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Legislative push for medical marijuana in New York State

ALBANY - Wanda Hernandez has been living with HIV/AIDS for over a decade. 

She says she's tired of feeling like a criminal for using marijuana to battle the effects of her illness.

"Because of my HIV medication, I have constant battles of nausea and I have trouble holding down the food that I need to maintain myself and stay healthy but when I can use marijuana, it helps me settle my stomach and I feel comfortable," Hernandez said at a news conference in the Legislative Office Building.

Committee chairs in both the Assembly and the State Senate are pushing for a law that would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana.

The patient would be required to register with the Department of Health and under most circumstances purchase the pot from a hospital or pharmacy.  

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Cuomo wants salary cap for state-funded non-profits

Governor Cuomo wants to cap salaries for directors of state-funded not-for-profits and for-profit groups.

Under it, executives would be limited to a top salary of $199,000

The proposed regulations cover providers that receive more than half a million dollars in state support every year and receive at least thirty percent of their annual funding from the state.

NY Legislature to move primary from Sept. 11

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's legislative leaders have agreed to move the Sept. 11 political primary in remembrance of the deaths and rescues in the 2001 terrorist attacks.
    
Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos say an agreement has been struck to move the primary to Sept. 13.
    
Skelos says Tuesday it's tempting to hold the primary as scheduled in defiance of terrorism but he's honoring a request by New York City firefighters and police officers.
    
The Senate passed the measure Tuesday. The Assembly is expected to follow suit within days.
    
The 2001 attacks came on a primary day, which was suspended.

(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

 

Applications available for DEC Environmental Education Summer Camps

Applications available for DEC Environmental Education Summer Camps

The application is now posted online for the Department of Environmental Conservation Environmental Education Summer Camps.

The DEC Environmental Education Camps offer campers experiences in sportsman education, games, lessons, hands-on activities, swimming, hiking, canoeing and other outdoor activities. Through these activities, campers will learn about forests, water quality, nature and more.

There are four different camps kids can attend, Camp Colby, Camp DeBruce, Camp Rushford and Camp Pack Forest. Campers will participate in discovery groups and will complete six lessons. These lessons include group dynamics, explorations of different habitats and human impacts on the environment.  Science, problem solving, games, journal keeping and wildlife activities are also part of what campers will experience.

Camp starts on July 1, 2012 and goes until August 18, 2012. Campers can attend multiple times during the seven, week-long sessions.

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36th Annual Tour of Homes announced

DURHAM - On Saturday, June 2, the Greene County Historical Society will be presenting their annual Tour of Homes.

Tour sites will feature a historic homestead, old time general store, Federal style brick home, barns and gardens.

Tour headquarters will be the old Lyman Tremain Opera House.

For tickets or more information, please call, 518-817-8771.

Two fires in two days in Catskill

CATSKILL - For a second time in two days, a late night fire in Catskill is under investigation.

It broke out at a business at 298 Main Street around 9 p.m. Tuesday night. Firefighters say the first floor is heavily damaged with apartments above also sustaining damage.

Police say a food and clothing pantry was on the first floor. No one was injured.

Monday night's fire burned an auto salvage yard on Route 9W. No word yet on the cause of that fire.

Greene County Civil War Sesquicentennual to be held

PRATTSVILLE - On May, 26, there will be a Memorial Day commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.

The Town of Prattsvillle and the Zadock Pratt Museum plan to present an amazing show including an Abraham Lincoln impersonator and other historic figures of the time.

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