COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 5-3-19
THE RED CROSS IS ASSISTING A FAMILY OF
SIX AFTER A FIRE THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN
CATSKILL. FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO
477 MAIN STREET AROUND 1:45. ARRIVING
UNITS REPORTED A WORKING FIRE IN A
FIRST FLOOR APARTMENT. THERE WERE NO
REPORTED INJURIES.
A TWO CAR ACCIDENT CLOSED ROUTE 9W
IN CEMENTON YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE
HEAD-ON CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 3:45.
CATSKILL FIRE AND AMBULANCE TREATED
A 55 YEAR OLD WOMAN FOR INJURIES.
THE ROAD WAS CLOSED FOR OVER AN HOUR.
A CAIRO MAN IS ACCUSED OF IMPERSONATING
A POLICE OFFICER. THE GREENE COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS DOMINICK FIORENZA
SHOWED A POLICE BADGE TO A CATSKILL
BUSINESS, WHEN HE BECAME UNHAPPY WITH
THEIR SERVICE. THEY WENT ON TO SAY
FIORENZA IS DRIVING A FORMER POLICE
CAR, AND IS A REGISTERED LEVEL 3
SEX OFFENDER.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN COXSACKIE
ENDED WITH A TOWN MAN UNDER ARREST.
36 YEAR OLD KENNETH FLOOD WAS
CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH ASSAULT
AND UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT. HE'LL
ANSWER THE CHARGES IN TOWN COURT.
AN INDOOR ODOR OF PROPANE BROUGHT
HUDSON FIREFIGHTERS TO THE HEALTH
CENTER ON UNION STREET THURSDAY
MORNING. THE CALL CAME IN AROUND
10:20. FIREMEN REMAINED UNTIL
NATIONAL GRID CREWS ARRIVED.
MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT DELAYS
STARTING MONDAY ON WEST BRIDGE
STREET IN CATSKILL. STATE D O T
MESSAGE BOARDS SAY THAT PAVING
OPERATIONS WILL BEGIN MONDAY,
BETWEEN MAPLE AVENUE AND THE
VILLAGE LINE.
STATE RESIDENTS WITH SERIOUS HEALTH
ISSUES THAT CAN BE MADE WORSE BY
EXTREME HEAT, MAY BENEFIT BY
FUNDING FROM THE HOME ENERGY
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. FAMILIES CAN
APPLY FOR COOLING ASSISTANCE THROUGH
THEIR DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
THEY MUST BE INCOME ELIGIBLE.