COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 6-6-19
A HORSE OWNER IN GREENE COUNTY HAS
BEEN CHARGED WITH FAILING TO PROVIDE
SUSTENANCE, AFTER TWO OF HIS HORSES WERE
FOUND WITH TEN INCH HOOVES. ONE OF THE HORSES
WAS UNABLE TO STAND. STATE ENCON OFFICERS
AND THE COLUMBIA-GREENE HUMANE SOCIETY
WERE AT THE HOME ON ROUTE 145 IN EAST
DURHAM AFTER RECEIVING A TIP THAT THE HORSES
WERE NEGLECTED.
A NASSAU PHARMACIST HAS BEEN FINED
100,000 DOLLARS FOR BILLING MEDICARE AND
MEDICAID FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAT
WERE NEVER DISPENSED. THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE SAYS OWNER CATHY GROSSMAN HAD
PLEAD GUILTY TO THE CHARGES. THIS CASE
TOOK PLACE FROM 2010 TO 2017.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN CAIRO ENDED WITH
A TOWN MAN UNDER ARREST. 54 YEAR OLD
GREGORY YOUNG WAS CHARGED BY STATE
POLICE WITH ASSAULT AND CRIMINAL CONTEMPT.
HE WAS RELEASED, PENDING A COURT APPEARANCE.
THE DRIVER OF A CAR WAS VERY LUCKY
WEDNESDAY, TO BE UNINJURED AFTER ROLLING
HIS CAR OVER IN VALATIE. THE ACCIDENT
WAS JUST BEFORE 2 ON ROUTE 203 NEAR NOVAK
ROAD. STATE POLICE INVESTIGATED.
SIX FIRE COMPANIES WERE CALLED TO THE OLD
YORK FARM DISTILLERY ON ROUTE 23 IN
CLAVERACK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE
CALLER REPORTED THAT A STILL WAS ON FIRE
INSIDE THE BUSINESS. ARRIVING UNITS
REPORTED THE FIRE WAS OUT, WITH NO
DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE.
A BRUSH FIRE BROUGHT EAST JEWETT
FIREMEN TO ROUTE 296 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
AN AREA WAS BLACKENED NEAR MILES ROAD.
THE SHUTTLE BUSES ARE BACK SATURDAY,
FOR THIS YEAR'S FLAG DAY PARADE IN HUDSON.
THE BUSES ARE SCHEDULED TO RUN BETWEEN
THE AMTRAK STATION AND THE 7TH STREET
PARK BEFORE AND AFTER THE 2PM PARADE.