COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 5-29-19
CAIRO-DURHAM HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE
SCHOOL WERE EVACUATED YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON, WHEN SMOKE BEGAN FILLING
A CLASSROOM. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE
3 IN CLASSROOM C-2. FIREFIGHTERS
TRACED THE PROBLEM TO A FAILED
TRANSFORMER IN AN AIR CONDITIONING
UNIT. THERE WAS SOME SMOKE DAMAGE.
OVER 1700 NATIONAL GRID CUSTOMERS
WERE WITHOUT POWER TUESDAY AFTERNOON
IN PARTS OF CLAVERACK, GREENPORT,
AND HUDSON. THE OUTAGE BEGAN AFTER 1
AND LASTED AN HOUR. THE OUTAGE IS
BEING BLAMED ON DOWNED WIRES IN THE
HUDSON AREA.
HUDSON POLICE REPORT, THE MAN WHO
WAS IN THE SUNDAY NIGHT CONFRONTATION
WITH THREE FEMALE BOUNTY HUNTERS
FROM TENNESSEE, HAD FOUR KNIVES ON
HIM, WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED. 51 YEAR
OLD RANDOLPH BAKER WAS RELEASED ON
500 DOLLARS BAIL, AND WAS REPORTED
TO STILL BE IN HUDSON.
A SEX OFFENDER FROM NEW LEBANON, THAT
WAS FOUND IN TROY AFTER A SEARCH LAST
DECEMBER, WAS SENTENCED TUESDAY TO A
YEAR IN THE COLUMBIA COUNTY JAIL. 34
YEAR OLD RUSSELL MEYER HAD PLEAD GUILTY
TO FAILURE TO REGISTER AS A SEX
OFFENDER IN COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT.
ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO COLUMBIA
MEMORIAL, AFTER AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY
MORNING IN WEST GHENT. THE CRASH
WAS JUST BEFORE 9 ON ROUTE 9H.
CATSKILL FIRE AND AMBULANCE WERE
ON THE SCENE OF TWO ACCIDENTS TUESDAY.
THE FIRST WAS ON CAUTERSKILL AVENUE,
WHERE A CAR STRUCK A UTILITY POLE.
THE SECOND WAS A TWO CAR CRASH ON
ROUTE 23.
THERE WAS NO BIG WINNER IN LAST NIGHT'S
MEGA MILLIONS DRAWING. THE NEW YORK
LOTTERY REPORTS THAT THE JACKPOT FOR
FRIDAY WILL BE 444 MILLION DOLLARS.