COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 1-6-20
JURY SELECTION IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN
THIS MORNING IN COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT,
IN THE INSURANCE FRAUD TRIAL OF BARRY
GOLDSTEIN. THE 75 YEAR OLD STOCKPORT
MAN WAS CHARGED, IN CONNECTION WITH
A FIRE, THAT DESTROYED HIS HOME ON
COUNTY ROUTE 25 IN OCTOBER 2017. A
SECOND MAN, WILLIAM TRAVIS WAS CHARGED
WITH ARSON IN THE CASE.
A PICKUP WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON IN NEW BALTIMORE. FIREFIGHTERS
FOUND THE TRUCK FULLY INVOLVED, IN THE
NORTHBOUND LANES OF THE THRUWAY, JUST
BEFORE 3:30. THE TRUCK WAS PULLING A
HORSE TRAILER. WE'RE TOLD, THE TRAILER
WAS EMPTY.
A CHIMNEY FIRE BROUGHT FIREFIGHTERS TO
75 ALBANY AVENUE IN KINDERHOOK SUNDAY
MORNING. UNITS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE
AROUND 10:45.
CATSKILL FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO
10 KING STREET SATURDAY NIGHT, AFTER
A CALLER REPORTED A SMELL OF GAS
IN THE RESIDENCE. THERE WERE ABLE
TO TRACE THE PROBLEM TO A MALFUNCTIONING
FURNACE. FIREMEN REMAINED ON THE SCENE
UNTIL CONTRACTORS ARRIVED.
AN ACCIDENT BROUGHT FIRE AND RESCUE
CREWS TO COUNTY ROUTE 21 IN HILLSDALE
SATURDAY MORNING. THE CALL CAME IN
JUST BEFORE 11 IN AN AREA BETWEEN
CASO LANE AND SCHOOLHOUSE ROAD.
WITH CONFIRMED CASES IN 60 COUNTIES,
NEW YORK STATE IS CALLING FLU ACTIVITY
GEOGRAPHICALLY WIDESPREAD. THEY REPORT
OVER 9200 CONFIRMED CASES, UP 74 PERCENT
OVER LAST WEEK. COLUMBIA AND GREENE
COUNTIES ARE ON THE LOW END OF THE
LIST, WITH JUST A HAND FULL OF CASES.