COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 5-4-19
CALLING HOURS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED
FOR A FORMER SUPERVISOR OF TAGHKANIC,
WHO PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK AT COLUMBIA
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. BETTY YOUNG SERVED
THE TOWN FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SHE WAS
88. A WAKE WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AT
PECK AND PECK FUNERAL HOME IN COPAKE
FROM 2 TO 4 AND 6 TO 8.
A 19 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS INJURED
FRIDAY MORNING, IN A ONE CAR ACCIDENT
IN FREEHOLD. FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS
WERE CALLED TO COUNTY ROUTE 75 AND
ROUTE 81, WHERE THE CAR STRUCK A
TREE. THE CRASH WAS JUST AFTER 8.
A TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE 212 IN
SAUGERTIES ENDED WITH TWO PALENVILLE
RESIDENTS FACING CHARGES. 48 YEAR
OLD'S JAMES VANVALKENBUGH AND TERRIE
CARNEY WERE BOTH CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE. BOTH HAVE SCHEDULED COURT
APPEARANCES.
ANOTHER TRAFFIC STOP, ON ROUTE 20
IN NEW LEBANON, ENDED WITH THE ARREST
OF A TROY MAN. STATE POLICE CHARGED
22 YEAR OLD MARCUS DEJONG WITH
OBSTRUCTION, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, AND
RESISTING ARREST.
AFTER BEING CALLED TO A DISTURBANCE
COMPLAINT IN ATHENS, A VILLAGE MAN
FACES CHARGES. 58 YEAR OLD NORMAN
BENJAMIN WAS CHARGED WITH PUBLIC
LEWDNESS BY STATE POLICE, AND GIVEN
APPEARANCE TICKETS FOR COURT.
A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT HAS BEGUN
ON THE TACONIC PARKWAY. STATE D O T
OFFICIALS SAY THE BRIDGE OVER COUNTY
ROUTE 27 WILL RUN THROUGH NEXT FALL.
THE ROAD WILL BE DOWN TO ONE LANE
IN EACH DIRECTION THROUGH THE WORK
ZONE.
IN GREENE COUNTY, PAVING ON ROUTE 9W
IN CATSKILL WILL TAKE PLACE THIS
WEEK. THE AREA TO BE WORKED ON, IS
BETWEEN ROUTE 23A AND BOULEVARD
AVENUE. IT'S SCHEDULED TO START
WEDNESDAY AND LAST FOR A WEEK.
THE COMMUNITY WILL BE COMING TOGETHER
TOMORROW, TO HELP A LEEDS FAMILY
THAT LOST EVERYTHING IN A HOUSE FIRE
IN FEBRUARY. A SPAGHETTI DINNER TO
BENEFIT THE LARSON FAMILY WILL TAKE
PLACE AT THE FREEHOLD FIREHOUSE
FROM 1 TO 5.