COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 9-13-19
A TRANSFORMER FIRE, AND WIRES DOWN IN
LIVINGSTON ARE BEING BLAMED FOR POWER
OUTAGES YESTERDAY MORNING. AROUND 800
NATIONAL GRID CUSTOMERS IN LIVINGSTON,
CLAVERACK, AND TAGHKANIC SPENT SEVERAL
HOURS WITHOUT POWER.
A FRAUD INVESTIGATION AT THE
GREENPORT WALMART HAS LEAD TO THE
ARREST OF TWO KINDERHOOK RESIDENTS.
STATE POLICE CHARGED 32 YEAR OLD
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS AND 26 YEAR
OLD JULIE WOJTKOWSKI WITH FORGERY,
PETIT LARCENY, AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. BOTH WERE
HELD ON BAIL.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN CATSKILL
HAS A TOWN MAN IN THE GREENE
COUNTY JAIL. 20 YEAR OLD ROBERT
OWEN WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE
WITH UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT AND
PETIT LARCENY. BAIL WAS SET
AT 1000 DOLLARS.
GREENPORT FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED
TO ROUTE 9G, AT MT. MERINO ROAD
YESTERDAY MORNING, WHEN A TREE CAME
DOWN, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.THERE WERE
NO REPORTED INJURIES.
ONE PERSON HAD MINOR INJURIES,
AFTER STRIKING A DEER ON ROUTE 9H
IN WEST GHENT LAST NIGHT. THE
CRASH WAS JUST BEFORE 7:30.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT GAVE
CHATHAM'S WATER A CLEAN BILL OF
HEALTH THURSDAY MORNING. THE BOIL
WATER ORDER WAS THEN CANCELLED.
IT HAD BEEN IN PLACE SINCE A
WATER MAIN BREAK TUESDAY.
A TROY MAN WILL BECOME THE AREA'S
NEWEST MILLIONAIRE TODAY, WHEN HE
COMES TO CUMBERLAND FARMS IN HUNTER,
TO PICK UP A CHECK FROM YOLANDA VEGA
AND THE NEW YORK LOTTERY. THAT'S WHERE
HE BOUGHT THE "GOLD BAR 7'S" SCRATCH
OFF TICKET.