COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 5-30-19
CONSTRUCTION ON THE NEW GREENE COUNTY
JAIL WILL BEGIN AS SCHEDULED. AT A
SPECIAL MEETING LAST NIGHT OF THE
GREENE COUNTY LEGISLATURE, IT WAS
LEARNED THAT THE STATE DID NOT GIVE
THE COUNTY THE ANSWERS IT NEEDED,
IN REGARDS TO A CHANGE IN THE LAW,
THAT CURRENTLY PROHIBITS TWO COUNTIES
FROM SHARING A JAIL. GROUNDBREAKING
IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE THE WEEK
OF JUNE 10TH.
A NIVERVILLE MAN WAIVED INDICTMENT,
AND WAS ARRAIGNED ON FOUR COUNTS OF
CRIMINAL CONTEMPT IN COLUMBIA COUNTY
COURT. 33 YEAR OLD JOHN LEIBACH IS
ACCUSED OF MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF
AN ORDER OF PROTECTION. A TRIAL IS
SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY.
A PURLING MAN WAS CHARGED WITH 3RD
DEGREE ASSAULT, AFTER AN ALTERCATION
IN CATSKILL. VILLAGE POLICE ARRESTED
28 YEAR OLD THOMAS BROWN ON MAIN
STREET. HE WAS GIVEN APPEARANCE
TICKETS FOR COURT.
THE COMMUNITY WILL BE COMING
TOGETHER TONIGHT, TO REMEMBER A LONG-
TIME HUDSON BUSINESSMAN, WHO PASSED
AWAY FOLLOWING AN ILLNESS. JOHN
NOECKER OPENED NOECKER BUICK PONTIAC
IN 1964. EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO STOP
BY HIS BUSINESS LOCATION ON UNION
TURNPIKE FROM 6 TO 9.
A VEHICLE FIRE BROUGHT FIREFIGHTERS
TO ROUTE 22 IN HILLSDALE WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THE CALL CAME IN AROUND
8:20, IN AN AREA NEAR COUNTY ROUTE 7D.
FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF SOME
GREENE COUNTY SCHOOLS, ICHABOD CRANE
HIGH SCHOOL AND MEMBERS OF SADD
WILL HOLD AN ACCIDENT SIMULATION THIS
AFTERNOON. IT'S SCHEDULED TO BEGIN
AROUND 12:45. THEY WANTED THE PUBLIC
TO KNOW WHY THERE WILL BE A HIGH
NUMBER OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES THERE.
A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY IS
SCHEDULED ON SATURDAY FOR THE
HUDSON RIVER SKYWALK. THE MULTI-
MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT INCLUDED
REPLACING THE WALKWAY ON THE RIP
VAN WINKLE BRIDGE, AND BUILDING
THE ROUNDABOUT ON THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY SIDE. IT BEGINS AT NOON,
AND WILL BE FOLLOWED WITH A
CELEBRATION IN THE PARK, NEAR
THE BRIDGE TOLLBOOTHS.