COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 4-29-19
ONE PERSON WAS RESCUED FROM A BOAT
ON THE HUDSON RIVER SATURDAY, AFTER
IT WAS REPORTED TO BE TAKING ON WATER.
GREENPORT FIRE AND RESCUE WERE FIRST
CALLED AROUND 12:15. AFTER IT WAS
DETERMINED TO BE IN GREENE COUNTY,
CATSKILL FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED.
A CHIMNEY FIRE BROUGHT HUDSON FIREFIGHTERS
TO 15 SOUTH 4TH STREET SUNDAY MORNING.
CATSKILL FIREMEN ASSISTED. CREWS WERE
ON THE SCENE FOR AN HOUR.
AN ACCIDENT BROUGHT KISKATOM FIRE AND
CATSKILL AMBULANCE TO HIGH FALLS ROAD
YESTERDAY MORNING. THE ACCIDENT WAS
REPORTED JUST AFTER 8.
ONE CLERK WAS CHARGED, DURING AN UNDERAGE
ALCOHOL STING FRIDAY NIGHT IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY. STATE POLICE SAY, 41 YEAR OLD
BRENDA BELL SOLD ALCOHOL TO AN UNDERAGE
DECOY, AT THE GERMANTOWN GULF STATION.
AN INCIDENT ON BROOME STREET IN
CATSKILL ENDED WITH A VILLAGE MAN
FACING CHARGES. 60 YEAR OLD MIGUEL
GARCIA WAS CHARGED BY CATSKILL POLICE
WITH MENACING AND CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION
OF BREATHING. HE'LL ANSWER THE CHARGES
IN COURT.
A VANDALISM COMPLAINT IN THE TOWN
OF COXSACKIE HAS LEAD TO THE ARREST
OF AN ATHENS WOMAN. STATE POLICE
CHARGED 60 YEAR OLD KATHERINE ROSS
WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. SHE HAS A
SCHEDULED COURT APPEARANCE.
THE COMMUNITY WILL BE COMING
TOGETHER TONIGHT, TO HELP A GHENT
FAMILY, THAT WAS BURNED OUT OF THEIR
HOME EARLIER THIS MONTH. A BENEFIT
SPAGHETTI DINNER FOR THE ROSSMAN FAMILY
WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE CHATHAM FIREHOUSE
FROM 4 TO 8. THE FIRE WAS APRIL 11TH
AT THEIR HOME ON GEORGE ROAD.
THE GROUP, HOPING TO KEEP THE IMAGE
OF RIP VAN WINKLE ALIVE IN CATSKILL,
IS MAKING PLANS FOR A FESTIVAL IN THE
VILLAGE. THEY'VE SET THE DATE OF
JUNE 22ND, FOR WHAT THEY HOPE TURNS
INTO AN ANNUAL EVENT ON MAIN STREET.