COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 11-6-19
WE HOPE TO GET FINAL NUMBERS AT SOME
POINT TODAY FROM COLUMBIA COUNTY BOARD
OF ELECTIONS. VOTE TOTALS STOPPED
COMING BEFORE MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT, WITH
ELEVEN PRECINCTS YET TO BE REPORTED.
BEFORE NUMBERS STOPPED COMING, COLUMBIA
COUNTY D.A. PAUL CZAJKA WAS LEADING
CHALLENGER EUGENE KEELER 57 TO 42
PERCENT.
PETE KUSMINSKY WILL TAKE OVER AS GREENE
COUNTY SHERIFF IN JANUARY. THE FORMER
STATE POLICE INVESTIGATOR HAD AN EASY
VICTORY IN TUESDAY'S ELECTION, TAKING
72 PERCENT OF THE VOTE.
ALL THE TOWN RACE RESULTS CAN BE
FOUND ON THE LOCAL NEWS PAGE OF OUR
WEBSITE.
A TROY WOMAN IS IN THE COLUMBIA COUNTY
JAIL, ACCUSED OF STEALING PRESCRIPTION
OPIOIDS FROM THE GRAND AT BARNWELL NURSING
HOME IN VALATIE. THE COLUMBIA COUNTY
SHERIFF'SD OFFICE SAYS DEPUTIES FOUND
THE DRUGS, WHEN THEY WERE TAKING 33 YEAR
OLD AMANDA JOHNSON INTO CUSTODY, FOR
DRIVING WITH NINE SUSPENSIONS ON HER
DRIVER'S LICENSE.
A TROY MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR BURGLARIES
IN GREENVILLE. 31 YEAR OLD JOSEPH LANE WAS
CHARGED WITH NINE FELONIES BY STATE POLICE
INCLUDING BURGLARY, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF,
AND UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE.
A 17 YEAR OLD FROM CATSKILL WAS CHARGED
WITH ASSAULT AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF
A WEAPON AT THE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ON ROUTE 145. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE
MONDAY. HE'LL ANSWER THE CHARGES IN
COURT.
FIRE TORE THROUGH A LARGE GREENHOUSE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN LIVINGSTON. THREE
FIRE COMPANIES RESPONDED TO OLD MUD
CREEK FARM ON PINEWOOD ROAD AROUND
3:40. WE'RE TOLD THE BUILDING WAS
FULL OF HEMP. THE TOWN BUILDING
INSPECTOR WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE.
THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON, IN A TWO CAR ACCIDENT IN
CAIRO. THE ACCIDENT WAS JUST AFTER
5 ON ROUTE 32 AT SILVER SPUR ROAD.
FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON THE SCENE OF
TWO VEHICLE FIRES TUESDAY. THE
FIRST WAS ON RIDGE ROAD IN
STUYVESANT, THE SECOND AT THE
STEWARTS IN CAIRO.