COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 4-2-19
SCARY MOMENTS FOR THE OCCUPANTS OF
A CAR IN GREENVILLE MONDAY MORNING.
THE VEHICLE STRUCK A POLE ON KING HILL
ROAD, WITH LIVE WIRES COMING DOWN
ON TOP OF THE CAR. GREENVILLE FIRE AND
CENTRAL HUDSON RESPONDED. THERE WERE
NO REPORTED INJURIES.
STATE POLICE IDENTIFIED THE TRUCK
DRIVERS, INVOLVED IN THE FATAL CRASH
SUNDAY MORNING ON THE THRUWAY IN
CATSKILL. THEY SAY, 51 YEAR OLD
IRINEL MIADIN KENNEDY OF SCHENECTADY
WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
63 YEAR OLD MICHAEL WOLF OF PENNSYLVANIA
WAS TREATED AT ALBANY MED.
A PITTSFIELD MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY JAIL AFTER A TRAFFIC
STOP ON ROUTE 20 IN NEW LEBANON. 20
YEAR OLD MICHAEL MERWIN WAS CHARGED BY
STATE POLICE WITH TWO FELONY COUNTS
OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE. POLICE SAY, THEY RECOVERED
A QUANTITY OF LSD.
AN ATHENS WOMAN WAS CHARGED WITH
FELONY BURGLARY, AFTER HER ARREST AT
THE CATSKILL WALMART. 39 YEAR OLD
SHELLEY JEAN SAMPSON WAS GIVEN
APPEARANCE TICKETS FOR COURT BY
CATSKILL POLICE.
AFTER BEING CALLED TO A DISTURBANCE
ON LAKE ROAD IN TANNERSVILLE, A PALENVILLE
MAN FACES CHARGES. 23 YEAR OLD JESSIE
ALBERT WAS CHARGED BY POLICE WITH
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. HE WAS GIVEN
APPEARANCE TICKETS FOR COURT.
AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE VILLAGE OF
CATSKILL POSSIBLY RE-BRANDING AND
DROPPING RIP VAN WINKLE AS A SYMBOL, A
GROUP HAS FORMED TO KEEP THE HISTORIC
FIGURE. THEY HAVE COME UP WITH SEVERAL
IDEAS, INCLUDING NEW SIGNS AND A
STATUE. THEY ARE ALSO PLANNING TO
PRESENT THEIR IDEAS AT A VILLAGE
MEETING APRIL 12TH. HERE IS A LINK
TO THEIR GO-FUND-ME- PAGE:
FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON THE SCENE OF
AN ELECTRICAL FIRE LAST NIGHT IN
THE TOWN OF GREENVILLE. THE CALL
CAME IN JUST BEFORE 11 AT 4082
COUNTY ROUTE 26.