COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 9-2-19
A MAN DIED SATURDAY AFTER FALLING AT
FAWN'S LEAP IN HAINES FALLS. STATE
POLICE SAY THE VICTIM WAS HANGING
ONTO A ROCK LEDGE, WHEN A PORTION
BROKE OFF. THEY WENT ON TO SAY, HE
WAS A CADET CANDIDATE AT WEST POINT.
THEY ARE WITHHOLDING HIS NAME FOR
34 HOURS, DUE TO DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE POLICY.
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT SATURDAY MORNING
IN GREENVILLE. TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED
ON ROUTE 81 AT COUNTY ROUTE 26A JUST
BEFORE 9. A 60 YEAR OLD MAN WAS PINNED
IN THE VEHICLE FOR A PERIOD.
LATER SATURDAY, GREENVILLE FIREFIGHTERS
WERE CALLED TO STEWARTS ON ROUTE 81
AFTER A VEHICLE DROVE OFF WITH THE GAS
HOSE STILL IN THEIR TANK. THERE WAS
GAS LEAKING FROM THE PUMP. NO WORD ON
IF POLICE FOUND THE DRIVER.
LAST NIGHT, FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS
RESPONDED TO AN ACCIDENT AT 11 JENNIFER
LANE IN ANCRAMDALE. A VEHICLE HAD DRIVEN
INTO A POND AND WAS COMPLETELY SUBMERGED.
ALL OCCUPANTS GOT OUT SAFELY. THE CALL CAME
IN JUST BEFORE 10:30.
A LARCENY INVESTIGATION IN NEW LEBANON
HAS LEAD TO THE ARREST OF A WATERFORD
MAN. STATE POLICE ARRESTED 34 YEAR OLD
CHRISTOPHER OWEN AT JOHNSON TRUCKING.
HE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONY GRAND
LARCENY.
AN ANCRAM MAN WAS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF A WEAPON OVER THE WEEKEND.
28 YEAR OLD ROBERT STICKLE WAS CHARGED
BY STATE POLICE, AT A CLAVERACK
BUSINESS ON ROUTE 23B. HE WAS GIVEN
APPEARANCE TICKETS FOR COURT.
A BRUSH FIRE BROUGHT WINDHAM FIREMEN
TO 81 HICKORY HILL ROAD SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. THE FIRE HAD SPREAD TO A
TREE. IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER NOON.
TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY OF THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY FAIR. TODAY'S ENTERTAINMENT
AT THE FREE GRANDSTAND IS THE PAINTED
PONY RODEO. THE WARM-UPS BEGIN AT 3,
WITH THE FULL RODEO STARTING AT 5.