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Lawmakers in Albany County have passed legislation that penalizes operators of local crude oil storage and transfer facilities that fail to report spills…

Next week, Linda Tyer will be sworn in as the mayor of Pittsfield, taking over for Dan Bianchi, who has led the city for the past four years. Bianchi, a…

A Pittsfield city councilor who has been known to butt heads with Mayor Dan Bianchi will not seek reelection this year.Councilor-at-Large Barry Clairmont…

By Pat Bradleyhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-964492.mp3Elizabethtown, NY – Last September officials in Essex County…

Albany County Exectutive Dan McCoy overwhelmingly won re-election with more than 69% of the vote, defeating Republican Joseph Vitollo and Green Party…

A Republican Connecticut lawmaker is running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Richard Blumenthal.State Rep. Dan Carter made the announcement…

2: American artist, ROY LICHTENSTEIN. He was one of the inventors of pop art in the 1960's, finding inspiration for his paintings in comic books and advertisments. (More recently, he's found it in the yellow pages of the phone book). LICHTENSTEIN's work often replicates the heavy black outlines, bright colors and dots of a color comic strip found in a newspaper. Called by one critic the "supreme virtuoso of pop", his work is filled with constant references to high and low arts as well as to his own work. The Guggenheim Museum is featuring a retrospective of LICHTENSTEIN's paintings, sculpture, and his stage set-sized murals.

Singer Songwriter Dion. He's just released a new record of doo-wop tunes Deja Nu (Collectables 2000). In the late 1950s, Dion and his band the Belmonts topped the chart with several pop hits, earning him the status of teen idol. Dion split amicably with the band in 1960 and continued to write Top 10 hits until the British Invasion changed the pop preference. Now, in his 50s, he continues to produce, write and sing new material. He lives in Boca Raton, Florida.

Singer, songwriter, musician and arranger Barry Manilow made the pop charts over and over again during the 1970s and early 80s with love ballads such as "Mandy," "Looks Like We Made It," "I Write the Songs" and "Copacabana (At the Copa)." Before becoming a singer he was Bette Midler's accompanist and arranger. He's currently on tour and has a new album of material Here at the Mayflower, (his first pop album since the 1980s) and a new anthology of his hits.

He made the pop charts over and over again during the 1970s and early 80s with his love ballads like “Mandy,” “Looks Like We Made It,” “I Write the Songs,” and “Copacabana (At the Copa).” Before becoming a singer he was Bette Midler’s accompanist and arranger. He’s currently on tour and has a new album of material “Here at the Mayflower” (his first pop album since the 1980s).