COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 7-19-19
THE AREA WILL BE UNDER SOME DANGEROUS HEAT
STARTING THIS AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE HAS DECLARED AN EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNING FOR OUR AREA STARTING AT NOON.
TEMPERATURES THE NEXT 3 DAYS ARE EXPECTED
IN THE MID TO UPPER 90'S. THE CITY OF
HUDSON WILL OPEN THE CENTRAL FIREHOUSE
AS A COOLING STATION FROM 9 TO 9 THE
NEXT 3 DAYS.
A CATSKILL MAN WILL SPEND THE NEXT 3
AND A HALF TO 5 AND A HALF YEARS IN
PRISON, FOR POSSESSING COCAINE AND A
LOADED HANDGUN. 33 YEAR OLD KINARD GETAW
HAD PLEAD GUILTY IN GREENE COUNTY COURT.
HE WAS PICKED UP IN MARCH DURING A DRUG
RAID ON MAIN STREET.
A CATSKILL WOMAN IS FACING CHARGES
FROM AN INCIDENT APRIL 14TH IN THE
VILLAGE. 22 YEAR OLD JEANETTE WESTLAKE
WAS ARRESTED AS SHE WAS LEAVING THE
ALBANY COUNTY JAIL. SHE WAS CHARGED
WITH HARASSMENT, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF,
AND CRIMINAL CONTEMPT. SHE WAS SENT
TO THE GREENE COUNTY JAIL ON 3000
DOLLARS BAIL.
A TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE 23B IN LEEDS
ENDED WITH TOW PEOPLE SENT TO THE GREENE
COUNTY JAIL ON DRUG CHARGES. STATE
POLICE ARRESTED THERESA HANDELMAN OF
ALBANY AND MARK BRAEMER OF WOODSTOCK.
BOTH CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, WITH INTENT
TO SELL. POLICE RECOVERED AN HALLUCINOGENIC
SUBSTANCE.
A WOMAN WAS INJURED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON,
IN A TWO CAR ACCIDENT IN HUNTER. THE CRASH
WAS JUST AFTER 12:30 ON COUNTY ROUTE 25
AT FRANCE ROAD.
SAD NEWS FROM HUDSON THURSDAY, WHEN ONE
OF THE BALD EAGLES WHO NEST BY THE RIVER,
WAS FOUND DEAD. HUDSON POLICE SAY IT WAS
STRUCK BY AN AMTRAK TRAIN. STATE DEC
OFFICERS ARE INVESTIGATING.
THE STATE LABOR DEPARTMENT RELEASED
NUMBERS ON NEW JOBS OVER THE PAST 12
MONTHS ENDING IN JUNE. LOCALLY, COLUMBIA
COUNTY GREW 1.7 PERCENT AND GREENE
COUNTY REMAINED UNCHANGED.