COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 4-3-19
A GAS LEAK FORCED THE EVACUATION OF A
HUDSON BUILDING LAST NIGHT. CITY
FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE GOT THE
OCCUPANTS OUT OF 331 ALLEN STREET,
JUST BEFORE 9. NATIONAL GRID WAS
ALSO ON THE SCENE. THERE WERE NO
REPORTED INJURIES.
THE GREENE COUNTY HAZ-MAT TEAM
AND WINDHAM FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO
WINDHAM ASHLAND JEWETT SCHOOL TUESDAY
MORNING. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY, A
GARBAGE TRUCK ACCIDENTALLY CLIPPED A
CONCRETE POLE AND SPILLED OVER 50
GALLONS OF HYDRAULIC FLUIDS IN A
REAR PARKING LOT. CLASSES AT THE
SCHOOL WERE NOT AFFECTED.
IT TOOK NEARLY EIGHT HOURS TO RESCUE
A HIKER, WHO INJURED HIS LEG ON THE
ESCARPMENT TRAIL IN WINDHAM. STATE
DEC OFFICERS ALONG WITH FIRE, POLICE,
AND RESCUE UNITS CARRIED THE 64 YEAR
OLD MAN OUT OF THE WOODS, WHERE HE
WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
A LARCENY INVESTIGATION FROM DECEMBER
IN THE TOWN OF CATSKILL, HAS A
HANNACROIX WOMAN CHARGED WITH GRAND
LARCENY. STATE POLICE REPORT, 71 YEAR
OLD CASSANDRA CHANNING HAS A SCHEDULED
COURT APPEARANCE.
A SEPARATE LARCENY INVESTIGATION FROM
DECEMBER ENDED WITH A GREENVILLE MAN
UNDER ARREST. 41 YEAR OLD RONALD
RIFENBURGH WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH
GRAND LARCENY, AND GIVEN APPEARANCE
TICKETS FOR COURT.
A GHENT MAN WHO HIT A HOUSE, WHILE
SHOOTING A DEER LAST DECEMBER,
PLEAD GUILTY IN COLUMBIA COUNTY
COURT TO ATTEMPTED RECKLESS
ENDANGERMENT. SENTENCING FOR 37 YEAR
OLD WILLIAM BALDWIN THE 3RD WILL BE
HELD APRIL 25TH.
THE HUDSON MAN, THAT TURNED A FIRE
EXTINGUISHER ON CITY POLICE, AFTER
BREAKING INTO THE WARREN STREET CVS,
WAS SENTENCED YESTERDAY. 23 YEAR
OLD BRANDON KIPP GOT PROBATION,
COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND WILL HAVE TO
PAY BACK 1100 DOLLARS.
A PUBLIC MEETING ON THE EMPIRE STATE
TRAIL, WHERE IT USES ROADS THROUGH
HUDSON AND GREENPORT, WILL TAKE PLACE
TONIGHT. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION HOSTS THE MEETING AT
COLUMBIA GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
BEGINNING AT 6.