COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 5-9-19
A PHILMONT WOMAN FACES CHARGES, IN
CONNECTION WITH THE MONDAY MORNING
ACCIDENT, WHERE A THREE YEAR OLD
FELL FROM A 3RD STORY WINDOW AT A
RESIDENCE ON MAIN STREET. ON TUESDAY,
STATE POLICE CHARGED 29 YEAR OLD
BRITTANY SKELLEY WITH ACTING IN A
MANNER TO INJURE A CHILD. SHE WAS
GIVEN APPEARANCE TICKETS FOR COURT.
STATE POLICE SAY, MORE INFORMATION
WILL BE RELEASED TODAY.
POLICE, FIRE, AND RESCUE CREWS
RACED TO AN AREA OF HARLEMVILLE
ROAD IN THE TOWN OF HILLSDALE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. COLUMBIA
COUNTY 9 1 1 REPORTED THAT A MAN
WAS 1000 FEET IN THE WOODS
HAVING A HEART ATTACK. THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS
GREENPORT RESCUE TRANSPORTED THE
MAN FROM THE SCENE. NO WORD THIS
MORNING ON HIS CONDITION. THE MAN
WAS PART OF A CREW, MARKING TREES
IN THE AREA.
A HILLSDALE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY JAIL, AFTER A
TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE 23 IN COPAKE.
THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
SAYS 46 YEAR OLD MICHAEL FERANDA
WAS CHARGED WITH DWI, DRIVING WITHOUT
A LICENSE, CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION,
OBSTRUCTION, AND CONSUMING ALCOHOL
IN A MOTOR VEHICLE. BAIL WAS SET
AT 1500 DOLLARS.
A PRISONER AT COXSACKIE CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON NEW
CHARGES. 25 YEAR OLD JAKYMA JONES
WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSING DANGEROUS
CONTRABAND IN PRISON, FROM AN INCIDENT
REPORTED IN FEBRUARY. AFTER BEING
CHARGED AT THE STATE POLICE BARRACKS,
HE WAS TAKEN BACK TO PRISON.
A TRANSFORMER EXPLOSION BROUGHT
EAST DURHAM FIREMEN TO AN AREA OF
ROUTE 145 LAST NIGHT. THE CALL CAME IN
AT AN AREA NEAR ST. MARY'S CHURCH.
CENTRAL HUDSON CREWS WERE ALSO
CALLED TO THE AREA.
THE NEW PRESIDENT AT COLUMBIA GREENE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE WAS NAMED WEDNESDAY.
CARLEE DRUMMER WILL TAKE OVER THE
TOP SPOT IN JULY. SHE COMES FROM
QUINEBAUG VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
IN CONNECTICUT. THE COLLEGE'S CURRENT
PRESIDENT, JIM CAMPION IS RETIRING
AFTER 19 YEARS.
THE ANNUAL MOVE COLUMBIA HEALTH AND
WELLNESS FAIR HAS A NEW LOCATION
THIS YEAR. TODAY'S EVENT WILL TAKE
PLACE AT COLUMBIA GREENE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE. THE FREE EVENT, SPONSORED
BY COLUMBIA COUNTY CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE, RUNS FROM 4 TO 7.