COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 8-19-19
POWER IS BACK ON FOR ALL COLUMBIA COUNTY
RESIDENTS THIS MORNING. THERE ARE LESS
THAN A DOZEN OUT IN GREENE COUNTY, AFTER
SUNDAY'S STORMS. THE CAIRO AREA
HAD THREE TRANSFORMER EXPLOSIONS OR
FIRES LAST NIGHT. TWO WERE ON OLD ROUTE
23. THE OTHER WAS ON IRA VAIL ROAD.
AFTER BEING CALLED TO THE CATSKILL
INN, A CATSKILL WOMAN WAS CHARGED
WITH ROBBERY. STATE POLICE ARRESTED
30 YEAR OLD JESSICA SCHNAUBER. SHE
WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
AND HELD, PENDING A COURT APPEARANCE.
A DRUG INVESTIGATION IN COXSACKIE
HAS LEAD TO THE ARREST OF A TOWN MAN.
25 YEAR OLD KYLE NOVOTNY WAS CHARGED
BY STATE POLICE WITH CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, WITH INTENT
TO SELL. HE WILL ANSWER THE CHARGES IN
TOWN COURT.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS FROM BOTH SIDES
OF THE HUDSON RIVER RESPONDED TO A BOAT
IN DISTRESS SATURDAY EVENING. THE 17
FOOT VESSEL WAS DISABLED AND DRIFTING,
ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTH OF THE HUDSON
RIVER. THE BOAT HAD ONE PERSON ON BOARD,
WITH NO RADIO AND NO FUEL.
A 32 YEAR OLD MAN WAS INJURED SATURDAY
NIGHT, IN A ONE CAR ACCIDENT IN KISKATOM.
THE CRASH WAS ON ROUTE 32 JUST AFTER 10.
THERE WERE OTHER ACCIDENTS OVER THE
WEEKEND IN JEFFERSON HEIGHTS, CATSKILL.
ON THE THRUWAY IN COXSACKIE AND NEW
BALTIMORE, AND ON FARM ROAD IN COPAKE.
A PICKUP RECEIVED HEAVY DAMAGE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON, AFTER CATCHING FIRE IN
GREENPORT. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 1
ON ROUTE 9G.
CRARYVILLE FIREFIGHTERS WERE ALSO
CALLED TO A VEHICLE FIRE SATURDAY, ON
ROUTE 23 NEAR COUNTY ROUTE 11.