COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 9-20-19
A 67 YEAR OLD MAN WAS KILLED THURSDAY
AFTERNOON, WHEN HIS FARM TRACTOR WAS
STRUCK BY A DUMP TRUCK ON ROUTE 9 AT
YATES ROAD IN GREENPORT. STATE POLICE
SAY, THE TRACTOR FAILED TO YIELD THE
RIGHT OF WAY. STUART MEISNER OF
HUDSON WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE
SCENE. THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS TAKEN
TO COLUMBIA MEMORIAL.
OVER HALF A DOZEN FIRE COMPANIES WERE
ON THE SCENE LAST NIGHT, WHEN FIRE
BROKE OUT AT A HOME IN GREENPORT. THE
CALL CAME IN AROUND 7:45 AT 14 FABIANO
BOULEVARD. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT
QUICKLY, AND CONTAINED TO THE OUTSIDE
OF THE HOME. THE CAUSE IS UNDER
INVESTIGATION.
FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON THE SCENE OF TWO
GARBAGE TRUCK FIRES IN THE TOWN OF
CATSKILL THURSDAY. THE TRUCK HAD IT'S
LOAD FULLY INVOLVED IN THE FIRST, ON RAMSEY
SCHOOL ROAD. THE SECOND TOOK PLACE AT
THE GREENE COUNTY TRANSFER STATION ON
ROUTE 385.
A COEYMANS MAN IS IN THE GREENE COUNTY
JAIL ON FELONY CHARGES FROM AN INCIDENT
SUNDAY IN THE TOWN OF DURHAM. 24 YEAR
OLD MIGUEL COLON-ORTIZ WAS CHARGED BY
STATE POLICE WITH ASSAULT, WITH INTENT
TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY, AND CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF A WEAPON. HE WAS HELD
WITHOUT BAIL.
COLUMBIA AND GREENE COUNTIES SAW AN
INCREASE IN NEW JOBS, DURING THE 12 MONTH
PERIOD ENDING IN AUGUST. NUMBERS FROM
THE STATE LABOR DEPARTMENT SHOW, COLUMBIA
WAS UP 2.8 PERCENT. GREENE COUNTY ROSE
1.9 PERCENT.
THE ANNUAL WALK TO REMEMBER THOSE THAT
WERE LOST TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TAKES PLACE
TONIGHT IN CHATHAM. THE MEMORIAL WALK
AND CANDLELIGHT VIGIL STARTS AT 6 FROM
TRACY HALL ON MAIN STREET. IT'S SPONSORED
BY COLUMBIA COUNTY PATHWAYS TO RECOVERY.