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By Alan Chartock

Albany, NY – HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS' MIKE SULLIVAN, IS BACK IN THE COMMUNITY CORNER FOR HIS FINAL SEGMENT. TODAY ALAN ASKS SULLIVAN ABOUT THE POLITICS IN MASSACHUSETTS, AND HIS OPINION OF THE POSSIBLE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES.

By Hank Gross

Buchanan, N.Y – Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano yesterday released a report commissioned by the county to determine what the consultants believe is the best course of action for the Indian Point nuclear power
plants. As a result, the county executive wants IP owner Entergy to voluntarily shut it down and not seek re-licensing, which comes due in 2013 and 2015, respectively for the two facilities. WAMC's Hank Gross reports.

By Pat Bradley

Bolton, NY – Violent thunderstorms Monday night produced heavy rains that washed out a section of Interstate 87 about a thousand feet south of Exit 24 - the Bolton Landing exit. The mudslide has forced an indefinite shut down of both sides of the Adirondack Northway between exits 23 and 25, near Warrensburg, north of Lake George.
WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.

By John Krol

Kabul, Afghanistan – Faculty and graduate students from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst are working in Afghanistan to education women there -- in a country where overcoming the cultural barrier is as difficult as the work in the classroom.

By John Krol

Northampton, MA – Civil liberties advocates, along with public officials are taking part in a dramatic performance in Northampton, Massachusetts spotlighting alleged abuse at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- hoping the event will lead to further efforts to close the base down.

By John Krol

Northampton, MA – Civil liberties advocates, along with public officials are taking part in a dramatic performance in Northampton, Massachusetts spotlighting alleged abuse at the U.S. military base in Guant namo Bay, Cuba -- hoping the event will lead to further efforts to close the base down.

By John Krol

Northampton, MA – Civil liberties advocates, along with public officials are taking part in a dramatic performance in Northampton, Massachusetts spotlighting alleged abuse at the U.S. military base in Guant namo Bay, Cuba -- hoping the event will lead to further efforts to close the base down.

By Pat Bradley

Washington, DC – The House is scheduled to vote on an appropriations bill that includes a Freedom to Read Amendment offered by Vermont's Congressman. Bernie Sanders is attempting to block funding for the Justice Department that allows officials to investigate the materials people are buying at book stores and taking out of libraries. But it's an effort that was tried last year......and failed.
WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.

By Alan Chartock

Albany, NY – MIKE SULLIVAN, THE MAYOR OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS IS BACK IN THE COMMUNITY CORNER. TODAY HE TELLS ALAN ABOUT THE CITY'S EDUCATION SYSTEM, AND THE CHOICES HE MAKES AS CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

By Alan Chartock

Albany, NY – MIKE SULLIVAN, THE MAYOR OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS IS BACK IN THE COMMUNITY CORNER. TODAY HE TELLS ALAN WHAT THE CITY IS DOING TO REMAIN SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE, INCLUDING KEEPING THE CRIME RATE DOWN.