COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 2-13-19
ONE OF THE FOUR DEFENDANTS, SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR MOLESTING CHILDREN,
HAS HAD HER APPEAL DENIED BY THE STATE'S
HIGHEST COURT. JEANINE VAN ALPHEN WAS
ONE OF FOUR FOUND GUILTY IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY COURT IN 2016 OF SEXUALLY ABUSING
SEVERAL CHILDREN OVER THE COURSE OF
SEVERAL YEARS.
VOTERS WHO BRAVED THE SNOW TUESDAY,
APPROVED THE 40.8 MILLION DOLLAR
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THE
CATSKILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
FINAL NUMBERS WERE 308 YES, 259 NO.
THE SNOW ON TUESDAY KEPT AREA POLICE
AND TOW COMPANIES VERY BUSY, WITH
SEVERAL DOZEN ACCIDENTS ACROSS
COLUMBIA AND GREENE COUNTIES.
THE MORE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS WERE ON
COUNTY ROUTE 8 IN CLERMONT, PLATTE
CLOVE ROAD IN TANNERSVILLE, ROUTE 23B
IN GREENPORT, AND ON THE THRUWAY IN
CATSKILL.
THE NEW JERSEY MAN, THAT WAS
ARRESTED DURING A 2017 DRUG RAID IN
CHATHAM, WAS SENTENCED IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY COURT. 42 YEAR OLD LAWRENCE
POSEY WILL SERVE 4 TO 5 YEARS IN
PRISON. HE PLEAD GUILTY TO THE
CHARGES LAST YEAR.
A HUDSON WOMAN FACES DRUG CHARGES
IN CATSKILL. 46 YEAR OLD WENDY HINES
WAS CHARGED BY VILLAGE POLICE WITH
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE. SHE WAS GIVEN APPEARANCE
TICKETS FOR COURT.
THE HUDSON SALVATION ARMY IS HOLDING
ANOTHER FOOD PANTRY THIS MORNING AT THE
SOCIAL SERVICES BUILDING IN HUDSON.
IT RUNS FROM 8 TO NOON FOR SNAP RECIPIENTS
OR FOR ANYONE IN NEED.