COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 3-14-19
NEW YORK STATE'S BURN BAN BEGINS SATURDAY.
RESIDENTIAL BRUSH BURNING IS PROHIBITED
THROUGH MAY 14TH. THE ANNUAL RESTRICTIONS
WERE FIRST PUT INTO PLACE TEN YEARS AGO.
SCARY MOMENTS WEDNESDAY MORNING, AFTER
A MINI-VAN ROLLED OVER IN HUDSON. THE
CRASH HAPPENED JUST AFTER 8 ON HARRY
HOWARD AVENUE, WHEN THE VAN STRUCK A
PARKED PICKUP. ALL THE INJURES WERE
MINOR.
THERE WAS ALSO AN ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT
IN COXSACKIE. THE CALL CAME IN JUST
AFTER 11 ON ROUTE 9W, NEAR THE HI-WAY
DRIVE-IN.
A FRAUD INVESTIGATION IN NEW BALTIMORE
HAS LEAD TO THE ARREST OF A ROUND TOP
WOMAN. 42 YEAR OLD TONYA DARQUEA WAS
CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH FORGERY,
IDENTITY THEFT, AND UNLAWFUL POSSESSION
OF PERSONAL ID. SHE WAS RELEASED,
PENDING A COURT APPEARANCE.
TWO MASSACHUSETTS MEN WERE TAKEN TO
THE COLUMBIA COUNTY JAIL, AFTER A
TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE 217 IN CLAVERACK.
STATE POLICE CHARGED 45 YEAR OLD PETER
HUMPHREY AND 44 YEAR OLD RYAN GARVEY
WITH CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE.
A HILLSDALE MAN WAS SENT TO THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY JAIL, AFTER AN ACCIDENT ON ROUTE
22. THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CHARGED 30 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY SHUFELT
WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, OBSTRUCTION,
AGGRAVATED DWI, PUBLIC LEWDNESS, AND
TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. THEY SAY, SHUFELT
DAMAGED EQUIPMENT AT THEIR SUB-STATION.
BAIL WAS SET AT 5000 DOLLARS.
IT WAS AN OVEN FIRE THAT BROUGHT ROUND
TOP FIREMEN TO 338 ROUTE 39 WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. IT WAS REPORTED JUST AFTER
1:30.
HUDSON'S FIRST WARD ALDERMAN HAS
THROWN HIS HAT IN THE RING FOR MAYOR.
KAMAL JOHNSON ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY HE
PLANS TO CHALLENGE CURRENT MAYOR RICK
RECTOR FOR THE POSITION. SINCE BOTH
ARE DEMOCRATS, THERE WILL BE A PRIMARY.
AS THE APPROVAL PROCESS MOVES ALONG FOR
THE PROPOSED NEW STEWARTS IN HUDSON,
THE PUBLIC WILL GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO
COMMENT ON THE PROJECT TONIGHT. IT
BEGINS AT 6PM, AT CITY HALL.