COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 4-27-19
THIS WEEKEND IS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
RECRUITMENT WEEKEND ACROSS THE STATE.
IN GREENE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES, THERE
ARE AROUND A DOZEN FIRE COMPANIES THAT
ARE HOLDING OPEN HOUSES. A COMPLETE
LIST IS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
TODAY IS ALSO PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE
BACK DAY. LOCALLY, THERE ARE THREE
LOCATIONS THAT YOU CAN BRING YOUR
OLD AND OUTDATED PRESCRIPTIONS, SO
THEY CAN BE DISPOSED OF PROPERLY.
THE WINDHAM PHARMACY, THE CVS IN
CAIRO, AND THE HUDSON POLICE STATION
WILL ALL BE COLLECTING FROM 10 TO 2.
A CAIRO MAN IS FACING FELONY CHARGES,
AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE 23.
34 YEAR OLD THOMAS WINN WAS CHARGED
WITH TWO COUNTS OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BY STATE
POLICE. THEY REPORT, THAT A QUANTITY
OF LSD WAS RECOVERED.
THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
SAYS, A HUDSON WOMAN WAS IN POSSESSION
OF CRACK COCAINE, DURING A TRAFFIC
STOP ON FAIRVIEW AVENUE IN GREENPORT.
43 YEAR OLD CHASITY CAROTHERS IS
SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN GREENPORT TOWN
COURT.
AN EAST DURHAM MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT ON THURSDAY.
19 YEAR OLD DUANE WALCOTT WAS CHARGED
BY STATE POLICE WITH ASSAULT, MENACING,
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, AND AGGRAVATED
HARASSMENT.
NEW YORK STATE HANDED OUT OVER 2.2
MILLION DOLLARS IN CONSERVATION GRANTS
TO LAND TRUSTS THIS WEEK. LOCALLY,
THE COLUMBIA LAND CONSERVANCY IS
GETTING 85 THOUSAND. THE GREENE LAND
TRUST WAS AWARDED 31 THOUSAND.
THE COMMUNITY WILL BE COMING
TOGETHER TOMORROW MORNING, TO HELP
A LOCAL WOMAN WITH MEDICAL COSTS,
AS SHE CONTINUES TO FIGHT CANCER.
A BENEFIT PANCAKE BREAKFAST FOR
CHRISTINE DEROCHA WILL TAKE PLACE AT
THE COPAKE COMMUNITY CENTER FROM
8 TO NOON.