The Public Service Commission announced it approved the North American Number Plan Administrator’s proposal to create an additional area code for the 845 region. What those three digits will be is ...

New York is running out of 845 area code phone numbers. The state Public Service Commission is considering creating a new area code to solve that problem, and area residents will have three chances to ...

Beginning in the third quarter of next year, residents of what would otherwise be known as the 845 area code region looking for new phone service or an additional line will likely be given a 329 area ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WETM) — Anyone making a local call using the Hudson Valley’s 845 area code will soon be required to include it when dialing. According to the Federal Communications Commission and the ...

What’s in an area code? A lot, it seems — identity, status, nostalgia, all wrapped up in three little numbers. This is why more than a few Hudson Valley locals are grappling with the fact that come ...

Beginning Sunday, Oct. 24, all phone users in southeastern New York will need to dial 10 digits — the area code and the seven-digit phone number — to complete all local calls. After that date, if you ...