COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 11-2-19
THE MAN WHO IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING ANOTHER
MAN SEVEN TIMES AT A PARTY IN COPAKE LAST
SATURDAY NIGHT WAS ARRAIGNED YESTERDAY
IN COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT. JESUS FIGUERORA
WAS INDICTED ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED
MURDER, ASSAULT, AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF A WEAPON. A TRAIL DATE IS SET FOR
NEXT AUGUST.
POWER COMPANIES MADE GREAT PROGRESS
FRIDAY EVENING IN GREENE AND COLUMBIA
COUNTIES. LATE LAST EVENING NATIONAL
GRID HAD A COUPLE DOZEN OUT. CENTRAL
HUDSON REPORTED AROUND 300 IN THE DARK.
AND NYSEG HAD AROUND 900 WITHOUT POWER.
THEY ARE ALL HOPING TO HAVE EVERYONE
BACK TODAY. CENTRAL HUDSON WILL BE
DISTRIBUTING BOTTLED WATER AND DRY ICE
AT 1 THIS AFTERNOON, AT LOWES IN CATSKILL.
A HUDSON MAN WAS ARRESTED ON FELONY CHARGES
AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE 23-B IN
CLAVERACK. 40 YEAR OLD PERCY COBBINS WAS
CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH CRIMINAL
POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON.
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN CATSKILL ENDED
WITH CHARGED FOR A VILLAGE MAN. 36 YEAR
OLD CRAIG ROWELL WAS CHARGED BY STATE
POLICE WITH ASSAULT AND ACTING IN A
MANNER TO INJURE A CHILD. HE'LL
ANSWER THE CHARGES IN COURT.
GREENVILLE AMBULANCE AND GREENE COUNTY
PARAMEDICS WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON
IRVING ROAD IN GREENVILLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON,
AFTER A ONE YEAR OLD BOY FELL. HE WAS
REPORTED TO BE UNCONSCIOUS AFTER THE
ACCIDENT.
A WOMAN WAS TREATED FOR POSSIBLE CARBON
MONOXIDE POISONING YESTERDAY MORNING AT
A HOME ON NORTH FRANKLIN STREET IN ATHENS.
CATSKILL AMBULANCE AND ATHENS FIRE
RESPONDED TO THE SCENE JUST AFTER 10:30.
IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT BROUGHT
GHENT FIREFIGHTERS TO 53 SOLLER HEIGHTS
ROAD FRIDAY MORNING. THE PROBLEM MAY
HAVE BEEN RELATED TO ELECTRICAL OUTAGES
IN THE AREA.
STUYVESANT FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO
A BRUSH FIRE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IT WAS
ON ROUTE 9J BETWEEN RIVERVIEW STREET
AND GIBBONS ROAD JUST BEFORE 12:30.
TODAY AND TOMORROW ARE THE FINAL TWO
DAYS FOR EARLY VOTING. POLLING LOCATIONS
IN CATSKILL, HUDSON, COPAKE, AND VALATIE
ARE OPEN BOTH DAYS FROM 9 TO 2.