COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 10-26-19
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, NEW YORKERS
CAN VOTE EARLY, STARTING TODAY. IN
COLUMBIA COUNTY, YOU CAN VOTE AT
401 STATE STREET IN HUDSON, PLUS
KINDERHOOK AND COPAKE TOWN HALLS. IN
GREENE COUNTY, IT'S AT THE COUNTY
OFFICE BUILDING IN CATSKILL. VOTING
TIMES ARE FROM 9 TO 2.
A TREE COMPANY EMPLOYEE FROM CAIRO,
WHO WAS CUTTING TREES IN SAUGERTIES,
IS RECOVERING AT HEALTH ALLIANCE IN
KINGSTON AFTER AN ACCIDENT FRIDAY.
POLICE SAY 48 YEAR OLD GLEN THORNE
WAS INJURED, AFTER HIS BUCKET TRUCK
ROLLED OVER ON BLUE HILLS DRIVE.
LIVINGSTON FIRE AND NORTHERN DUTCHESS
PARAMEDICS WERE CALLED TO ROUTE 82
FRIDAY MORNING, AFTER A CAR LEFT THE
ROAD AND ROLLED OVER. AT LEAST ONE
PERSON WAS INJURED IN THE CRASH, AT
PROPER ROAD.
A GARAGE AND CAMPER WERE DESTROYED
BY FIRE YESTERDAY MORNING. THE BLAZE
WAS FULLY INVOLVED WHEN CREWS ARRIVED
AT 123 BEAVER ROAD IN GALLATIN JUST
BEFORE 6:30. FIRE INVESTIGATORS
SPENT MOST OF THE DAY AT THE SCENE.
A HAINES FALLS MAN FACES FELONY CHARGES
AFTER AN INCIDENT IN THE TOWN OF
HUNTER. 59 YEAR OLD ROBERT KOVACS
WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH ASSAULT,
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON, AND
CHILD ENDANGERMENT.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN THE TOWN OF
DURHAM ENDED WITH THE ARREST OF A CATSKILL
MAN. 31 YEAR OLD MARK STAPCHUK WAS
CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH ASSAULT,
CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION OF BREATHING, AND
AGGRAVATED FAMILY OFFENSE.
TODAY IS NATIONAL DRUG TAKE BACK DAY,
WHERE RESIDENTS CAN GET RID OF THEIR OLD
AND OUTDATED PRESCRIPTIONS SAFELY.
DROP OFF LOCATIONS WILL BE AT THE GREENE
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE HUDSON
POLICE STATION, BOTH COLUMBIA COUNTY
SHERIFF LOCATIONS, IN GREENPORT AND
HILLSDALE, THE CVS IN CAIRO, AND THE
COXSACKIE POLICE DEPARTMENT. DROP OFF
TIMES ARE FROM 10 TO 2.
HUDSON OPENS IT'S DOG PARK THIS MORNING.
MAYOR RICK RECTOR WILL BE AT THE OPENING
CEREMONY AT 11AM. THE LONG AWAITED PARK,
AT THE CORNER OF SECOND AND MILL STREETS,
WILL BE OPEN DAILY FROM DAWN TO DUSK.
ANOTHER VENUE HAS IT'S GRAND OPENING
TODAY. THE CLAVERACK LIBRARY WILL CUT
THE RIBBON ON THEIR NEW LOCATION, IN
THE FORMER CLAVERACK FIREHOUSE ON ROUTE
9-H, FOLLOWED BY AN OPEN HOUSE FROM
NOON TO 4.