COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 12-18-19
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS, AND AREA POLICE
WERE KEPT BUSY TUESDAY, RESPONDING TO
DOZENS OF ACCIDENTS IN COLUMBIA AND
GREENE COUNTIES. A CAR COLLIDED WITH
A SNOWPLOW ON COUNTY ROUTE 20 IN
GHENT, A VAN ROLLED OVER ON ROUTE 23
IN CAIRO, AND POWER WAS KNOCKED OUT
TO THE AREA, WHEN A CAR TOOK DOWN
A UTILITY POLE ON ROUTE 23 IN
CLAVERACK.
OTHER SERIOUS ACCIDENTS WERE ON
ROUTE 82 IN TAGHKANIC, ROURE 23 IN
DURHAM, ROUTE 9W IN NEW BALTIMORE,
AND SEVERAL ON THE THRUWAY IN
GREENE COUNTY.
WE HOPE TO LEARN MORE TODAY, AS WHY
A MISTRIAL WAS DECLARED YESTERDAY
IN THE DRUG POSSESSION TRIAL OF
THREE MEN IN COLUMBIA COUNTY
COURT. AUSTIN CARR, DORIAN CARR,
AND MALEEK SINGLETON WERE ARRESTED
IN MARCH, IN A HUDSON TRAFFIC
STOP. A NEW TRIAL DATE HAS NOT
YET BEEN SET.
A NORTH ADAMS MASSACHUSETTS MAN
WAS PICKED UP IN GREENPORT BY
COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES,
AND CHARGED WITH BEING A FUGITIVE
FROM JUSTICE. 38 YEAR OLD KEVIN TYNAN
HAD SEVERAL WARRANTS FOR HIS ARREST.
HE'S BEING HELD IN THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY JAIL.
CLOSE TO 3 MILLION DOLLARS IS ON
THE WAY TO THE VILLAGE OF CATSKILL
FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
THE MONEY IS PART OF 24 MILLION IN
GRANTS ANNOUNCED TUESDAY BY THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE,
THE PINE PLAINS POST OFFICE WILL
OFFICIALLY BE NAMED FOR SENIOR CHIEF
PETTY OFFICER SHANNON KENT. KENT WAS
KILLED IN SYRIA IN JANUARY. THE WIFE,
AND MOTHER OF TWO WAS 35 YEARS OLD,
AND A NATIVE OF PINE PLAINS.