COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 6-26-19
AN ANCRAM HOME WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE
TUESDAY MORNING. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY,
THE HOME WAS FULLY INVOLVED WHEN THEY
ARRIVED AT 93 COUNTY ROUTE 3, AROUND
4:20. AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN
TO COLUMBIA MEMORIAL. THE CAUSE IS
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO ALBANY MED
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FOLLOWING A
TWO CAR ACCIDENT IN VALATIE. THE
ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN A DRIVEWAY
ON NOVAK ROAD. STATE POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING.
A MAJOR UPSET IN HUDSON'S
DEMOCRAT PRIMARY TUESDAY, WHERE
MAYOR RICK RECTOR HAS LOST TO
CHALLENGER KAMAL JOHNSON, BY
A TWO TO ONE MARGAIN. THE
FINAL UNOFFICIAL NUMBERS HAVE
JOHNSON AT 678, AND RECTOR AT
354.
COMMON COUNCIL PRESIDENT THOMAS
DIPIETRO CAME OUT ON TOP IN
YESTERDAY'S PRIMARY.
PETER KUSMINSKI HAS WON THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR GREENE
COUNTY SHERIFF BY A LARGE MARGIN.
AFTER ALL THE VOTES WERE COUNTED,
KUSMINSKI TOOK ROUGHLY 90 PERCENT
OF THE VOTE, WITH CHALLENGER
DIANA BENOIT TAKING 10 PERCENT.
A TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE 81 IN
GREENVILLE HAVE TWO FAMILY
MEMBERS FACING MULTIPLE FELONY
CHARGES. 24 YEAR OLD AUSTIN
SUAREZ OF HUDSON AND 47 YEAR OLD
RONALD SUAREZ OF LEEDS WERE BOTH
CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF A WEAPON, A LOADED FIREARM,
AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF
NARCOTICS.
A 92 YEAR OLD MAN WAS KILLED
YESTERDAY MORNING, AFTER HE
WAS HIT BY AN AMTRAK TRAIN IN
THE TOWN OF RHINEBECK. STATE POLICE
SAY AN V.TRAN WAS WALKING ON THE
TRACKS WHEN HE WAS STRUCK. HE
WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.