COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 3-20-19
FIRE CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO A TOWN
OF CLAVERACK HOME YESTERDAY MORNING
NINE FIRE COMPANIES RESPONDED TO 139
LOCKWOOD ROAD JUST BEFORE 4. THE HOME'S
OCCUPANTS GOT OUT OK. THE CAUSE IS
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
GREENE COUNTY HAS STOPPED HOUSING
INMATES AT THE ULSTER COUNTY JAIL,
CHOOSING INSTEAD TO HOUSE THEM IN
ALBANY COUNTY. SHERIFF GREG SEELEY TOLD
US TUESDAY, THAT THE COST FOR BOTH
JAILS IS THE SAME, BUT ALBANY IS CLOSER.
ULSTER COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL
LOSE AN ESTIMATED 730 THOUSAND DOLLARS
BECAUSE OF THE SWITCH.
LEEDS FIRE AND CATSKILL AMBULANCE WERE
CALLED TO AN ACCIDENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
ON ROUTE 23. EASTBOUND TRAFFIC AT CAUTERSKILL
ROAD WAS SLOWED WHILE CREWS WORKED ON THE
INJURED.
OTHER ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY THAT BROUGHT
AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WERE IN THE
PARKING LOT OF THE HUDSON WALMART,
WHERE A VEHICLE BROUGHT DOWN A LIGHT
POLE, AND AT THE CORNER OF NEW AND
MECHANIC STREETS IN VALATIE.
A FORMER GREENE COUNTY MAN WAS IN
COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT TUESDAY, TO
BA ARRAIGNED ON CHARGES OF FAILING TO
REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER. THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY D.A.'S OFFICE SAYS
A TRIAL DATE FOR 37 YEAR OLD EUGENE
COBBINS HAS BEEN SET FOR AUGUST 12TH.
THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
ANNOUNCED TUESDAY, THAT 62.5 MILLION
DOLLARS IN CREDITS, HAVE BEGUN FOR
SPECTRUM CUSTOMERS.THE CREDITS WERE
PART OF A SETTLEMENT WITH THE A.G.'S
OFFICE LAST YEAR.
THE POWERBALL JACKPOT CONTINUES TO
GO UP. THE NEW YORK LOTTERY REPORTS
THAT TONIGHT'S JACKPOT HAS JUMPED
TO 550 MILLION DOLLARS.