COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 3-25-19
IT WAS A BUSY WEEKEND FOR FIRE AND
RESCUE CREWS ON AREA ROADS, WITH A
NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT IN CHATHAM A CAR
CRASHED INTO A HOUSE AT 21 CENTER
STREET. ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO
ALBANY MED. CHATHAM WAS BACK OUT
TWO HOURS LATER, WHEN A CAR ROLLED
OVER ON ROUTE 295.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, EAST CHATHAM
FIRE AND CHATHAM RESCUE WERE CALLED
TO AN AREA OF COUNTY ROUTE 9,
WHEN A VEHICLE WENT INTO A POND.
THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE DRIVER OUT.
SATURDAY NIGHT, TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN
TO COLUMBIA MEMORIAL AFTER AN ACCIDENT
AT THE BELLS POND INTERSECTION IN
LIVINGSTON.
TWO MORE WERE INJURED SUNDAY MORNING,
WHEN TWO CARS COLLIDED AT ROUTES 9G
AND 23 IN GREENPORT. AND IN GHENT,
CREWS HAD TO REMOVE TWO OCCUPANTS
AFTER A CRASH HAD THEM TRAPPED IN
THE CAR ON KONIG ROAD.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, AUSTERLITZ FIRE
WAS ALSO ON THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT
ON COUNTY ROUTE 9.
A TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE 9H IN
KINDERHOOK HAS LANDED A MONTGOMERY
COUNTY MAN IN THE COLUMBIA COUNTY
JAIL. 41 YEAR OLD FLOYD LACHANCE
WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, WITH INTENT TO SELL AND
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS.
NEW YORK STATE HAS ACQUIRED 50
ACRES OF LAND IN GREENE COUNTY FOR
ONE DOLLAR. THE LAND HAD BEEN OWNED
BY THE MABY FAMILY SINCE 1896. IT
WILL BECOME PART OF THE NEW YORK
FOREST PRESERVE, WHICH IS IN THE
TOWNS OF HUNTER AND CATSKILL.