COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 5-6-19
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD TODAY
FOR A FORMER SUPERVISOR OF TAGHKANIC,
WHO PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK AT COLUMBIA
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. BETTY YOUNG SERVED
THE TOWN FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SHE WAS
88. IT TAKES PLACE AT THE PECK AND PECK
FUNERAL HOME IN COPAKE STARTING AT 11.
OPPONENTS OF THE GREENE COUNTY JAIL HAVE
FOUND A NEW REASON TO PROTEST IT. A RALLY
WAS HELD ON THE STEPS OF THE GREENE COUNTY
COURTHOUSE SUNDAY, ASKING LEGISLATORS
TO RECONSIDER BUILDING THE NEW JAIL BECAUSE
OF THE STATE'S NEW BAIL LAW, WHICH, THEY SAY,
WILL LOWER THE JAIL'S POPULATION. GROUND-
BREAKING FOR THE NEW JAIL IN COXSACKIE IS
EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE LATER THIS MONTH.
A 38 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS INJURED WAS
TAKEN TO ALBANY MED SATURDAY MORNING
AFTER SHE CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL ON THE
THRUWAY. LEEDS FIRE AND CATSKILL AMBULANCE
RESPONDED TO THE NORTHBOUND LANES JUST
BEFORE 7:30.
MULTIPLE AGENCIES WERE CALLED TO ROCK
CITY ROAD IN OLD CHATHAM SATURDAY, AFTER
A FULLY LOADED MILK TANKER OVERTURNED
AND BEGAN LOSING IT'S LOAD. THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAY'S THE DRIVER,
37 YEAR OLD RONNIE HARE OF HYDE PARK
REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT. HARE WAS ALSO
THE DRIVER OF A MILK TANKER THAT OVERTURNED
LAST SEPTEMBER IN ANCRAM.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ON THE SCENE
OF A SERIOUS ACCIDENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
IN CAIRO. SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN
THE TWO CAR CRASH ON ROUTE 23 AT COUNTY
ROUTE 31.
TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WERE CHECKED OUT BY
GREENPORT RESCUE SUNDAY MORNING, AFTER
A C.O. DETECTOR WENT OFF IN HUDSON.
CITY FIREMEN RESPONDED TO AN APARTMENT
AT 357 UNION STREET JUST BEFORE 7:30.
A LOW LEVEL OF CARBON MONOXIDE WAS FOUND,
DUE TO AN APPLIANCE.
IT WAS A VEHICLE FIRE THAT BROUGHT
PALENVILLE FIREFIGHTERS TO 528 BOGART
ROAD SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE CALL CAME
IN AROUND 4:45.
BRIDGE REPLACEMENT HAS BEGUN ON THE
TACONIC PARKWAY OVER COUNTY ROUTE 27.
STATE D O T OFFICIALS SAY TRAFFIC WILL
BE DOWN TO ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION
THROUGH NEXT FALL.