COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 5-22-19
SCHOOL BUDGETS ALL PASSED TUESDAY AT
THE 12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN GREENE AND
COLUMBIA COUNTIES. THE VOTES WERE NOT
EVEN CLOSE, WITH YES VOTES THREE TIMES
HIGHER THAN THE NO VOTES.
POWER WAS OUT YESTERDAY TO OVER 2000
NATIONAL GRID CUSTOMERS IN HUDSON,
GREENPORT, AND LINLITHGO. THE OUTAGE
WAS BLAMED ON DOWNED WIRES AND A
BAD TRANSFORMER ON DOCK STREET IN
HUDSON. POWER WAS OUT AROUND 45
MINUTES.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL
WAS IN HUDSON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SHE
SPOKE AT A PRO-ABORTION RALLY AT
PLANNED PARENTHOOD. THE EVENT WAS ONE
OF MANY ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PROTEST
STRICT ABORTION LAWS PASSED IN OTHER
STATES.
TWO VANS COLLIDED TUESDAY MORNING,
SENDING ONE OF THEM THROUGH A
STORAGE SHED AT A LIVINGSTON
BUSINESS. THE ACCIDENT WAS JUST BEFORE
9 AT THE BELLS POND INTERSECTION.
NORTHERN DUTCHESS PARAMEDICS TREATED
THE INJURED.
A 35 YEAR OLD MAN WAS TAKEN TO COLUMBIA
MEMORIAL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AFTER A
CAR COLLIDED WITH HIS BICYCLE IN
GRENNPORT. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 5.
THE MAN'S INJURIES WERE MINOR.
AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN
HUDSON, SENT TWO CARS INTO A VACANT LOT.
THE CRASH WAS AT 4TH AND WARREN STREETS.
GREENPORT RESCUE EVALUATED THE DRIVERS.
AN ALTERCATION AT A NEW STREET RESIDENCE
ENDED WITH A CATSKILL MAN FACING FELONY
CHARGES. 35 YEAR OLD ROBERT HATKER WAS
CHARGED BY VILLAGE POLICE WITH ASSAULT,
ROBBERY, CRIMINAL CONTEMPT, AND RESISTING
ARREST. HE IS DUE IN COURT THIS MORNING.
A PROGRAM TO DISCUSS THE OPIOID CRISIS
WILL TAKE PLACE THIS EVENING AT
COLUMBIA GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THE
FREE PROGRAM RUNS FROM 6 TO 8 IN THE
ARTS CENTER THEATER AND IS OPEN TO
EVERYONE.