COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 7-6-19
FIRE LAST NIGHT CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE
TO THE TIVOLI FIREHOUSE. THE CALL
FIRST CAME IN AROUND 10. WHEN FIREFIGHTERS
ARRIVED, FLAMES WERE SHOOTING FROM THE
FRONT OF THE BUILDING. ONE TRUCK WAS
SAVED. ANOTHER TRUCK AND AMBULANCE WERE
DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE
CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
CATSKILL FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO A
HOME ON SOUTH JEFFERSON AVENUE LAST NIGHT,
AFTER A CALLER REPORTED THAT A TREE
BROUGHT WIRES DOWN ON A HOME, AND IT WAS
BURNING. UNITS RESPONDED JUST BEFORE 11:30.
IT WAS A STOVE FIRE THAT BROUGHT SEVERAL
FIRE COMPANIES TO A HOME AT 19 DIVISION
STREET IN HUNTER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
THE CALL CAME IN JUST AFTER 5:30. WE'RE
TOLD THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT QUICKLY.
A 62 YEAR OLD MAN WAS INJURED FRIDAY
AFTERNOON, WHEN HIS CAR STRUCK A BEAR
IN CATSKILL. IT HAPPENED ON ROUTE 32
NEAR THE FORMER CARSON CITY.
A TWO CAR ACCIDENT ABOUT A MILE UP
THE ROAD LEFT A 51 YEAR OLD WOMAN
INJURED FRIDAY. THAT CRASH WAS ON ROUTE
32 AT HEARTS CONTENT ROAD
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ON THE
SCENE OF A SERIOUS ACCIDENT YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON IN ATHENS. THE CRASH WAS
ON SCHOHARIE TURNPIKE NEAR PHEASANT
LANE AROUND 4.
A CATSKILL WOMAN WILL SPEND THE
NEXT 4 AND A HALF YEARS IN
PRISON, FOR SELLING COCAINE.
BRITANY DERR PLEAD GUILTY LAST
MONTH IN GREENE COUNTY COURT.
SHE WAS ARRESTED IN A MARCH DRUG
RAID ON MAIN STREET.
THE HUDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTS
THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, THEY WILL BE
DOING TRAINING TOMORROW MORNING
IN THE BUILDINGS SCHEDULED TO
BE TORN DOWN, NEXT TO STEWARTS
ON FAIRVIEW AVENUE. THE STREETS
WILL REMAIN OPEN, BUT IT WOULD BE
A GOOD IDEA TO AVOID THE AREA.
INDEPENDENCE DAY WILL BE CELEBRATED
THIS MORNING IN EAST DURHAM. THE
ANNUAL PARADE GETS UNDERWAY AT 11
ALONG ROUTE 145.
THERE ARE TWO COMMUNITIES HOLDING
FIREWORKS TONIGHT. GERMANTOWN
AND EAST DURHAM WILL BOTH HAVE
LIGHT SHOWS STARTING AT DUSK.