COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 3-18-19
A WOMAN IN HER 50'S WAS RUSHED TO
ALBANY MED SATURDAY MORNING, AFTER
SHE WAS STRUCK BY A CAR IN HUDSON.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED JUST AFTER
8:30 ON NORTH SECOND STREET AT
PRISON ALLEY.
QUICK WORK BY FIREFIGHTERS, KEPT
DAMAGE TO A MINIMUM SATURDAY IN
VALATIE. FIVE FIRE COMPANIES WERE
CALLED TO 3028 MAIN STREET JUST
AFTER 2:30, WHEN FIRE BROKE OUT
IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.
CREWS WERE ON THE SCENE ABOUT
90 MINUTES.
FIRE LAST NIGHT BROUGHT SEVERAL
FIRE COMPANIES TO 107 RIDERS MILLS ROAD
IN OLD CHATHAM. THE FIRE BROKE OUT IN
A BARN. IT WAS PUT OUT QUICKLY WITH
MINIMAL DAMAGE.
DOWNED POWER LINES KNOCKED OUT
ELECTRIC FOR OVER 300 NATIONAL GRID
CUSTOMERS SUNDAY MORNING IN TAGHKANIC.
FIRE CREWS RESPONDED TO AN AREA OFF
COUNTY ROUTE 15, WHEN THE DOWNED
WIRES STARTED A BRUSH FIRE. POWER
WAS OUT FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
A TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE 295 IN
CANAAN HAS LANDED A CONNECTICUT MAN
IN THE COLUMBIA COUNTY JAIL. STATE
POLICE SAY, 43 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER
ROBERTS WAS IN POSSESSION OF A
LOADED FIREARM. HE WAS ALSO CHARGED
WITH DRUG POSSESSION AND DWI.
A PALENVILLE WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO
THE ULSTER COUNTY JAIL, AFTER SHE
ROLLED HE CAR OVER ON ROUTE 32A
IN SAUGERTIES. POLICE SAY, 24 YEAR
OLD BETHANY HUGHES WAS DRIVING WHILE
INTOXICATED, ON A CONDITIONAL LICENSE.
SHE WAS CONVICTED IN JANUARY OF
DWAI. BAIL WAS SET AT 10,000 DOLLARS
ROUTE 295 IN CHATHAM WAS CLOSED FOR
AN HOUR SATURDAY, WHEN A CAR SNAPPED
A UTILITY POLE. POLICE SAY, THE DRIVER
REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT. NYSEG
REPLACED THE POLE.