COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 1-30-19
OUR LATEST WINTER STORM MADE FOR A ROUGH
RIDE TUESDAY AFTERNOON, ACROSS COLUMBIA
AND GREENE COUNTIES. AREA POLICE AND
TOW COMPANIES WERE KEPT BUSY, WITH
DOZENS OF ACCIDENTS ACROSS THE AREA.
A WOMAN WAS INJURED AFTER STRIKING A
GUARD RAIL ON ROUTE 9G IN GREENPORT,
A TRUCK SNAPPED A POLE ON HOVER AVENUE
IN GERMANTOWN, AND A CAR CRASHED INTO
A BARN ON LIVINGSTON ROAD IN
TAGHKANIC.
OTHER ACCIDENTS THAT BROUGHT AN
EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WERE ON ROUTE 23
IN HILLSDALE AND ON SCHNACKENBERG ROAD
IN GHENT.
WITH A JURY IN PLACE, THE TRIAL OF THREE
MASSACHUSETTS WOMEN BEGIN TODAY IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY COURT. THE THREE, CELESTE BARRETT,
DOMINIQUE SATRAPE, AND SHAMYIA ROBINSON
WERE ARRESTED ON FELONY DRUG CHARGES,
AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE TACONIC PARKWAY
IN CLAVERACK IN DECEMBER 2017.
A TRAFFIC STOP ON MAIN STREET IN
PHILMONT ENDED WITH TWO OCCUPANTS FACING
DRUG CHARGES. BOTH 24 YEAR OLD JAMES
CONNOLLY OF GHENT AND AN 18 YEAR OLD
MALE FROM PHILMONT WERE CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE AND MARIJUANA POSSESSION BY
STATE POLICE. BOTH HAVE SCHEDULED
COURT APPEARANCES.
FIREFIGHTERS FROM NEW YORK CITY ARE AT
HUNTER MOUNTAIN TODAY. THE 47TH ANNUAL
EAST COAST FIREFIGHTER'S RACE HAS
FIREFIGHTERS IN FULL TURNOUT GEAR,
NAVIGATING A COURSE WHILE CARRYING A
50 FOOT FIRE HOSE. PROCEEDS OF THE
EVENT GO TO THE NEW YORK FIREFIGHTER'S
BURN CENTER FOUNDATION. IT RUNS FROM
10 TO 2.