Kinderhook’s Gibson to challenge Murphy in U.S. 20th Congressional District

WGXC recorded the nomination speech of Kinderhook Republican Congressional hopeful Chris Gibson today at 3 p.m. at the Desmond Hotel near the Albany airport. Click here to listen to an mp3 recording of Gibson’s short speech plus four questions from the assembled media. WGXC’s Tom Roe asks Gibson what he would do to help struggling [...]

Village of Catskill election results

(Brian Kehoe, Vincent Seeley, and Angelo Amato at the League of Women Voters/WGXC Candidate Forum, March 20, 2010 at Catskill Community Center.) From Susan Campriello in The Daily Mail: “Catskill voters selected Tuesday incumbent Village President Vincent Seeley and political newcomer Brian Kehoe for two Trustee positions on the Village Board. Trustees serve three-year terms. [...]

Town of Chatham cleanup

From Local ‘n Green: “Town of Chatham cleanup Monday, April 5, 4-6 p.m. or Saturday, April 10 noon-2 p.m.; longer if people want to stay and help. Particular location in Chatham to be announced. Please wear grubby clothes and gardening or work gloves if you have them. If you can’t make either date, trash bags [...]

Barrett to challenge Saland

Democrat Didi Barrett will announce her candidacy for the District 41 New York State Senate seat now held by Republican Steve Saland on Wed. April 7 at two locations:Dutchess County – 10 a.m., Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum, Hudson River Pavilion, 75 North Water Street, Poughkeepsie;Columbia County – 1:30 p.m., Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson. [...]

Chris Gibson’s YouTube video

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Kinderhook’s Gibson may have Republican nomination

Leigh Hornbeck of Capitol Confidential reports: “Asked why [Chris] Gibson [of Kinderhook] is making his announcement outside the 20th Congressional District, Gibson spokesman Rob Clark said it is because that is where the 10 county chair people are meeting and Gibson is having his event there so, ‘everyone is in one place.’ Retired Army colonel [...]

Murphy coming to Hudson, Coxsackie

Congressman Scott Murphy (D-NY20) holds public meetings in Hudson and Coxsackie on April 1. Murphy will hold a meeting at 9:30 a.m. at Stageworks in Hudson, at 41 Cross St. At 2 p.m., he will be at the Coxsackie Senior Center, 127 Mansion St. (formerly the Knights of Columbus building). Click on WGXC or WGXC [...]

Hudson Talbott honored by Greene County Council on the Arts

(Kay Stamer presents Hudson Talbott with Distinguished Service Award.) The Greene County Council on the Arts held their 22nd annual Beaux Arts Ball fundraiser Saturday night at Hunter Mountain, and honored local author, illustrator, and community activist Hudson Talbott with its Distinguished Service Award. Kay Stamer, executive director of the arts council, presented Talbott with [...]

Cairo Talent Show winners

The Cairo Library and WGXC held a co-fundraiser Talent Show Friday night at Cairo Elementary School, that was a grand success. The Daily Mail has a story about the event here. We will post photos and a recording of the event soon. The winners:ADULTFirst place: Greg Stewart (played guitar and sang an original song)Second place: [...]

Roxbury community station on the air soon

(WIOX engineer Dan Kelleher in the Roxbury station’s new studio.) New Roxbury community radio station WIOX held a station meeting Saturday morning at their new studios in the town’s Masonic Hall, and announced they will begin test broadcasting on weekends this June, with full-time shows on after Labor Day. The station will broadcast on 91.7-FM [...]

Towards a Greener Future: Hawthorne Valley Spring movie series

The Hawthorne Valley Farm Learning Center is hosting a free film series: World Water Day – Monday, March 22nd – 7 p.m. – “Flow” – Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building [water] crisis, at both the global and human scale, while begging the question “can anyone really own water?” Wednesday, April [...]

May on Village of Catskill election

Dick May’s Seeing Greene blog has an exhaustive look at the Tuesday’s Village of Catskill elections. May prints candidate statements from incumbent Angelo Amato and challenger Brian Kehoe, and tracks what those two say, as well as current Village President Vincent Seeley, on a variety of issues including taxes, fireworks, promotion, transparency, and alignment. He [...]

Lady Moon at WGXC benefit at Nicole Fiacco Gallery

Lady Moon performed Feb. 13 at the WGXC fundraiser at the Nicole Fiacco Gallery in Hudson. Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

Help local military family see their son

From WRIP in Windham: Lance Corporal Joshua Williamson, USMC of Grand Gorge, while on patrol in Afghanistan was wounded – shot in the lung. He was operated on in Germany and shipped to Walter Reed Hospital. In order for his parents to be with him, they need financial help. The Mountaintop Detachment #1274 of the [...]

Incident Report No.31: Julie Lequin

Incident Report is an experimental viewing station for visual projects, located in Hudson, NY. We are a model of portability, non-site, no-budget and low-maintenance. We offer an interface between the many publics of the street, and the concepts and issues generated by artists and social thinkers in a wide yet coherent spectrum. Installation of Jule [...]

Murphy posts appropriation requests online

U.S. Representative Scott Murphy (D, NY20), who represents Greene and Columbia counties, has posted his appropriations requests online. The projects from Greene and Columbia, and nearby, include: Preservation of Manufacturing Jobs through Renewable Energy and Creation of a Center for Sustainable Manufacturing, Hudson, New YorkAmount: $1,000,000On behalf of the Columbia Economic Development Corporation, I requested [...]

WGXC needs $1075 to extend matching grant deadline

Last week we asked for your help in raising $5,000 by the end of March. Thank you to all that have responded so quickly. We are now $1,075 away from reaching that goal. Over the last few months, we’ve been working tirelessly producing benefit events and preparing for the launch of WGXC’s FM signal on [...]

Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, 7/15-18/10

From Nippertown!: At their annual awards ceremony in Nashville last year, the International Bluegrass Music Association named the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival as the Bluegrass Event of the Year. Not just in New York State. Not just in the U.S. But in the world! And it’s right here in our own backyard…. The fest returns [...]

DEC clarifies O&G trucking permits

Jamie Larson reports in the Register-Star: Hudson River environmental advocacy organization Scenic Hudson has withdrawn its appeal of the issuance of a Freshwater Wetland permit by the Department of Environmental Conservation to the O&G trucking company for “maintenance” to a section of the controversial old railroad bed causeway through the city of Hudson’s south bay. [...]

Cairo Library/WGXC Talent Show

(Bill Lawrence will MC the Talent Show.) The Cairo Public Library and WGXC are holding a co-benefit Talent Show Friday, March 26 at Cairo Elementary School, on Main St. in Cairo from 6:15 p.m. All types of performers are welcome — musicians, jugglers, dancers, dog and pony shows, hula hoop artists, mimes, rope tricks, poetry [...]

Saland and Molinaro hold economic summit at Columbia-Greene Community College

New York State Senator Steve Saland (R,I,C, Poughkeepsie, who represents Columbia County) and Assemblyman Marcus J. Molinaro (R,I,C, Red Hook) will hold an Economic Development Roundtable on Wednesday, March 24 at Columbia-Greene Community College. Approximately 25 local business leaders will join Senator Saland and Assemblyman Molinaro to discuss such topics as what the State can [...]

CCHS holds printmaking workshops

The Columbia County Historical Society (CCHS) is hosting a two-day intensive printmaking workshop with artist Kate McGloughlin, offered in partnership with the Woodstock School of Art, in honor of the Society’s 2010 exhibit Inked Over: Our Printed World. Learn about relief and intaglio prints by trying your hand at making a block print and an [...]

DEC to close Devil’s Tombstone campground

Devil’s Tombstone in Hunter is one of seven state campgrounds the Department of Environmental Conservation will close this summer due to proposed budget cuts, Casey Seiler at Capitol Confidential reports. The DEC’s press release says, “Individuals who have made reservations for the 2010 season at these campgrounds will be contacted about making alternative camping reservations [...]

Deal reached on Kohl’s store tax break

From Chris Simonds in The Columbia Paper: The developer of the Greenport Commons shopping plaza on Fairview Avenue presented a new PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) proposal for a Kohl’s department store to the county Industrial Development Agency last Friday, March 12. The IDA board voted unanimously to consider the PILOT application and set [...]

Catskill board rejects increase in taxi fees

Susan Campriello of The Daily Mail reports: The Catskill Village Board voted unanimously Monday evening not to raise the fees local cab companies and drivers must pay to operate within the Village. The rates will remain at $100 per car and $50 per driver. The vote was held immediately after an hour-long public hearing on [...]

Stec drops out

Leigh Hornbeck in Capitol Confidential reports Queensbury Supervisor Dan Stec is dropping his efforts to win the Republican line and challenge Congressman Scott Murphy in the 20th CD. Stec’s departure leaves Patrick Ziegler, who received the Essex County endorsement Friday night, and Chris Gibson, who was endorsed by the Saratoga County Republicans Friday. “So now [...]

Catskill Candidate Forum

(From left, Brian Kehoe, Vincent Seeley, and Angelo Amato, candidates in the Village of Catskill election.) Current Village President Vincent Seeley, current Trustee Angelo Amato and Democrat challenger Brian Kehoe all participated in the Candidate Forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters and WGXC and held Saturday March 20 at 10:30 a.m. at the [...]

Harper not seeking Congressional nomination

Maury Thompson of The Post-Star reports David Harper, of Saratoga Springs, dropped out of the Republican race to challenge Democratic Congressman Scott Murphy in New York’s District 20 on Friday. Harper endorsed Chris Gibson, who along with Patrick Ziegler and Dan Stec, are trying to win the Republican nomination. On Thursday the Ballston Republican Committee [...]

Defrost at Spotty Dog Books & Ale

Come out to support community radio in our area! The Spotty Dog invites you to drop in on the Vernal Equinox for a day of music, arts, books, and community! 3 p.m. to late fundraiser for WGXC! Today at Spotty Dog Books & Ale: *Crafts with Lady Moon, suitable for the young and non-young alike! [...]

Murphy to vote yes on health care

(Scott Murphy in Valatie in Aug., 2009.) Congressman Scott Murphy (D, NY-20) is voting yes on the health care bill on Sunday. The Representative in Congress for Greene and Columbia counties told the Glen Falls Post-Star: “You know what we hear consistently from everybody in the district is that these health care costs and the [...]

Youth band performances at Catskill Contra Dance

On March 12, 2010, WGXC and the Catskill Community Center hosted a benefit at the community center that included a contra dance, and youth bands performing. Here are the recordings of those bands: Click here to listen to Jonathan Woodin’s performance:http://archive.free103point9.org/2010/03/JonathanWoodin_CCC_WGXC_031210.mp3 Click here to listen to No Solutions’ performance:http://archive.free103point9.org/2010/03/No_Solutions_CCC_WGXC_031210.mp3 Click here to listen to Seminal [...]

Coxsackie’s drive-in opens tonight

Nippertown! reports that The Hi-Way Drive-In on Route 9W in Coxsackie is opening its summer season tonight. The drive-in will be showing “Cop Out” with Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan with “The Blind Side” starring Sandra Bullock. The Hi-Way Drive-In will be open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and the screenings are scheduled to begin [...]

Gibson takes Halfmoon, Harper takes Mechanicville

From Leigh Hornbeck in Capitol Confidential: Two of the four Republicans vying for the chance to take on U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, D-Glens Falls (NY-20), grabbed endorsements this week in Saratoga County. Mechanicville went to David Harper, a Saratoga Springs lawyer and the Halfmoon committee chose retired Army colonel Chris Gibson, from Kinderhook. The Saratoga [...]

Town of Cairo will vote on proposed library funding

The Town of Cairo will hold a referendum about funding a bond issue to create a new building for the town library on April 27, the town’s board decided at tonight’s meeting. The bond will not exceed $3 million and cost taxpayers, at most, $50 a year. Listen to the entire meeting here:http://archive.free103point9.org/2010/03/TownofCairo_meeting_031710.mp3 Before the [...]

WGXC Gibson Les Paul guitar raffle

Ken Ytaurte of Greene County won the Gibson Les Paul guitar today at the raffle drawing at Musica in Hudson. Watch the video below: Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

Election results

The Register-Star reports that Carol Weaver will become the Mayor of the Village of Kinderhook, with 77 votes to trustee Richard Phillips, an incumbent, with 69 votes, and newcomer Brian Murphy with 75 votes. In Coxsackie, The Daily Mail reports that Republican Village Trustee John Oliver received 368 votes, Republican Trustee Dianne Ringwald received 356 [...]

Health care reform protest at Murphy’s Hudson office

Four-time Dutchess County Legislator Joel Tyner (Rhinebeck/Clinton) organized a “Brown Bag Lunch Vigil for Healthcare Not Warfare to bring our troops home from Afghanistan and Iraq” today from noon to 1 p.m. in front of Rep. Scott Murphy’s offices in Hudson at 623 Warren St. A small crowd marched in front of the Congressman’s office [...]

Opus 40 for sale

The Watershed Post is reporting that Opus 40, a massive bluestone sculpture built by Harvey Fite over 37 years on an abandoned quarry, is for sale for $3.5 million. The Saugerties property includes a house with 4 beds, 3 baths, 2,860 square feet of living space, and that world-renowned earthwork. From the story: Since Fite’s [...]

Waiting for Hudson school layoffs

From Lynn Sloneker’s excellent Unmuffled blog about the Hudson school system: Superintendent John F. Howe chose to speak [at last night's school budget meeting] in general terms, emphasizing that the list of potential [staff] cuts (currently in circulation), can and will change, as he distributed an amended “draft” of that same list to members of [...]

Trying to sway Murphy’s health care vote

Democratic Congressman Scott Murphy, who represents Greene and Columbia counties as part of NY-20, is turning out to be one of the key swing votes on the health care reform bill. Murphy voted no against the early version of the bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives. Now, as the Senate and the House [...]

Murphy under ‘primary pressure on health care vote’

From Nate Silver in FiveThirtyEight: Unions, activist groups and Democratic thought leaders are all starting to urge primary challenges against Democrats who vote against the health care bill. In many cases, it’s an idle threat. Want to primary Dennis Kucinich, for instance? It’s too late: Ohio’s filing deadline passed in February. I identified 10 Democrats, [...]

WGXC special announcement

Dear WGXC community members, Over the last few months, we’ve been working tirelessly producing benefit events and preparing for the launch of WGXC’s FM signal on 90.7-FM later this year. Please see below for an exciting announcement regarding Prometheus Radio Project (a Philadelphia-based group that helps community stations like ours) who will help get WGXC [...]

May: Athens’ Stewart House selling to a local

Athens’s Stewart House restaurant is being sold, Dick May is reporting. “Owner Owen Lipstein has entered into a sales contract with Reggie Young of Athens, a food industry veteran who leads a small syndicate of investors,” May wrote in his Seeing Greene blog earlier today. May reports the 100-seat restaurant would attempt, “a small market [...]

Listen to Scott Murphy Tele-Town Hall

Listen to a recording of Rep. Scott Murphy’s Tele-Town Hall from 6:30 p.m. March 10, 2009 on WGXC Online Radio by clicking here. Rep. Murphy represents NY-20, which includes Columbia and Greene counties. That link should open an mp3 recording in Quicktime Player on your computer. Note: This does not work in Internet Explorer, use [...]

WGXC a third of way towards fundraising goal

WGXC volunteers are working hard to launch a 3,300-watt community radio station. More than 78,000 people throughout Greene and Columbia counties will be able to receive the signal on 90.7-FM. WGXC received its license from the FCC and a grant from the US Commerce Dept that will cover 50 percent of our equipment needs. We [...]

Media Management in a Digital Universe at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy

1-5 p.m. Sunday, March 14 workshop at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy. Independent media creation is flourishing with the proliferation of affordable cameras and recorders. The ability to digitally shoot and store more material than was feasible in an analog model has been a boon, but it has also produced greater amounts of [...]

Hudson, Athens get boat launch funds

The New York Environmental Protection Fund’s Local Waterfront Revitalization Program will provide $38,542 for the city of Hudson to construct a canoe/kayak launch at the southern end of Henry Hudson Riverfront Park with a secure storage rack for canoes/kayaks will be provided and $22,500 for the village of Athens to construct a dockage system for [...]

Village of Catskill candidate forum March 20

WGXC and the Mid Hudson League of Women Voters will host a “Meet the Candidates” forum at 10:30 a.m. Sat. March 20 at the Catskill Community Center for politicians running in Village of Catskill elections. WGXC will air the forum live on an internet web stream at www.wgxc.org, and is inviting all members of the [...]

Julie Lequin at Hudson Opera House April 10

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Congressman Murphy hosts tele-town hall Wednesday

Congressman Scott Murphy (NY-20) will host a tele-town hall Wednesday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the economy and job creation. Residents of the 20th District (which includes Greene and Columbia counties) can participate in the call by registering with Congressman Murphy’s office at 202-225-5614 or email NY20.townhall@mail.house.gov with your name, address, and home [...]