COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 8-20-19
A PALENVILLE MAN FACES A LONG LIST
OF CHARGES, AFTER AN INCIDENT ON
ROUTE 32 IN CATSKILL AND SAUGERTIES.
STATE POLICE CHARGED 48 YEAR OLD
JAMES VANVALKENBERG WITH FLEEING AN
OFFICER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, RECKLESS
DRIVING, CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, AND DRIVING
WITHOUT A LICENSE. HE WAS HELD ON
CASH BAIL.
STATE POLICE CHARGED A HUDSON WOMAN
WITH FELONY ROBBERY, AFTER AN
INCIDENT SUNDAY. 53 YEAR OLD KIM
BANKS WAS ARRESTED AT A PRIVATE
RESIDENCE ON ROUTE 217 IN MELLENVILLE.
SHE HAS A SCHEDULED COURT APPEARANCE.
CAIRO FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO
THE RESURRECTION LUTHERAN CHURCH
MONDAY MORNING, FOR AN ELECTRICAL FIRE.
THE CALLER REPORTED WIRES ON THE
ROOF WERE ARCHING. CHILDREN, WHO WERE
ATTENDING VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL,
WERE EVACUATED FROM THE BUILDING. THERE
WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.
HUDSON FIREMEN RESPONDED TO COLUMBIA
TURNPIKE LAST EVENING, WHEN A TRACTOR
TRAILER PULLED DOWN LIVE ELECTRIC
LINES. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED JUST
AFTER 6. POWER WAS OUT TO THE AREA.
NATIONAL GRID WAS CALLED IN TO MAKE
REPAIRS.
A CAR FIRE BROUGHT CHURCHTOWN
FIREFIGHTERS TO A HOME ON ROUTE 23
IN CLAVERACK MONDAY MORNING. THE
CALL CAME IN JUST BEFORE 10
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ON THE
SCENE OF A TWO CAR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON IN AUSTERLITZ. MINOR
INJURIES WERE REPORTED IN THE CRASH
ON ROUTE 203 AT COUNTY ROUTE 9.
A LAWNMOWER WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE
MONDAY AFTERNOON IN ANCRAM. THE
EQUIPMENT WAS FULLY INVOLVED WHEN
FIREMEN ARRIVED ON ROCHE LANE
JUST BEFORE 2:30.
NEW YORK WILL BE ISSUING NEW
LICENSE PLATES TO VEHICLES, WHEN
THEY RENEW THEIR REGISTRATION, STARTING
NEXT APRIL. THE NEW PLATE WILL BE
THE ONE THAT GETS THE MOST VOTES IN
THE CURRENT ONLINE SURVEY. THE NEW
PLATES WILL COST YOU 25 DOLLARS, PLUS
AN EXTRA 20, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR
CURRENT NUMBER.