COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 2-11-19
ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO ALBANY MED
SUNDAY, AFTER A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A
BUILDING IN LIVINGSTON. FIRE AND RESCUE
CREWS RESPONDED TO 145 COUNTY ROUTE 10
JUST AFTER 3. STATE POLICE INVESTIGATED.
ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO BERKSHIRE
MEDICAL CENTER, AFTER THEIR CAR
ROLLED OVER SATURDAY MORNING IN NEW
LEBANON. THE CRASH WAS JUST BEFORE
7:30 ON ROUTE 20 NEAR BRICKYARD ROAD.
CATSKILL FIRE AND AMBULANCE WERE CALLED
TO A ONE CAR ACCIDENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
ON CAUTERSKILL AVENUE. A 17 YEAR OLD
FROM CAIRO WAS OPERATING THE VEHICLE.
STATE POLICE SAY, HE WAS NOT INJURED.
FOUR FIRE COMPANIES WERE ON THE SCENE
OF A GARAGE FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
IN EAST CHATHAM. THE CALL CAME IN JUST
BEFORE 2 AT 180 ALBANY TURNPIKE. CHATHAM
RESCUE HAD ONE PERSON REFUSE MEDICAL
TREATMENT. MOST OF THE FIRE WAS IN THE
ATTIC. THE CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
A TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE 81 IN COXSACKIE,
HAS LEAD TO CHARGES FOR A WEST COXSACKIE
MAN. 23 YEAR OLD JOSEPH KNOTT WAS CHARGED
BY STATE POLICE WITH CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, MARIJUANA
POSSESSION, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A
WEAPON, OPERATOR IMPAIRED BY DRUGS,
OBSTRUCTION, AND RESISTING ARREST.
HE WAS RELEASED PENDING A COURT
APPEARANCE.
A RETIRED STATE POLICE INVESTIGATOR
HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS RUNNING FOR GREENE
COUNTY SHERIFF. PETER KUSMINSKY HAS
BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 33 YEARS.
HE RECENTLY STEPPED DOWN AS SUPERVISOR
FOR THE B C I UNIT AT STATE POLICE
IN CATSKILL. GREENE COUNTY'S CURRENT
SHERIFF, GREG SEELEY IS NOT RUNNING
FOR RE-ELECTION.
VOTERS IN THE CATSKILL CENTRAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT HEAD TO THE POLLS TOMORROW,
TO VOTE ON A 40.8 MILLION DOLLAR
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. POLLS
WILL BE OPEN FROM 1 TO 9.