By Pat Bradley

Albany, NY – Officials in the governor's office announced Sunday night that Governor Pataki plans to veto legislation that would allow pharmacists to provide women, without prescriptions, the contraceptive commonly known as the morning-after pill. Pro-choice advocates say it's a turn-about for the governor and believe a veto is politically motivated.
WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.

By Arielle Trimm

Albany, NY – A documentary that chronicals a family farm in New York State will make its New England debut Monday at Image Cinemas in Williamstown, MA. James Spione's film "American Farm" uses the New York farm as a microcosm to show why family farms are vanishing across America. More from WAMC's Arielle Trimm

By Arielle Trimm

Scotia, NY – After years of planning, the Board of Direcrtors of Schenectady Community Home Inc. are finally breaking ground for a house that will serve as Schenectady County's first and only home for terminally ill patients in their final days. More from our Capital District Bureau Chief, Arielle Trimm

By Allison Dunne

Buchanan, NY – The parent of New York's Indian Point is about to invest several-million-dollars into a backup power system for the nuclear power plant's emergency sirens. The decision from Entergy Nuclear Northeast officials to install backup power follows pressure from citizens and legislators, and comes after a pair of power outages this month. More from WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Allison Dunne.

By Allison Dunne

Buchanan, NY – The parent of New York's Indian Point is about to invest several-million-dollars into a backup power system for the nuclear power plant's emergency sirens. The decision from Entergy Nuclear Northeast officials to install backup power follows pressure from citizens and legislators, and comes after a pair of power outages this month. More from WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Allison Dunne.

By Pat Bradley

Adirondack Mountains, NY – It's a popular stop along a well-used trail in the Adirondacks. Marcy Dam creates a picturesque pond with a beautiful vista of the Adirondack High Peaks. But the dam has sprung a leak and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation must now decide what to do about this and another earthen dam in the Adirondacks.
WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.

By Pat Bradley

By John Krol

Pittsfield, MA – Federal money has been tapped for Pittsfield, Massachusetts to establish the Samuel Harrison House.

By John Krol

Boston, MA – Lawmakers on Beacon Hill are working on a plan to make the formula for education funding more fair for rural regional school districts -- which have been suffered significantly in recent years.

By Alan Chartock

Albany, NY – JOHN BARRETT, THE MAYOR OF NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS, IS BACK IN THE COMMUNITY CORNER TO TALK WITH ALAN ABOUT EMINENT DOMAIN AND PROPERTY CONDEMNATION.

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