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The 3rd annual Catskills Comedy Festival starts Friday night, and among the performers is stand-up comedian, Moth storyteller, and former NPR host Ophira Eisenberg. Eisenberg will be at the Community Theater in Catskill Friday at 7 p.m. to kick off the festival. The performance comes just months after the release of her new comedy special on Amazon Prime called "I Used to Be Nicer." As she discussed with WAMC's Sam Dingman, she does a lot of material in that special about being a parent.
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Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko and Republican Ralph Ambrosio faced off on the debate stage Thursday as Election Day nears. The candidates are vying to represent New York's 20th Congressional District. WAMC's Sajina Shrestha was on the panel of reporters asking the candidates questions. She joined WAMC's Sam Dingman and Annie Bennett on Northeast Notebook Live to break down the evening.
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We continue our ongoing coverage about ballot access with a look at the struggles unhoused people face when they attempt to vote.
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Two years ago, Massachusetts lawmakers passed "an act modernizing firearm laws." The bill was extensive, and it took aim at everything from ghost guns to devices that arguably convert semi-automatic firearms into automatic machine guns. Now, though, voters have a chance to shoot it down. Ballot Question 9 is a referendum on the law, which critics have been calling overkill that overly burdens firearm owners. Advocates, meanwhile, argue the bill modernizes aging gun laws for a new era, while better protecting residents in a state with one of the lowest firearm death rates in the country.
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Honorah Bullough walks the streets of Troy with a phone and a microphone. She asks people she meets to talk about their experiences, and then she edits their answers down into short, punchy videos. The on-the-ground portraits of who is out and about in the streets of Troy also show how those people perceive the place that they live. The series on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook is called "What's Troy Thinking." Bullough discussed the project and how it came to be on Northeast Notebook Live with WAMC's Sam Dingman and Molly Anderson.
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White Cane Awareness Day is a day to raise awareness about the right of blind and visually-impaired people to move freely with a white cane or a guide dog. As WAMC's Sajina Shrestha reports, many people use the day to also promote pedestrian safety.
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Albany Airport CEO Stephen Clark took the top job amid an ongoing, nine-figure renovation project and reporting on the ouster of his predecessor, Philip Calderone.
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Residents in the town of Newburgh on Tuesday night wanted to hear the Town Board provide clarity about a possible U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in their community.
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Some Bard College students will rally on the Annandale-on-Hudson campus Wednesday night, just hours after members of the Bard community gathered on campus at Stevenson Library Wednesday morning for Community Conversations. The college describes the series as "open campus community conversations for students, faculty and staff." This was the first event in the series since Botstein formally resigned from all Bard-affiliated positions last week.
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Emily Sachar, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Catch, joined Northeast Notebook to discuss the Daily Catch's recent reporting on Bard College.
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It was the first arrest under a 2023 New York law that bans the transport of horses for slaughter. But an investigative report by the Times Union finds there are some hurdles for attorneys prosecuting the case.
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Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos joined Ray Graf on Midday Magazine to discuss Tuesday night's debate.