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By Deborah Runcie

Poughkeepsie, NY – After years of delay, the Town of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County New York, has finally unveiled its proposed master plan for development.
WAMC'S Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Deborah Runcie has more.

Albany, NY – Word For The Wise #2906--01/30/06: TWO FAMOUS DEATHS

By Pat Bradley

Montpelier, VT – A bill submitted by a Vermont Legislator who represents Killington is up for review this week in the House Government Operations Committee. The proposal would establish a commission to assess Killington's proposed secession to New Hampshire. The idea, however, is not given much chance of passage. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.

Albany, NY – Vermont's Bernie Sanders joins Alan Chartock in the Congressional Corner to discuss the NSA wiretapping hearings, rising oil prices, and the economy.

Albany, NY – (Air Date: 1/27/06, 1/28/06) Senate republicans introduce Nixzmary's law, the legislature announces 100 million dollars in emergency heating aid, and we'll report on how the warmer weather this winter is negatively affecting one New York village.

Albany, NY – (AIRS: 1/29/06 and 1/30/06)Times Union Editor Rex Smith, WAMC's Alan Chartock, and Daily Freeman Publisher Ira Fusfeld discuss your letters about the coverage of the Gore speech, a Wisconsin paper is letting readers choose a front page story, and much more...

By Carrie Saldo

Pittsfield, MA – Cooperstown, N.Y has long been known as the birth place of baseball. But several years ago a 1791 document outlawing baseball on Pittsfield, Massachusetts' Park Square showed that America's game had likely been played their first.
Now the city is looking to highlight that historical connection with a visual art initiative.

By Pat Bradley

Inlet, NY – Some lakes in the Adirondacks devastated by acid rain deposition may be adapting to, or recovering from, the pollution. Scientists are trying to determine if those waters are responding to something in the natural surroundings or to pollutant reductions brought about by federal and state mandates. One lake in particular has tweaked researchers attention. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.

Albany, NY – The Whale in the River Thames has died-we'll hear what Ward thinks about the fate of other Bottle Nosed Whales. Animal rights activists have been indicted for a series of attacks out west-including one in the famed Vail ski resort in Colorado. We discuss what crosses the line between activism and terrorism. Then, we check in as Ward helps his son with his homework. Air Date 1/30/2006