'Working New York' begins third season

"Working New York," a half-hour talk show that explores public policy and issues important to working families begins its third season at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 15 on Regional News Network.

Hosted by Denis Hughes, president of the state AFL-CIO, the show airs the first and third Wednesday of each month on RNN-TV, carried on many cable television systems in the Hudson Valley and the New York metropolitan area.

Its audience has more than doubled since it first aired in 2005, attracting 133,000 viewers per episode.

Live the history you teach

Does riding horseback in full Civil War uniform across the Gettysburg battlefield, crewing a bateau on Lake Champlain in period dress or working on a archeological dig at Sackets Harbor appeal to you?

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