COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 11-5-19
TODAY IS ELECTION DAY. MOST OF THE
CONTESTED RACES TODAY ARE LOCAL AND
TOWN OFFICES. THE BIG RACE IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY IS FOR D.A. INCUMBENT PAUL CZAJKA
IS BEING CHALLENGED THIS YEAR BY EUGENE
KEELER. IN GREENE COUNTY, THE RACE FOR
SHERIFF IS A REMATCH FROM JUNE'S PRIMARY.
REPUBLICAN PETER KUSMINSKI IS FACING
OFF WITH INDEPENDENCE PARTY CANDIDATE
DIANA BENOIT. POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL 9
TONIGHT.
A GREENVILLE MAN IS LISTED IN CRITICAL
CONDITION AT ALBANY MED, AFTER HIS
MOTORCYCLE HIT A DEER ON ROUTE 212 IN
SAUGERTIES. 49 YEAR OLD KYLE LEWIS
WAS AIRLIFTED WITH MASSIVE TRAUMA.
ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO COLUMBIA
MEMORIAL AFTER A TWO CAR ACCIDENT
YESTERDAY MORNING IN GREENPORT. THE
ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON FAIRVIEW AVENUE
AROUND 8:15.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE CALLED TO
THE HUDSON RIVER MONDAY AFTERNOON IN
GERMANTOWN, FOR REPORTS OF AN OVERTURNED
JET SKI. THE GOOD NEW WAS, THERE WAS
NO ACCIDENT. IT HAD BROKEN LOOSE FROM
WHERE IT HAS BEEN TIED UP.
A HUDSON MAN IS FACING FELONY CHARGES,
AFTER STATE POLICE WERE CALLED TO AN
INCIDENT AT THE MEADOW WOOD APARTMENTS
ON ROUTE 385 IN CATSKILL. 22 YEAR OLD
DYLAN MEICHT WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT,
WITH INTENT TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY.
AN AUSTERLITZ WOMAN WAS CHARGED WITH
DWI, FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING A BLOOD-
ALCOHOL CONTENT AT .30 PERCENT, THREE
TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT. 54 YEAR OLD
LAURA CLARK WAS ARRESTED AT THE
CANAAN TOLL PLAZA ON THE THRUWAY.
WEST GHENT FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED
TO THE ROUTE 9H AND 66 INTERSECTION
FOR A VEHICLE FIRE. ONE OF THE FRONT
WHEELS WAS BURNING, AND WAS QUICKLY
PUT OUT.
IT WAS A CHIMNEY FIRE THAT BROUGHT
LEEDS AND WEST ATHENS FIREFIGHTERS
TO 4 MCGOVERN LANE LAST NIGHT.
THE CALL CAME IN JUST BEFORE 10.
QUICK WORK BY FIREMEN KEPT THE FIRE
FROM SPREADING.