COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 7-2-19
FIRE MONDAY AFTERNOON AT PINE HAVEN NURSING
HOME IN PHILMONT. SEVERAL FIRE COMPANIES
RESPONDED JUST AFTER 5:30, AFTER FIRE BROKE
OUT IN ROOM 25 ON THE NORTH WING. THE
FIRE WAS QUICKLY PUT OUT, IN A HEATING
UNIT, AND THE BUILDING WAS VENTILATED.
FIRE OFFICIALS SAY A FEW PEOPLE WERE
CHECKED OUT FOR SMOKE INHALATION.
ANOTHER BAD ACCIDENT IN CATSKILL MONDAY.
THIS ONE WAS ON ROUTE 23A NEAR TOOL HOUSE
ROAD. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 3. THE
JAWS OF LIFE WERE NEEDED TO GET THE
OCCUPANTS OUT, WHEN THEY WERE AIRLIFTED
TO ALBANY MED.
SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN A
THREE CAR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING
IN CLAVERACK. THE CRASH CLOSED ROUTE
66 AT STOTTVILLE ROAD. ONE OF THE
VEHICLES ENDED UP IN A SWAMP.
A HUDSON MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY JAIL, AFTER ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING
A WOMAN IN GREENPORT. THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CHARGED 44
YEAR OLD MICHAEL SWEATT WITH ASSAULT,
STRANGULATION, AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT.
A PENNSYLVANIA MAN IS IN THE GREENE
COUNTY JAIL, ACCUSED OF HAVING A
STOLEN CAR IN CATSKILL. 40 YEAR OLD
RANDY PEPPER WAS ARRESTED BY VILLAGE
POLICE IN CATSKILL COMMONS. BAIL WAS
SET AT 5000 DOLLARS.
HUDSON DPW CREWS WERE ON THE SCENE
OF A LARGE WATER MAIN BREAK MONDAY
AFTERNOON. THE 4 INCH MAIN RUPTURED
ON THE EAST END OF WASHINGTON STREET.
WE'RE TOLD THE PIPES ARE WELL OVER
A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. THERE WAS NO
BOIL WATER ORDER ISSUED.
THREE COLUMBIA COUNTY FARMS WILL
SPLIT OVER 60,000 DOLLARS IN
GRANTS FROM THE STATE. TINY HEARTS
FARM IN COPAKE, COMMON HANDS FARM
IN GERMANTOWN, AND "ON THE FARM"
WERE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY BY THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, FOR THE NEW
FARMER'S GRANT FUND.