(AP) - A new report on Hudson River water quality finds that sewage pollution makes the river unsafe for swimming 21 percent of the time at sites from New York City to Troy.

The study says that's three times as often as at beaches nationwide.

The report is by the environmental group Riverkeeper. It's based on monthly samples taken between 2006 and 2010 that were tested for bacteria linked to sewage. The samples came from 75 sites along the length of the 155-mile river.

There are only four designated swimming beaches on the Hudson. However, the report says there are more than 100 places where people go into the water.

The report says government testing must be improved and the Clean Water Act must be enforced to prevent sewage pollution.

Columbia Greene Community College is holding an Electronics Recycling Day on Saturday, August 20.

Acceptable items including computers, monitors, televisions, laptops, modems, servers, cell phones, fax machines, copiers, cd players, IT equipment, audio, visual equipment, printers, GPS units, microwave ovens will be taken free of charge.

Electronics such as air conditioners and dehumidifiers will be taken, for a $10 charge.

It’s from 9 to 1 p.m. at the college on 4400 State Route 20 in Hudson.

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A Coeymans Hollow couple is under arrest for stripping copper pipes out of two vacant buildings on Livingston Avenue in Albany. 

Michael Villanueva, 40, and Rose Melinda Ritchie, 23, were charged with burglary, grand larceny, and petit larceny.  The couple were arrested yesterday and arraigned in Albany City Criminal Court. 

Albany Police say Villanueva and Ritchie allegedly entered 480 Livingston Avenue through an unlocked window between June 23 and July 1 and stripped over 400 feet of copper pipe from the vacant house. The value of the copper is estimated at over $1000.

Police tell WNYT that the couple is also accused of prying of a wooden board from a second floor window at 261 Livingston Avenue yesterday morning, entering through the window, then cutting copper pipes from the interior of the vacant building.