COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 10-21-19
ONE PERSON WAS BEING DETAINED FOR
QUESTIONING, AFTER A BOMB THREAT
LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT COLUMBIA
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. IT HAPPENED AROUND 6.
HUDSON POLICE CHIEF EDWARD MOORE SAYS
NOTHING WAS FOUND. HUDSON AND GREENPORT
FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE ON STAND-BY.
FIVE FIRE COMPANIES WERE ON THE
SCENE OF A CHIMNEY FIRE YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON IN NEW LEBANON. THE FIRE
SPREAD TO THE STRUCTURE AT 1542 ROUTE
20. CREWS WERE ON THE SCENE FOR
OVER TWO HOURS.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE KEPT BUSY
OVER THE WEEKEND IN COLUMBIA AND
GREENE COUNTIES.
A MAN WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AFTER
HIS BICYCLE COLLIDED WITH A CAR IN
CATSKILL. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED
AROUND 2 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT MAIN
AND CHURCH STREETS.
CATSKILL FIRE AND AMBULANCE TREATED
MAN WITH HEAD INJURIES, AFTER HIS
CAR ROLLED OVER IN THE WOODS ON
ROUTE 9W. THE CRASH WAS SOUTH OF
LEHIGH ROAD.
ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO BERKSHIRE
MEDICAL CENTER, AFTER TWO VEHICLES,
BOTH PULLING TRAILERS, COLLIDED
SUNDAY IN NEW LEBANON. IT HAPPENED
JUST AFTER 5 ON ROUTE 20.
A WAYNE COUNTY WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF
TRYING TO BEING DRUGS INTO COXSACKIE
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OVER THE
WEEKEND. 39 YEAR OLD RACHEL WADE OF
SAVANNAH WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE
WITH BRINGING CONTRABAND INTO PRISON
AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE.
IT WAS A BRUSH FIRE THAT BROUGHT
CATSKILL FIREMEN TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS
OFF MAPLE AVENUE SATURDAY. SMOKE FROM
THE FIRE MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO ROUTE 23.
A TRANSFORMER EXPLOSION WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR A POWER OUTAGE SATURDAY IN DURHAM.
THE CALL CAME IN JUST AFTER 12:30
ON MACKEY ROAD.