COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 11-23-19
ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO ALBANY MED BY
HELICOPTER FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FOLLOWING
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN JEWETT. THE
ACCIDENT HAPPENED JUST AFTER 3, WHEN A
CAR STRUCK A TREE ON ROUTE 296 AT
MILES ROAD. A CHILD WAS IN THE CAR AT
THE TIME OF THE CRASH.
A TWO CAR ACCIDENT BROUGHT CATSKILL
FIRE AND AMBULANCE TO ROUTE 9W AT OLD
MAIN STREET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. A
64 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS INJURED IN THE
CRASH, JUST BEFORE 12:30.
AN ELKA PARK MAN PLEAD GUILTY FRIDAY IN
GREENE COUNTY COURT, TO FELONY BURGLARY
CHARGES. 37 YEAR OLD THOMAS SHURBURTE
ADMITTED TO THE BREAK-IN AT THE HUNTER
COUNTRY STORE IN JANUARY. HE'S SCHEDULED
TO BE SENTENCED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
FALLEN POWER LINES STARTED A BRUSH FIRE
YESTERDAY EVENING IN MALDEN BRIDGE.
TRI-VILLAGE FIRE WAS CALLED TO AN AREA
OF PITTS ROAD JUST AFTER 6. FIREFIGHTERS
REMAINED ON THE SCENE UNTIL NYSEG CREWS
ARRIVED.
SKIERS ARE BACK THIS WEEKEND AT HUNTER
AND WINDHAM MOUNTAINS. THE COLDER THAN
NORMAL WEATHER IS HELPING WITH THE SNOW
MAKING. THE SNOW MAKING CONTINUES AT
CATAMOUNT AS WELL. THEY ARE HOPING
FOR AN EARLY DECEMBER OPENING.
COSMIC CINEMAS IN HUDSON HAS CLOSED.
THE THEATRES HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR MOST
OF THE WEEK. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY
PLAN TO RE-OPEN SOON, WITH NEW OWNERS
FROM THE ALBANY AREA. COSMIC CINEMAS
HAS ONLY BEEN OPEN IN HUDSON FOR A YEAR.
AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS OFF, SANTA IS
BACK THIS AFTERNOON, AT THE COLUMBIA
GREENE HUMANE SOCIETY. OWNERS ARE INVITED
TO BRING THEIR PETS FOR PHOTOS WITH
SANTA FROM NOON TO 3. PICTURES ARE 20
DOLLARS EACH.