Last Saturday (October 18, 2025) I attended a NO KINGS DAY rally in Brewster, NY at the eastern end of Putnam County where I live.

Meteorologist Garett Argianas delivers the evening weather forecast for Friday, October 24, 2025.

(Airs 10/24/25 @ 3 p.m. & 10/26/25 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld, and David Lombardo, host of The Capitol Pressroom on WCNY. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy Ira and David talk about more newspapers closing, the state tax credit for media in New York, and much more.

Chef Gail Sokol is back to teach us how to make a Pumpkin Shaped Sourdough Bread Centerpiece. Ray Graf hosts.

Caleb Teicher and Nic Gareiss bring their playful exploration of improvisation, song, and percussive dance to the Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow in Becket, Mass., today through Sunday.

After seemingly stepping away from his campaign for a job in Rensselaer County, the Democratic candidate for Saratoga County Sherriff is back in the running.

A federally funded Pittsfield, Massachusetts, sexual and reproductive health clinic aimed at supporting the underserved has relocated to a new headquarters in the heart of the city. WAMC took a tour of the facility and has this report.

NewsChannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday Weather Summary for Friday, October 24, 2025.

This Saturday, October 25, Hudson Hall presents a special preview performance of “What is Your Hand in This?,” a new collaboration between acclaimed baritone Davóne Tines and early music band Ruckus.The performance will be broadcast live as part of WAMC’s On the Road series.

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Joseph Palamountain Jr. Chair in Government atSkidmore College Beau Breslin, Senior Fellow for Health Policy at The Empire Center for Public Policy Bill Hammond, and Chief of Staff and Vice President for Strategy and Policy at Bard College Malia Du Mont.

WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Kevin Moran, Executive Editor of The Berkshire Eagle about how LIHEAP and its recipients in Berkshire County are going to be impacted if the government shutdown continues past November 1st.

Mostly cloudy with scattered showers today. Highs in the mid 50s.