COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 8-1-19
A LOCAL DAIRY HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON
THEIR UNPASTEURIZED RAW MILK, AFTER
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AND MARKETS SAID IT TESTED POSITIVE
FOR LISTERIA. THE CHURCHTOWN DAIRY
SAYS THEY IMMEDIATELY PULLED ALL
THEIR MILK FROM THE COOLER AND
WILL NOT SELL AGAIN, UNTIL THEY
GET AN ALL-CLEAR FROM THE STATE.
THREE CENTRAL NEW YORK RESIDENTS
ARE IN THE GREENE COUNTY JAIL ON
FELONY DRUG CHARGES, AFTER A TRAFFIC
STOP ON THE THRUWAY IN CATSKILL.
SARAH TENNENT, JOSE GARCIA, AND
SAMUEL VELAZQUES WERE ALL CHARGED
ON 15 COUNTS OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, WITH
INTENT TO SELL. POLICE RECOVERED
KETAMINE IN THE STOP.
A TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE 22 IN NEW
LEBANON ENDED WITH A VERMONT MAN
FACING FELONY CHARGES. 22 YEAR OLD
RAEF CORNELL WAS CHARGED BY STATE
POLICE WITH FOUR COUNTS OF CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
TWO OTHERS FACE LESSER CHARGES.
POLICE SAY THEY RECOVERED
HALLUCINOGENS.
A BURGLARY INVESTIGATION THAT
BEGAN IN APRIL IN COXSACKIE, HAS
LEAD TO THE ARREST OF A TOWN MAN.
35 YEAR OLD IAN SHELHAMER WAS
CHARGED WITH BURGLARY, CRIMINAL
MISCHIEF, AND PETIT LARCENY.
COLUMBIA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IS
GETTING OVER 17 MILLION DOLLARS
FROM NEW YORK STATE, ONE OF 25
AWARDS ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY BY
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. THE PLAN
SAYS, THE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO
HELP COVER THE HOSPITAL'S DEBT.
FIREFIGHTERS AND OTHER EMERGENCY
MEDICAL RESPONDERS CAN NOW REMOVE
ANIMALS FROM HOT CARS, UNDER A NEW
LAW SIGNED YESTERDAY BY THE
GOVERNOR. THE LAW IS DESIGNED TO
REDUCE WAIT TIME WHEN SOMEONE REPORTS
THAT A PET IS IN DANGER.