COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 8-9-19
POWER CREWS ARE BACK THIS MORNING,
RESTORING POWER TO OVER 7000 CUSTOMERS
THAT WERE IN THE DARK, FOLLOWING
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON'S STORMS. THERE
WERE OVER TWO DOZEN REPORTS OF TREES
AND WIRES DOWN ACROSS THE AREA. THIS
MORNING, THERE ARE ABOUT 200 OUT IN
GREENE COUNTY AND 1500 IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY. ALL COMPANIES ARE ESTIMATING
TO HAVE EVERYONE BACK UP BY MID-
MORNING.
THE RED CROSS IS ASSISTING A FAMILY
OF SEVEN, AFTER FIRE DAMAGED THEIR
HOME THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN FREEHOLD.
FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE
HOUSE ON ROUTE 32, AFTER SMOKE WAS
SEEN COMING FROM THE STRUCTURE.
THE GREENE COUNTY FIRE INVESTIGATION
TEAM IS LOOKING INTO THE CAUSE.
A MAN IN HIS 60'S WAS TREATED FOR
INJURIES YESTERDAY, FOLLOWING A
ONE CAR ACCIDENT IN CAIRO. THE
MAN'S CAR REPORTEDLY STRUCK A
TREE, SOME SIGNS, AND A UTILITY
POLE, BEFORE COMING TO REST ON
MAIN STREET. CALLERS REPORTED THE
CAR WAS GOING AT A HIGH RATE OF
SPEED.
A ROMANIAN MAN, HAS PLEAD GUILTY
TO PLACING SKIMMERS ON CAPITAL
REGION BANK ATM'S TO STEAL
ACCOUNT INFORMATION. SEVERAL OF THOSE
WERE IN COLUMBIA COUNTY. 32 YEAR
OLD GHEORGHE CIRSTEA FACES UP TO
FIVE YEARS IN PRISON, WHEN HE IS
SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT DECEMBER
12TH.
TWO COLUMBIA COUNTY TOWNS WILL
SOON HAVE A CHOICE, ON WHO
PROVIDES THEIR CABLE AND
INTERNET. THE STATE PUBLIC
SERVICE COMMISSION SAYS, BOTH
AUSTERLITZ AND ANCRAM HAVE
ENTERED INTO AGREEMENTS WITH
BERKSHIRE CABLE. RIGHT NOW,
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
THOSE AREAS.
IT IS NOW A FELONY CRIME, TO
INTENTIONALLY CAUSE A CAR ACCIDENT,
TO FRAUD AN INSURANCE COMPANY.
THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THE LAW THURSDAY,
WHICH IS NAMED AFTER ALICE ROSS, A
71 YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER, WHO WAS
KILLED IN A 2003 STAGED ACCIDENT IN
QUEENS.