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National Weather Service Albany NY 1218 AM EST Wed Mar 3 2021 NYZ033-030900- 1218 AM EST Wed Mar 3 2021 .REST OF TONIGHT.Snow showers likely. Little or no snow accumulation. Not as cold with lows around 9 above. Temperature rising to around 17. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent. morning. Little or no snow accumulation. Not as cool with highs in the lower 30s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 60 percent. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT.Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the evening. Cold with lows around 11. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent.
Dozens of area groups get $3.5M in state arts grants FacebookTwitterEmail 1of9Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill. (Provided photo.)Provided/Bridge Street TheatreShow MoreShow Less 2of9Buy PhotoA view of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Monday, May 18, 2020, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 4of9Buy PhotoThe Albany Symphony performs during the SHIFT Festival of American Orchestras, at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, in Washington D.C. (Eliza Mineaux/Special to the Times Union)Eliza MineauxShow MoreShow Less 5of9Buy PhotoExterior of the Crandell theatre on Thursday, April 2, 2015 in Chatham, N.Y.Lori Van Buren/518LifeShow MoreShow Less
Former APA board member Chad Dawson joins Adirondack Wild board Gwendolyn Craig Adirondack Explorer FacebookTwitterEmail ALBANY Chad Dawson, the Adirondack Park Agency board member who resigned late last year out of frustration with the agency and state Department of Environmental Conservation, has taken a new position with an environmental advocacy group. Dawson, a leading expert on natural resource management, was elected Tuesday to the board of directors for Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve. The professor emeritus of recreation resources management at the state University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, will focus on planning management in forest preserve, including the Adirondack and Catskill parks, according to a news release.
Did you know that the video for the Simple Minds song Alive and Kicking was filmed here in New York? Simple Minds first hit big with Don t You (Forget About Me) . The video alone has been viewed more than 176 Million times and that particular song played over the opening scenes and closing credits of the movie The Breakfast Club. On the success of Don t You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds were invited to play Live Aid in Philadelphia in 1985. The day after the legendary festival the band drove North to New York do the final mixing of their next album Once Upon A Time and that took place at Bearsville Studios on Spear Road in Bearsville. That is when the band fell in love with Upstate New York.
Winter Weather Advisory Issued For All of Hudson Valley Enter your number to get our free mobile app The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties from 7 a.m. Tuesday until 6 a.m Wednesday. Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of up to two inches and ice accumulations of a light glaze is expected for those counties, according to the National Weather Service. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for Dutchess, Ulster, Columbia and Greene Counties from noon on Tuesday until 10 .m. Wednesday. 1 to 4 inches of snow is forecast for those counties.
Old Catskill Game Farm, now an inn, changes hands Glamping sites with heated stoves included FacebookTwitterEmail CATSKILL The wildlife-themed inn and glamping sites on the grounds of the old Catskill Game Farm have changed hands and the new owners plan to add a menagerie of new activities. There also are plans to eventually bring back a few animals such as retired race horses to what was once one of the country’s largest privately run zoos. Planning your weekend? Get the forecast you need with our weather newsletter. Now known as The Old Game Farm, the combination inn and camping site was sold for just under $2 million in November to Yonkers businessman Sidney Blauner and a group of investors.