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Published September 30Lenox powwow marks ongoing, vibrant Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican return to ancestral homelands
Centuries ago, the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican people were driven out of their homelands in the Northeast by European colonists. A powwow in Lenox this weekend will continue the community’s work to reestablish millennia-old ties with the region.
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Published 3 hours agoPolice investigating fatal collision between e-bike and vehicle
Plattsburgh City Police are investigating a fatal collision Thursday evening between an e-bike and vehicle
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Published 5 hours agoRural Catskill region residents urge FCC to reject Verizon’s plan to end copper landlines
Hundreds of thousands of residents may be losing their main source of communication: their landline telephone. Verizon filed an application last month to phase out its copper-based landline phone services in New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, and seven other states. But…
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Published October 01Western Mass. residents sound off on pitch to send millions more gallons of Quabbin water east
In Massachusetts, a proposal to move an additional 20 million gallons of water a day from a reservoir is drawing fierce backlash.The western Mass. towns entrusted with stewarding the Quabbin Reservoir are once again raising questions of equity as state officials collect feedback.
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Published October 01Presence of homeless at downtown Schenectady library becomes council election issue
Many unhoused people in Schenectady go to the Schenectady County Public Library's Karen B. Johnson Main Library downtown for shelter from the elements and resources ranging from bathrooms to internet access. But in recent weeks, the number of unhoused people at the library has…
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Published September 29Newburgh City Council votes to end Flock contract
After months of emotional back and forth, the Newburgh City Council has voted to end its contract with Flock Safety.
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Published September 29IBM to build quantum-computing facility at Poughkeepsie campus
Tech company IBM was approved Tuesday morning for a 30-year agreement to build its next-generation quantum-computing facility at its Poughkeepsie campus.
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Published September 29Democrat Blake Gendebien discusses congressional campaign
Democrat Blake Gendebien discusses several issues including the role of A-I in the congressional campaign
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Published September 28SUNY Plattsburgh plans mock dorm room fire
The State University of New York at Plattsburgh is planning a mock dorm room fire
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Published September 28Marking 30 years, 'Source to Sea' Connecticut River cleanups continue in western Mass.
Nor’easter or not, hundreds of volunteers gathered up and down the Pioneer Valley over the weekend to clean up the waterways that power ecosystems throughout the Northeast.
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Published September 28Couple, daughter dead after Troy house fire
The fire at a Troy home on 13th Street took the lives an engaged couple and their 11-year-old daughter. Their 13-year-old son escaped through a second-story window.
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Published September 28Newburgh to hold vote on future of Flock camera usage
The Newburgh City Council will consider a resolution Monday night that would end the city's use of Flock ALPRs. A search in 2025 shows Texas police included Newburgh’s Flock data in a search for a “female” who “had an abortion.”