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The waiting game continues in the small Massachusetts town of Hinsdale as residents have called for the Select Board Chair to resign.

The so-called venomous politics over a variety of topics continue in the town of 2,000, where police officers watch over the meeting room packed with people lining into the hallway each week.

A failed bidder for a casino license in Massachusetts has sued the chairman of the state gaming commission. 

   Ceasars Entertainment filed a federal court lawsuit Thursday questioning the objectivity and fairness of gaming commission chairman Stephen Crosby.   The suit highlights Crosby’s past business ties to someone who could profit handsomely if a casino proposed by Wynn Resorts is built in Everett.  Crosby has said the state ethics commission has cleared him of a conflict of interest.

Meteorologist Garett Argianas delivers the evening weather forecast for Thursday,  December 12, 2013. 

In New York’s third round of awards to the Regional Economic Development Councils, the North Country was named a Top Performer Awardee and received the fifth highest level of funding.

Just north of San Francisco, the cowgirls make some of the finest farmstead cheeses in the United States. Between them, Cowgirl Creamery co-founder Sue Conley, and Peggy Smith have spent decades in the bay areas most loved and respected restaurants.

Now in their new book, Cowgirl Creamery Cooks, they share their story of the cowgirls, which is also the story of the rise of organic food movement, and the creation of an artisanal creamery.

It’s a primer on tasting, buying, storing, and appreciating all kinds of cheese that make this great fun for a cheese lover.

The new book Hello, Wine looks to be a stress free wine education course. The short form chapters contain little sips of information, accessible recommendations, and tasting party menus.

Melanie Wagner is a certified sommelier and is also a wine writer, speaker, and teacher.

    Stephen Lang is a Tony Award-nominated American actor and playwright who is also well known for his film work - including his roles as George E. Pickett in Gettysburg, Stonewall Jackson in Gods and Generals, Colonel Quaritch in Avatar and many others.

This Sunday at 4pm The Chatham Film Club and the Columbia County Historical Society present an exciting combination of theater, film and music that tells the story of the Battle of Gettysburg through the eyes of Union officer and Medal of Honor Winner James Jackson Purman.

The program features a one man show written and performed by Stephen Lang, original music composed by Robert Kessler and performed by virtuoso double-bassist Timothy Cobb, and the a screening of the short film The Wheatfield, written and performed by Lang, and directed by filmmakers, Alexander and Adrian Smith. The program is hosted by historian Harold Holzer.

  Before Hannah from Girls, and Anastasia Steele from 50 Shades of Grey, and Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City, there was Isadora Wing -the uninhibited outspoken protagonist of Erica Jong’s revolutionary novel Fear of Flying.

It caused a national sensation fueling fantasies, igniting debates about women and sex, introducing a notorious phrase into the English language. Now 40 years later Fear of Flying has inspired and shocked millions of readers.

In honor of its 40 year anniversary the book is being re-released in two beautiful editions, one hard cover and the other a classic paperback.

  Today on Vox Pop, bird expert Rich Guthrie answering your avian inquiries.WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.

  Today's panelists are WAMC’s Alan Chartock, University at Albany Journalism Professor and Investigative Reporter, Rosemary Armao, and former Daily Freeman Publisher - Ira Fusfeld.

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