 – District 1SupervisorIND4 Wiliam HughesIND0Total Voters4SupervisorCONSamuel Santiago4CON1 Wiliam HughesTotal Voters5Town of CanaanDistrict 1 and 2SupervisorINDRichard Keaveney13INDOTB0Total Voters13SupervisorCONRichard [...]

Walk for Peace passes through Hudson

A 180-mile “Walk for Peace” passed through Hudson today on its way to Kinderhook. The group included Jun Anju-san, an internationally known Buddhist who helps run a Peace Pagoda (one of only two in the U.S.) at the walk’s destination in Grafton, New York. This walk left NYC on Sept. 11, and will arrive in [...]

Barry Henck speaks at Cairo Eco Faire

Click here to listen to or download mp3 of Barry Henck speaking at Eco Faire.Barry Henck, from Central Hudson Gas & Electric, speaking Sun. Sept. 13 at the Cairo Eco Faire in Cairo Town Park, streamed live on WGXC Online Radio. The Eco Faire, which was put on by the Cairo Chamber of Commerce.

Ruth Gutman speaks at Cairo Eco Faire

Click here to listen to or download mp3 of Ruth Gutman speaking at Eco Faire.Ruth Gutman, Community Advocate for Rip Van Winkle Tobacco-Free Action of Columbia and Greene Counties, speaking Sun. Sept. 13 at the Cairo Eco Faire in Cairo Town Park, streamed live on WGXC Online Radio. The Eco Faire, which was put on [...]

Andy Turner speaks at Cairo Eco Faire

Click here to listen to or download mp3 of Andy Turner speaking at Eco Faire.Andy Turner, the Executive Director for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Greene County, speaking Sun. Sept. 13 at the Cairo Eco Faire in Cairo Town Park, streamed live on WGXC Online Radio. Turner is also on WGXC’s Radio Council, the board overseeing [...]

2009 Germantown Community Farm Fall Skillshare and Party

The Germantown Community Farm hosts its Annual Fall Skillshare and Party Sat. Sept. 26 for feasting and dancing, workshopping and romping, all streamed live on WGXC Online Radio. We will indeed be hosting a contra dance, a local rock band, and several DJs on into the night. We’ll be fleshing out the schedule and workshop [...]

Main Street, Cairo, NY

Michael Davis, a senior at Cairo-Durham High-School, made this Main Street document during his summer 2009 employment with WGXC. WGXC: Hands on Radio is a community-run radio station and media project that re-envisions radio as an innovative platform for local participation. WGXC is a project of free103point9, a non-profit arts organization focused on Transmission Arts, [...]

Main Street, Windham, NY

Jordan Smith, a senior at Cairo-Durham High-School, made this Main Street document during his summer 2009 employment with WGXC. WGXC: Hands on Radio is a community-run radio station and media project that re-envisions radio as an innovative platform for local participation. WGXC is a project of free103point9, a non-profit arts organization focused on Transmission Arts, [...]

Cairo dems field no candidates

(Alice Tunison, center, with Cairo Town Clerk Tara A. Rumph, and board member Janet Schwarzenegger at the Aug. 19, 2009 Cairo town board meeting.) Susan Campriello follows up her story about the Cairo Democrats failing to have a caucus and nominate any candidates, even though incumbent Town Board member and Democrat Alice Tunison approached them [...]

Seward, Murphy in the area this weekend

State Senator James L. Seward (R/C/I-Oneonta) will be in Catskill, Sunday, Sept. 13 attending a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Catskill Central School District’s enhanced secondary facility at noon. The ceremony will take place during the fourth annual Parents, Partners and Pancakes event. Congressman Scott Murphy (D-NY20) will be nearby on Saturday Sept. 12, with [...]

Seward and Saland vote for Green bill

New York State Senators James Seward (R-51, in Greene County) and Stephen M. Saland (R-41 in Columbia County) both voted for the Green Jobs/Green NY bill last night. The vote was 52-8 (search for A8901) in favor if the bill which has now been returned to the NY State Assembly. The bill does the following: [...]

Hudsonic Series, No. 1

Hudsonic%20Series%2C%20No.%201.wmv Listen and watch environmental video above.Hudsonic Series, No. 1 by Sam TruittLand Trust Site, Ravish Road, Greenport, Columbia County09.10.09, ca. 8:54 am (1.29 minutes)2.4 MB, WMV

Officials stressing One City Centre purchase

Check out that headline in The Register-Star by the usually smarter writer Francesca Olsen. If you read deep down in her story you see why the officials are stressing a future building purchase: they don’t want you to think about the tax increase they just passed. Five paragraphs in Olsen mentions “Local laws renewing an [...]

DJ set from Michael Davis and Jordan Smith

(Michael Davis and Jordan Smith interviewing NY State Assemblyman Peter Lopez Aug. 22 at the Catskill Community Center.) Click here to listen or download DJ set from WGXC summer 2009 employees and Cairo-Durham High seniors Michael Davis and Jordan Smith recorded for WGXC Aug. 29, 2009..

Slinky Armadillo kids rock show with Uncle Billy

Hudson’s Slink Moss plays songs about dogs Sat. Sept. 5 at Spotty Dog Books & Ale in Hudson with Chicago’s Uncle Billy helping on keyboards and other guests on vibes and banjo.

FCC orders Albany TV station off FM

In the analog past, before the June 12 switch to digital television, Ch. 6 TV stations could be heard on 87.7-FM on radios. A handful of Ch. 6′s, including Freedom Broadcasting’s WRGB-TV based in Schenectady, continued to broadcast on the radio after the digital switch. But Inside Radio is reporting that the Federal Communications Commission [...]

Cairo Nature Center called ‘political football’

What sort of town does not want volunteers to create a park? Cairo, apparently. Susan Campriello in The Daily Mail reports on last Thursday’s Cairo Town workshop meeting, where the Cairo Nature Center Committee met with the Town Board. The Nature Center opened two years ago, and then the town closed it for a year [...]

Today’s local headlines

(JoAnne Lettieri, seated, with her husband, before the Cairo Planning Board. Photo by Tom Roe.) Cairo Main Street mayhemClick here to listen or download mp3 of Cairo Planning Board meeting 090209Click here to listen or download mp3 of Cairo Planning Board meeting talking about amending the site plan law On August 18, police arrested JoAnne [...]