COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 3-19-19
TODAY IS VILLAGE ELECTION DAY. OF THE
9 VILLAGES ACROSS COLUMBIA AND GREENE
COUNTIES, FIVE HAVE CONTESTED RACES.
IN CHATHAM, FIVE CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING
FOR THREE VILLAGE BOARD SEATS.
IN PHILMONT, THERE IS A RACE FOR MAYOR,
AND 3 RUNNING FOR TWO SEATS ON THE BOARD.
IN CATSKILL, FOUR CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING
FOR TWO VILLAGE BOARD SEATS.
IN ATHENS THERE IS A THREE WAY RACE FOR
MAYOR, PLUS FOUR RUNNING FOR TWO BOARD SEATS.
AND IN TANNERSVILLE, THERE ARE ALSO FOUR
RUNNING FOR TWO VILLAGE BOARD SEATS.
POLLS ARE OPEN FROM NOON TO 9.
A DRUG RAID ON MAIN STREET IN CATSKILL
HAS LANDED TWO RESIDENTS IN THE GREENE
COUNTY JAIL ON FELONY DRUG AND WEAPON
CHARGES. CATSKILL POLICE REPORT THE
ARREST OF 29 YEAR OLD BRITANY DERR
AND 32 YEAR OLD KINARD GETAW. POLICE
RECOVERED COCAINE AND A HANDGUN. BAIL
WAS SET AT 50,000 DOLLARS.
CATSKILL FIRE AND THE GREENE COUNTY
HAZ-MAT TEAM WERE CALLED TO THE CATSKILL
TRANSFER STATION MONDAY MORNING, AFTER
A CAR STRUCK A 2000 GALLON FUEL TANK.
CREWS WERE EVENTUALLY ABLE TO STOP THE
LEAK, AND THE STATION WAS RE-OPENED.
A STUYVESANT MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED,
AFTER A ONE CAR ACCIDENT OVER THE
WEEKEND IN KINDERHOOK. THE CRASH WAS
ON COUNTY ROUTE 21, WHERE THE CAR
STRUCK A TREE. THE DRIVER, 22 YEAR
OLD ANDREW SACCO FACES A LONG LIST
OF CHARGES, INCLUDING DWI.
NIVERVILLE FIRE AND VALATIE RESCUE
RESPONDED TO ROUTE 9H, SOUTH OF KEEGAN
ROAD LAST NIGHT, AFTER A CAR STRUCK
A DEER. THE DRIVER HAD MINOR INJURIES.
STATE POLICE INVESTIGATED.