COHOES - "Dreams" is the latest production at the Cohoes Music Hall.

But what makes this one special is that most of its cast members are consumers of services at The Center for Disability Services.

There are more than thirty people involved in the show.  Many of them are consumers ranging in age from their twenties to their fifties. Each gets a star turn delivering a monologue about their personal dream.

A "Pepsi Refresh" grant paid for the program, including $9,000 for a lift to get performers on stage.

The height of the summer delivers hot temperatures and high humidity, the American Red Cross of Northeastern New York is urging residents to take precautions against the heat.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 400 Americans die each year due to summer's sweltering heat. In recent years, excessive heat has caused more deaths than all other weather events, including tornadoes, floods and hurricanes.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - As hot, muggy weather coupled with air pollution blankets eastern New York, state health and environmental officials are urging people with asthma and other respiratory troubles to limit strenuous outdoor activity.

The Health Department and Department of Environmental Conservation issued an air quality health advisory for the New York Metro region and Hudson Valley for Wednesday from 11 a.m. through 11 p.m. Officials issue such advisories when meteorologists predict levels of pollution, either ozone or fine particulate matter, are expected to exceed an Air Quality Index value of 100.

The pollutant of concern now is ground-level ozone, which builds up when summer heat combines with automobile exhaust and out-of-state emission sources.

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