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    From the Hudson Valley, a prolific orator

    The regularly scheduled 8:30 p.m. broadcast of The Navy Band on Schenectady radio station WGY was pre-empted on Saturday, May 2, 1925 by the 91st birthday celebration of one of New York’s most prolific public speakers. “Chauncey Depew, nonagenarian, will address the audience of WGY, Schenectady, and WJZ, New York, Saturday evening,” The Glens Falls read more

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    E D I T O R I A L

      Editorial April 2025         In the great campaign for the special election that wasn’t, voters in New York’s northernmost congressional district might have revealed just how much our politics have been transformed by the arrival of the second Trump presidency. But any new message from the voters remains on ice for read more

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    Housing that’s not just for the wealthy?

    In the Berkshires, a new land trust aims to protect affordability Lillian Zavatsky, left, and Elizabeth Smith are among those involved in organizing a new Northern Berkshire Community Land Trust. Zavatsky, the group’s president, says it aims to help keep housing affordable. Joan K. Lentini photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Victorian read more

    Housing that’s not just for the wealthy?
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    Amid drought, a village runs dry

    Some see Whitehall’s water crisis as a warning about climate risks Whitehall Mayor Francis Putorti stands inside the village’s water treatment plant in late January. The village water system shut down for two days in December after a combination of drought and a leaking pipe drew Whitehall’s reservoir down to dangerously low levels. Joan K. read more

    Amid drought, a village runs dry
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    Dreamlike images in black and white

    Hudson Hall show gathers area artist Michel Goldberg’s monotypes Michel Goldberg’s “After Bertoldo di Giovanni 1” is among the monotypes on view in the artist’s new solo exhibition at Hudson Hall. Courtesy photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer HUDSON, N.Y. The mysterious monotypes of the Hudson Valley artist Michel Goldberg are the focus of a read more

    Dreamlike images in black and white