COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 5-17-19
POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE AN
INCIDENT IN HUDSON, WHERE SHOTS WERE
FIRED IN AN ALLEY NEAR THE COUNTY
OFFICE BUILDING AT 401 STATE STREET.
CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE POLICE
RESPONDED JUST AFTER 9:30. HUDSON
POLICE RECOVERED SEVERAL CASINGS AND
ONE BULLET. WE'RE TOLD, TWO SUBJECTS
WERE INVOLVED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
CATSKILL FIRE AND AMBULANCE WERE CALLED
TO THE SUNOCO MINI-MART ON ROUTE 23
YESTERDAY MORNING, WHEN AN AIR
CONDITIONING UNIT CAUGHT FIRE AND
BEGAN FILLING THE STORE WITH SMOKE. THE
CALL CAME IN JUST BEFORE NOON. ONE PERSON
WAS CHECKED OUT BY CATSKILL AMBULANCE.
A STUYVESANT MAN PLEAD GUILTY
THURSDAY, TO FIRST DEGREE RAPE, FOR
THE DECEMBER 2017 SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A
WOMAN. SENTENCING FOR 45 YEAR OLD MORGAN
SHELDON IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY IN
COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT.
SCARY MOMENTS THURSDAY AFTERNOON, WHEN
A ROWBOAT CAPSIZED IN THE HUDSON RIVER,
SOUTH OF THE ANCHORAGE BOAT LAUNCH IN
GERMANTOWN. ARRIVING FIREFIGHTERS
REPORTED THE THREE OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE
TO MAKE IT TO SHORE, WITH NO INJURIES.
IF NEW YORK STATE MAKES RECREATIONAL
MARIJUANA LEGAL, THE COLUMBIA COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT WANTS NO PART
OF IT. THEY ARE CALLING ON COUNTY
LAWMAKERS TO CONSIDER BANNING IT'S
RETAIL SALE IN THE COUNTY. THEY'RE
BASING THEIR DECISION ON HEALTH
REASONS.
CATSKILL POLICE ARE LETTING THE
PUBLIC KNOW, THAT THEY, ALONG WITH
OTHER POLICE AGENCIES WILL BE
CONDUCTING A MOCK DWI TRAINING EVENT
AT CATSKILL HIGH SCHOOL TODAY. FIRE
AND RESCUE CREWS WILL ALSO BE
INVOLVED, AND IT WILL JUST BE A DRILL.
IT'S GRADUATION DAY TODAY, FOR
STUDENTS IN THE NURSING PROGRAM AT
COLUMBIA GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
54 GRADUATES WILL TAKE PART IN THE
NURSES PINNING CEREMONY AT 2 THIS
AFTERNOON IN THE ARTS CENTER
THEATER.