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Albany, NY – Word For The Wise #2944--03/23/06: United Nations World Meteorological Day

By Deborah Runcie

Fort Edward, NY – General Electric has announced its final draft design for the dredging of the Hudson River. GE has also said that the cleanup may have to be put on hold until 2008. This revelation has sent a ripple throughout the environmental community, as well as the towns along the waterfront from Fort Edward to Troy that will be affected by the removal of the PCB's.
WAMC's Deborah Runcie has more.

By Deborah Runcie

Bethel, NY – A multi-million dollar performance art center is scheduled to open in Sullivan County this summer.
It's already attracting major musicians, as well as money that county officials say is needed to revitalize the economy.
WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Deborah Runcie has more.

By Deborah Runcie

Kingston, NY – New York State has allocated funds for fighting crime in Kingston, New York.
WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Deborah Runcie has more.

By Dan Bobkoff

SPRINGFIELD, MA – With all of Springfield, Massachusetts's financial problems, school vandalism might not seem the most pressing concern.

But as WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Dan Bobkoff reports, the projected cost of repairs this year is shocking some city officials..

By Alan Chartock

Kingston, NY – TODAY JAMES SOTTILE, THE MAYOR OF KINGSTON, NEW YORK JOINS ALAN IN THE COMMUNITY CORNER. IN THIS SEGMENT, SOTTILE TELLS ALAN ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF NEW WATER-FRONT HOUSING, AND WHAT OPPOSITION THE CITY FACES ON THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, OR WANT TO HEAR YOUR CITY OR TOWN'S REPRESENTATIVES INTERVIEWED, E-MAIL KATIE AT kbritton@wamc.org. PLEASE PUT COMMUNITY CORNER IN THE SUBJECT LINE.

By Jessica Bloustein

Albany, NY – The New York State Museum in Albany is looking to enhance the story it tells about the state's role in American history, unearthing relics long buried in storage. Governor George Pataki's $40 million budget proposal to renovate the museum and build a new facility to house collections will help that effort. But many lawmakers, trying to make history of their own in putting out an on-time budget, are only willing to meet Pataki half-way.

Albany, NY – Dara Horn's second novel, "The World to Come," traces the connections between Russian-born painter Marc Chagall and the New Jersey-based Ziskind family, particularly former child prodigy Ben Ziskind, who feels adrift in the present and steals a Chagall painting from a Jewish museum, believing that it once belonged to his family. Horn talks to Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina about her book's journey through the Ziskind family history and how the young author juggles writing and her own family life.

By Deborah Runcie

Harriman, NY – There has been significant opposition in Ulster, Greene and Sullivan County New York to the building of casinos in the Catskills. Now concern has surfaced in Orange County about the potential impact on traffic congestion in the region.
WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Deborah Runcie has more.

By Jessica Bloustein

Waterford, NY – New York Governor George Pataki has tucked $10 million into his executive budget this year to create an Erie Canal Greenway. He says he hopes it will be as successful as the Hudson Valley Greenway has been in terms of generating economic revenue for towns and cities along the water from Waterford to Buffalo, and expand tourism in the state.

WAMC's Capital District Bureau Chief Jessica Bloustein has more.