COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 8-21-19
THE TRAVELING VIETNAM MEMORIAL WALL
ARRIVES IN GREENE COUNTY TODAY. THE
ESCORT RIDE BEGINS AT 9:30 FROM THE
D.M. HAMILTON STEAMER COMPANY IN
COXSACKIE AND WILL PASS THROUGH
GREENVILLE, CAIRO, AND LEEDS, BEFORE
ARRIVING IN CATSKILL. CATSKILL POLICE
ARE CLOSING MAIN STREET FROM JEFFERSON
HEIGHTS TO THE POINT FOR THE ESCORT
TO HEAD THROUGH TOWN. THEY'RE ESTIMATING
THE CLOSURE WILL LAST FOR AN HOUR,
STARTING AROUND 10:30. THE WALL WILL
BE ON DISPLAY TOMORROW THROUGH
SUNDAY.
COLUMBIA GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS
BEEN NAMED BEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE
IN NEW YORK STATE. THE WEBSITE WALLET HUB
SAYS DATA USED TO CREATE THE RANKING
COMES FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION
STATISTICS, AND FROM THE COUNCIL FOR COMMUNITY
AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH. THE SAME SURVEY
PLACED COLUMBIA GREENE IN THE TOP 10
NATIONWIDE.
ATHENS AND WEST ATHENS FIREFIGHTERS
WERE CALLED TO THE NORTHBOUND LANES
OF THE THRUWAY TUESDAY AFTERNOON,
WHEN A TRACTOR TRAILER CAUGHT FIRE.
THE TRUCK WAS HAULING STONE AND DIRT.
A ONE CAR ACCIDENT BROUGHT CATSKILL
FIREMEN TO THE THRUWAY YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON. A 30 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS
INJURED, IN THE NORTHBOUND LANES.
A WOMAN WAS ALSO INJURED IN AN
ACCIDENT IN NIVERVILLE TUESDAY. HER
CAR STRUCK A UTILITY POLE ON HAWLEY
ROAD JUST BEFORE 3.
A HUDSON MAN IS FACING FELONY
CHARGES, FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING A CAR.
STATE POLICE ARRESTED 57 YEAR OLD
DAVID MCDONALD AT COLUMBIA MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL. HE WAS CHARGED WITH GRAND
LARCENY AND FORGERY, AND ARRAIGNED
IN CLAVERACK TOWN COURT.
HUDSON WILL BE GETTING A DOG PARK.
THE COMMON COUNCIL APPROVED PLANS
LAST NIGHT, THAT WERE PROPOSED EARLIER
THIS YEAR BY MAYOR RICK RECTOR. THE
PARK WILL BE LOCATED IN THE AREA
OF SECOND AND DOCK STREETS.