COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 11-22-19
FIRE TORE THROUGH A PHILMONT HOME
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. OVER HALF A DOZEN
FIRE COMPANIES WERE CALLED TO 6 EAGLE
STREET AROUND 3:50, AFTER SMOKE
BEGAN SHOWING FROM THE SECOND FLOOR.
WE'RE OLD THE HOUSE WAS A CAT RESCUE
AND SOME MAY HAVE DIED IN THE FIRE.
IT'S BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED BY A
SPACE HEATER, THAT WAS BEING USED
TO KEEP THE CATS WARM.
A TRAPPED DOG WAS RESCUED YESTERDAY
MORNING IN COPAKE. HILLSDALE AND COPAKE
FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO AN AREA OF
NORTH MOUNTAIN ROAD, AFTER THE DOG
BECAME TRAPPED IN A LAGOON AND MANURE
PILE. IT TOOK CREWS OVER AN HOUR TO
RESCUE THE ANIMAL. HE WAS TAKEN TO
THE COPAKE ANIMAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
COXSACKIE FIREMEN WERE CALLED TO A
REPORTED GAS LEAK THURSDAY MORNING, IN THE
AREA OF THE TRANSFER STATION ON PLANK
ROAD. FIREFIGHTERS REMAINED ON THE SCENE
UNTIL CENTRAL HUDSON CREWS ARRIVED.
A WOMAN IN HER 30'S HAD MINOR INJURIES
AFTER TWO CARS COLLIDED IN TAGHKANIC
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. IT HAPPENED ON
ROUTE 82 NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO TACONIC
STATE PARKWAY. THE COLUMBIA COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE INVESTIGATED.
AN INCIDENT ON NOVEMBER 5TH IN COXSACKIE
HAS LEAD TO THE ARREST OF THREE VILLAGE
RESIDENTS. STATE POLICE CHARGED 44 YEAR
OLD RAMIRO SAMAYOA, 22 YEAR OLD CALVIN
BLOWERS, AND 40 YEAR OLD VIRGINIA
STROUD WITH ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF
A CHILD. SAMOYA WAS HELD. THE OTHER TWO
WERE RELEASED, PENDING A COURT
APPEARANCE.
WITH NO BIG WINNER IN MONTHS, THE
MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT CONTINUES TO
CLIMB. THE NEW YORK LOTTERY REPORTS
THAT TOP PRIZE FOR TONIGHT'S DRAWING
HAS GROWN TO 208 MILLION DOLLARS.