COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 9-23-19
A 60 YEAR OLD MAN WAS AIRLIFTED TO
ALBANY MED SATURDAY NIGHT, AFTER AN
ATV ACCIDENT IN ATHENS. IT HAPPENED
JUST AFTER 9 ON HIGH HILL ROAD. THE
MAN'S INJURIES WERE SERIOUS.
OTHER ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND
THAT BROUGHT AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE,
WERE ON ROUTE 23B IN CATSKILL,
COUNTY ROUTE 13 IN OLD CHATHAM,
ROUTE 9W IN ATHENS, AND SKY VIEW
LANE IN NIVERVILLE.
GREENE COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS
WERE ON THE SCENE OF TWO SHED FIRES
SATURDAY. THE FIRST WAS ON BOGARDUS
ROAD IN CAIRO. THE SECOND WAS ON
CAIRO JUNCTION ROAD IN LEEDS.
AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS TREATED FOR
POSSIBLE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
LAST NIGHT IN COXSACKIE. CREWS
WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON NEW
STREET JUST AFTER 9 AFTER RESIDENTS
WERE REPORTED TO TO BE ILL.
AN INVESTIGATION INTO A THEFT
REPORTED IN AUGUST, IN CATSKILL,
HAS A CAIRO MAN FACING FELONY
CHARGES. 45 YEAR OLD JOHN GALLAGHER
WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, AND GRAND
LARCENY. HE'S ACCUSED OF STEALING
A CREDIT CARD.
TWO PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED ON
FELONY DRUG CHARGES AFTER A TRAFFIC
STOP ON WEST MAIN STREET IN CATSKILL.
24 YEAR OLD VAUGHNTELE RYAN OF
ELIZAVILLE AND 29 YEAR OLD REBECCA
AUSTIN OF SELKIRK WERE CHARGED
WITH CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, WITH
INTENT TO SELL, AND CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS.
A FORMER COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF WILL
BE HONORED THIS MORNING FOR HIS MILITARY
SERVICE. THE CEREMONY FOR TECH SERGEANT
PAUL PROPER WILL TAKE PLACE AT 401 STATE
STREET IN HUDSON AT 9.