COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 8-30-19
FIRE DESTROYED A LEEDS HOME EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING. OVER HALF A DOZEN
COMPANIES WERE INVOLVED IN FIGHTING
THE BLAZE AT 348 CAIRO JUNCTION
ROAD. LEEDS FIRE OFFICIALS SAY, A
PROPANE LEAK ON A GAS APPLIANCE
CAUSED THE EXPLOSION AND FIRE. THE
HOMEOWNER WAS TREATED FOR BURNS,
BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF
THE HOUSE.
SCARY MOMENTS YESTERDAY MORNING
IN LIVINGSTON, WHERE A CAR ENDED UP
ON IT'S SIDE, STRIKING A HOUSE.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED JUST AFTER
8:30 ON ROUTE 9, SOUTH OF COUNTY
ROUTE 31. ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO
NORTHERN DUTCHESS HOSPITAL.
OTHER ACCIDENTS THURSDAY, THAT
BROUGHT AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WERE
AT THE CANAAN TOLL PLAZA ON THE
BERKSHIRE SPUR, WEST BRIDGE STREET
IN CATSKILL, AND ROUTE 32 IN CAIRO.
A CATSKILL TEEN FACES ASSAULT
CHARGES, AFTER AN ALTERCATION IN
THE VILLAGE. THE 17 YEAR OLD WAS
BROUGHT TO THE CATSKILL POLICE STATION
TO BE CHARGED. HE WAS GIVEN
APPEARANCE TICKETS FOR COURT.
MONEY IS ON THE WAY TO THREE LOCAL
COMMUNITIES, TO HELP STOP LOCALIZED
FLOODING AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY.
AUSTERLITZ, GHENT, AND NEW BALTIMORE
WILL SHARE PART OF 216 THOUSAND IN
GRANTS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSERVATION.
QUICK WORK BY LIVINGSTON FIREFIGHTERS
KEPT A GRILL FIRE FROM SPREADING TO
A HOME. THE FIRE BROKE OUT ON A
DECK THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 26
NORTH SHORE DRIVE.
TODAY IS DAY 3 OF THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY FAIR. THE 83RD ANNUAL SCHOOLGIRL
QUEEN CONTEST WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE
NORTH GATE STAGE BEGINNING AT 6.
THE S.P.I. PROFESSIONAL TRUCK PULLING
SHOW WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FREE
GRANDSTANDS, BEGINNING AT 6:30.