WGXC is a community-run media project, re-envisioning radio as an innovative platform for local participation. Our inclusive programming connects diverse voices, and distributes information across the public spectrum in New York's Greene and Columbia counties.
We will launch a 3,300-watt community radio station on 90.7-FM throughout Greene and Columbia counties in 2010, and an online radio station currently playing local recordings around the clock. The WGXC project will be much more than just a radio station, including media training for youth and other members of the community, and a blog, local calendar of events and meetings, photography, and more. This will be an interactive multi-media project engaging the community to report about what's going on in Greene and Columbia counties.
New York State Assemblyman Marc Molinaro, who represents Columbia County (R,C,I-Red Hook), will host a town hall meeting in Ghent on Thursday, May 27 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the White Stone Café, 2337 Route 66, Ghent.
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Cairo-Durham school election results: School Budget Passed 551-527; Library Appropriation Failed 477-581; Biomass heating system Failed 433-625. Board Member results: Greg Koerner-Fox – 584; Thomas Plank – 564; Beatrice Clappin – 537; Pat Ublacker – 512; Nicole Maggio – 472; Dean Pectal – 456; Sam Mozzillo – 338. The Daily Mail reports Catskill results: Catskill [...]
Filed under: Athens, Cairo, Catskill, Chatham, Claverack, Columbia County, Copake, Coxsackie, Durham, Germantown, Ghent | Tagged: elections, schools | Leave a Comment »
John Mason in Register-Star reports Monday that TMT Metal Fest Promoter Kenneth Randeze e-mailed the Register-Star Friday that he has moved the festival’s location from Ghent to Aug. 26-29 at Indian Lookout Country Club in Pattersonville, Schenectady County.
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Francesca Olsen in the Register-Star reports: For four days in July, the site of Meadowgreens Resort will become a haven for metalheads — if the event coordinator satisfies all permit requirements from the state and the county. Planned for July 15-18, Metalfest 2010, presented by Total Music Television and GSR Holdings, Inc., will be a [...]
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The Big Up music festival at the 1500-acre Sunnyview Farm in Ghent has switched its dates to Aug. 5-7 from June 18-20. Bands performing include: RAQ, Telepath, Sub Swara, The Breakfast, Kung Fu Higher Organix, Archnemesis, Roots of Creation, The Indobox, BuzzUniverse, The Macpodz, NY Funk Exchange, Twiddle, Dirty Paris, Timbre Coup, Lucid, Nadis Warriors, [...]
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Christopher Matthews from Rural Intelligence reports: “In a clear boost to local tourism and our region’s artisanal food and beverage scene, six partners—four wineries, a brewery and a distillery—have joined forces to establish the Hudson-Berkshire Beverage Trail (HBBT). It will formally launch on April 10 with a Pasta and Sauce event, featuring beverage flights paired [...]
Filed under: Chatham, Germantown, Ghent, Valatie | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: Cairo, Claverack, Columbia County, Copake, Ghent, Greene County, Hudson, Livingston, Mellenville, Red Hook, Rhinebeck | Tagged: Scott Murphy | Leave a Comment »
The Register-Star reports that the Columbia County Board of Supervisors voted for a two percent pay raise for county employees Wednesday night. Supervisors voting “yes” on the pay raise were: Chairman Roy Brown, R-Germantown; Jeffrey Braley, R-Austerlitz; Reggie Crowley, R-Copake; Deputy Chairman Larry Andrews, R-Ghent; Art Baer, R-Hillsdale; Ed Cross, D-Hudson2; William Hallenbeck Jr., R-Hudson3; [...]
Filed under: Ancram, Austerlitz, Chatham, Claverack, Clermont, Copake, Gallatin, Germantown, Ghent, Greenport, Hillsdale, Hudson, Kinderhook, Livingston, New Lebanon, Stockport, Stuyvesant | Tagged: Art Baer, Ed Cross, Ed Nabozny, Lynda Scheer, Pat Grattan, Reggie Crowley, Robin Andrews | Leave a Comment »
Congressman Scott Murphy (D-NY20) will host make several appearances in Columbia County Monday Feb. 8, with chances for the public to ask the area’s U.S. Representative questions.1) Noon: Congress-on-Your-Corner meeting in Ancram to discuss cellular service in Columbia County at Ancram Town Hall, 1416 County Rte. 7, Ancram, NY2) 2 p.m.: Tour of JEM Woodworking [...]
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The public can view the plans for a proposed Price Chopper store on Rt. 66 in the Town of Ghent at the Ghent Planning Board’s next regular meeting on February 3 at 7 p.m., according to an article in ccScoop by Mike McCagg. The 43,000 square-foot store, on land adjoining the existing Price Chopper Plaza, [...]
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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 [...]
Filed under: Ancram, Canaan, Chatham, Claverack, Clermont, Copake, Gallatin, Germantown, Ghent, Greenport, Hillsdale, Hudson, Kinderhook, Livingston, New Lebanon, Stockport, Stuyvesant, Taghkanic | Tagged: taxes | 2 Comments »
Mistaken identity muddles Catskill candidacyThe Greenville Press (no web site) CATSKILL – Linda Fenoff scoops everyone with the story of Linda Overbaugh’s now potentially failed candidacy for Greene County Legislator. It seems there are two Linda Overbaughs in Catskill, and local Republicans claim a Board of Elections official put the wrong Overbaugh on the petitions [...]
Filed under: Cairo, Catskill, Chatham, Copake, Coxsackie, Ghent, Greenport, Hudson, Kinderhook, New Baltimore, Philmont, Stuyvesant, Valatie | Tagged: Bill Lawrence, elections, Forest Cotten, Harry Lennon, James Hitchcock, James Van Slyke, Karen Deyo, Ken Dudley, Larry Gardner, Linda Overbaugh, Ray Brooks, Sean Frey | Leave a Comment »
Town meetings to air on public access channelCAIRO – The Cairo Town Board extended Mid-Hudson Cable’s contract at their regular board meeting last night. At the public hearing about renewing the company’s franchise agreement before the board meeting, Cairo Supervisor John M. Coyne and council member Janet Schwarzenegger both advocated recording town meetings for Mid-Hudson’s [...]
Filed under: Ancram, Austerlitz, Cairo, Canaan, Chatham, Claverack, Clermont, Gallatin, Germantown, Ghent, Greenport, Hudson, Kinderhook, Livingston, Stockport, Stuyvesant, Taghkanic | Tagged: Janet Schwarzenegger, John Coyne | Leave a Comment »
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