COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 3-7-19
SCARY MOMENTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,
WHEN A CAR CRASHED INTO KAATERSKILL
CREEK IN HAINES FALLS. THE ACCIDENT
HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 1 ON NORTH
LAKE ROAD. HAINES FALLS FIRE AND
TANNERSVILLE RESCUE TREATED THE 60
YEAR OLD MAN FOR INJURIES.
TWO NEW PHONE SCAMS, TARGETING CENTRAL
HUDSON CUSTOMERS HAVE EMERGED IN THE
LAST FEW DAYS. ONE PRESSURES THE
CALLER INTO INSTALLING AN ENERGY
EFFICIENT DEVICE, THE SECOND TELLS
THE CALLER TO PURCHASE A GIFT CARD TO
PAY AN OVERDUE BILL. IN BOTH CASES,
POLICE SAY YOU SHOULD JUST HANG UP.
TWO AREA MEN ARE FACING CHARGES,
AFTER THEIR ARREST IN SEPARATE
DOMESTIC INCIDENTS. TANNER RIVENBURGH
OF CLAVERACK WAS CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL
IMPRISONMENT AND RODNEY JOHNSON JOHNSON
OF GREENPORT WAS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL
CONTEMPT.
AFTER BEING CALLED TO THE AMERISTOP
STORE ON ROUTE 23 IN CRARYVILLE, A
TOWN WOMAN FACES CHARGES. 38 YEAR OLD
SARAH GAYLORD WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE
WITH FALSELY REPORTING AN INCIDENT AND
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE. SHE WAS GIVEN APPEARANCE
TICKETS FOR COURT.
AN AREA LAWYER WAS SENT TO THE DUTCHESS
COUNTY JAIL ON GRAND LARCENY CHARGES.
STATE POLICE SAY, 48 YEAR OLD MICHAEL
VARBLE OF KINGSTON TOOK OVER 28,000
DOLLARS IN PAYMENTS FROM CLIENTS AND
NEVER PROVIDED THE SERVICES. BAIL
WAS SET AT 5000 DOLLARS.
CLOSE TO 400 FAMILY DOLLAR STORES
ARE SET TO CLOSE THIS YEAR, THE COMPANY
ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY. THE REMAINING
STORES ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE THEIR
NAME TO DOLLAR TREE. THERE ARE NINE
FAMILY DOLLAR STORES IN THE AREA
AND TWO DOLLAR TREE STORES. THE
COMPANY HAS NOT IDENTIFIED THE STORES
THAT ARE CLOSING YET.