COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 3-13-19
QUICK ACTION BY GREENPORT FIREFIGHTERS,
STOPPED A FIRE AT MIRROR IMAGE HAIR
SALON TUESDAY MORNING. FIREMEN WERE
CALLED TO THE SCENE ON FAIRVIEW AVENUE
JUST AFTER 9:30. THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED
TO A BACK PORCH AND SIDING. THE CAUSE
WAS DETERMINED TO BE CARELESS SMOKING.
A BURGLARY INVESTIGATION FROM NOVEMBER
IN CAIRO HAS LEAD TO THE ARREST OF
A TOWN MAN. 24 YEAR OLD MICHAEL
TAYLOR WAS CHARGED MONDAY AT THE
STATE POLICE BARRACKS WITH FELONY
BURGLARY. HE WAS HELD AFTER HIS
ARREST.
THE TWO HUDSON RESIDENTS, ARRESTED
IN A FREDERICK STREET DRUG RAID
LAST MONTH, WERE IN COLUMBIA COUNTY
COURT MONDAY. RENELL HARRINGTON
AND REBECCA COOK WERE ARRAIGNED
AFTER THEIR INDICTMENT ON FELONY
CHARGES. A TRIAL DATE WAS SET FOR
AUGUST.
ALSO IN COUNTY COURT, THE TWO QUEENS
MEN ACCUSED OF HAVING COUNTERFEIT
100 DOLLAR BILLS IN GHENT, WERE ALSO
ARRAIGNED. EDWARD DUCHE AND JUNIOR
FERREIRA WERE INDICTED BY A GRAND
JURY. THEIR TRIAL IS SCHEDULED
FOR JULY.
A CHIMNEY FIRE BROUGHT FIREFIGHTERS
TO A NEW LEBANON HOME LAST NIGHT.
THE CALL CAME IN JUST AFTER 8:30
AT 50 CHURCH HILL ROAD.
JOB NUMBERS ARE OUT FOR JANUARY,
AND THE HUDSON VALLEY REGION HAD
THE LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE
STATE. COLUMBIA COUNTY LEAD THE
WAY WITH 3.7 PERCENT. GREENE
COUNTY WAS AT 4.7.
WITH NO BIG WINNER IN MONTHS, THE
POWERBALL JACKPOT HAS GROWN. TOP PRIZE
FOR TONIGHT'S DRAWING IS UP TO 448
MILLION DOLLARS.