COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 7-13-19
A CONVICTED RAPIST FROM CHATHAM WILL
SPEND THE NEXT 15 YEARS IN PRISON.
44 YEAR OLD MORGAN SHELDON WAS
SENTENCED IN COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT
FOR THE RAPE THAT TOOK PLACE IN
DECEMBER 2017 IN STUYVESANT.
ALL BRANCHES OF KINDERHOOK BANK
CLOSED AT 3PM FRIDAY. WHEN THEY OPEN
MONDAY MORNING, THEY WILL BE COMMUNITY
BANK. SIGNS WERE CHANGED FRIDAY AT
AREA BRANCHES, AND 35 KINDERHOOK
BANK EMPLOYEES WERE LET GO BEFORE THE
FINAL MERGER TOOK PLACE. EARLIER
THIS YEAR, KINDERHOOK BANK WAS SOLD
TO COMMUNITY BANK FOR 93 MILLION.
A LARCENY INVESTIGATION, THAT BEGAN
APRIL 5TH IN CAIRO, HAS ENDED WITH
THE ARREST OF A QUEENS MAN. STATE
POLICE SAY 20 YEAR OLD DANIEL
PONOMARENKO WAS ARRESTED AT JFK AIRPORT
AND CHARGED WITH GRAND LARCENY. HE
WAS HELD ON 10,000 DOLLARS BAIL.
A HUDSON WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF VIOLATING
AN ORDER OF PROTECTION. 25 YEAR OLD
CRYSTAL BELL WAS CHARGED BY COLUMBIA
COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WITH
CRIMINAL CONTEMPT. SHE'LL ANSWER THE
CHARGES IN PHILMONT VILLAGE COURT.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ON THE
SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT FRIDAY, ON THE
THRUWAY IN CATSKILL. JUST BEFORE
3:30, A CALLER REPORTED THAT A WHITE
VAN WENT OVER THE GUARD RAILS IN
THE AREA OF EXIT 21. THE CRASH WAS
IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES.
FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO A CAR
FIRE LAST NIGHT IN THE TOWN OF
HUNTER. IT WAS FIRST REPORTED JUST
AFTER 8 ON ROUTE 23A, BETWEEN THE
CATSKILL TOWN LINE AND FAWN'S LEAP.
THE CATSKILL AMERICAN LEGION POST
CELEBRATES 100 YEARS TODAY. THE PUBLIC
IS WELCOME TO ATTEND THE CELEBRATION
OF THE HONEYFORD MEMORIAL POST 110,
WHICH TAKES PLACE FROM 10 TO 5 AT
THE CATSKILL ELKS LODGE ON NORTH
JEFFERSON AVENUE. A CEREMONY, MARKING
THEIR 100 YEARS, WILL BE HELD AT NOON.
TWO COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS TAKE PLACE
TODAY, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER.
THE ATHENS STREET FESTIVAL AND
PHILMONT COMMUNITY DAY BOTH BEGIN
AT 10 THIS MORNING AND WILL FEATURE
VENDORS, FOOD, AND ENTERTAINMENT.
BOTH WILL END WITH FIREWORKS TONIGHT.