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Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We begin with an Election Watch segment with Ken Zalewski who is running for County Legislature in Troy.

Then, for our peace bucket, we discuss the militarization of space.

Later on, we have a segment on Albany block parties.

After that, Andrea has a story about the trio of Mohawk-Hudson Regional exhibitions

Finally, we finish up with an interview about the Karner Kids Film Festival sponsored by the Pine Bush Preserve Commission.

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission is inviting kids to create short films featuring the Albany Pine Bush for the Karner Kids Film Festival. Sara Poggi-Decker, Education Program Manager, spoke with HMM to share more about this festival.

For more information: https://www.albanypinebush.org/index.php?section=visit-the-discovery-center&projectsection=16&project=159

In this segment, Gaby Hall interviews Francine Berman, an American computer scientist, and RPI professor. This is the second part of an interview done by Gaby Hall for her podcast series Notorious S-H-E (notoriousshe.com).

Retired Meteorologist Hugh Johnson joins us to talk about the fall weather. We had a wet summer and a may have a warm October; what does that mean for the foliage brightness?

Hudson Mohawk Magazine’s political & public affairs correspondent Corinne Carey joined us to give us another Election Watch 2021 update. She invited all 38 candidates running on 5 party lines for 5 local offices, but many candidates have yet to respond. Corinne spoke about her interview style, broke down some of the confusion around party lines, and why it's important to cover candidate profiles in the run up to an election.

Brea Barthel and Sina Basila Hickey spoke with Corinne.

Legislation has been introduced in Congress to repeal the establishment of a U.S. Space Force during the Trump administration. Alice Slater of World Beyond War discusses the need to halt the militarization of space. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

HMM correspondent Corinne Carey spoke with Ken Zalewski who has represented Troy's 5th District on the City Council for a total of ten years about his bid for a county legislature seat representing District 1, which encompasses the City of Troy. Ken spoke about his view of the role of the county legislature, as well as his position on a number of hot topics facing local lawmakers. This interview is part of HMM's Election Watch 2021 series.

Fall is the end of block party season. Albany has a tradition of residents getting together, closing down their block to traffic and sharing food and drink, talk and games, maybe even some serious volleyball. Joanna Dreby reports on her neighborhood block party which took place last weekend.

On October 2, 2021, the Hudson Mohawk Magazine Network Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry attended "Albany Women's March Rally for Abortion Justice" at West Capitol Park. In this labor talk segment, you will hear his interview at the rally with Felicia Kuhn, President of the Kate Mullany Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW). Felicia, along with other members of CLUW, provides their thoughts on the rally and abortion justice.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We begin with a look at how Albany’s South End may be affected by COVID-related funds coming to the city, and the state’s investment in the Port of Albany for production of offshore wind farm towers.

Then, in the next installment of Election Watch 2021 we hear from Mark Fleming who is seeking re-election to the Rensselaer County Legislature in Troy’s district #1.

After that, Corinne Carey, who has been producing the Election Watch 2021 segments, chats with us live about what she has learned regarding local politics from her many interviews.

Staying with politics, we hear excerpts from New York Attorney General Letitia James’s Tuesday press conference where she announced a distribution of up to 32 million dollars to the Capital Region to combat the opioid epidemic.

Finally, in the show’s second live interview, retired meteorologist Hugh Johnson talks with us about autumn weather.