COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 4-23-19
NEW YORK STATE HAS BOUGHT OVER 1100
ACRES OF COLUMBIA COUNTY LAND. IN A
MONDAY MORNING PRESS CONFERENCE,
THE STATE DEC ANNOUNCED IT HAS ACQUIRED
590 ACRES ALONG THE HUDSON RIVER IN
STOCKPORT, AND 524 ACRES IN NEW LEBANON,
WHICH WILL DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE HAND
HOLLOW STATE FOREST. BOTH WERE BOUGHT
FOR 6.7 MILLION.
GREENVILLE FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED
MONDAY, TO ASSIST WITH A TRACTOR
TRAILER FIRE IN THE TOWN OF COEYMANS.
THE TRUCK, CARRYING FOOD ITEMS,
CAUGHT FIRE AFTER COLLIDING WITH A
CAR ON ROUTE 32. THE DRIVER OF THE
CAR WAS TREATED AT ALBANY MED. SHE
WAS TICKETED BY POLICE.
CREWS WERE ALSO ON THE SCENE OF AN
ACCIDENT EARLY MONDAY MORNING IN
NIVERVILLE. THE CRASH WAS ON STATE
FARM ROAD, IN FROM ROUTE 9.
IT WAS A VEHICLE FIRE THAT BROUGHT
COXSACKIE FIREMEN TO THE THRUWAY
YESTERDAY MORNING. IT WAS REPORTED
IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES, JUST
BEFORE 2.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN GREENPORT
HAS A TOWN MAN UNDER ARREST. STATE
POLICE CHARGED 49 YEAR OLD ORLANDO
WILLIAMS WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND
CHILD ENDANGERMENT. HE WAS HELD
AFTER BEING CHARGED.
THE STATE'S BAN ON SINGLE USE PLASTIC
BAGS WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE
GOVERNOR MONDAY. IT WILL GO INTO
EFFECT NEXT MARCH. ON TOP OF THAT,
THE LEGISLATION ALSO ALLOWS LOCAL
COMMUNITIES TO PLACE A FIVE CENT TAX
ON PAPER BAGS.
THE REACH CENTER OF COLUMBIA AND
GREENE COUNTIES ARE HOSTING AN
EVENT ON MAIN STREET IN CATSKILL
TODAY, CALLED TAKE A STEP FORWARD,
WHERE MEN WILL ATTEMPT TO WALK IN
HIGH HEELS, TO RAISE AWARENESS
ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE. IT TAKES PLACE
OUTSIDE THE GREENE COUNTY OFFICE
BUILDING FROM 12:30 TO 1.