COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 11-28-19
IT'S THANKSGIVING DAY. COMMUNITY
THANKSGIVING DINNERS WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY
AT THE COXSACKIE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH,
THE RIVERTOWN SENIOR CENTER IN ATHENS,
CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN HUDSON, AND
THE ACTIVITIES BUILDING AT PALATINE
PARK IN GERMANTOWN. ALL BEGIN AT NOON.
THE FREE DINNER AT THE WEST COPAKE
REFORMED CHURCH STARTS AT 2.
RUNNERS WILL HIT THE STREETS OF HUDSON
THIS MORNING, AS THE TURKEY TROT RACE
TURNS 50. REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 9
AT THE HUDSON ELKS LODGE. THE RACES
START AT 9:45. HARRY HOWARD AVENUE
WILL BE CLOSED THIS MORNING FROM
9:30 TO 11.
FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION THAT BEGAN
OCTOBER 24TH, A PHILMONT MAN HAS
BEEN ARRESTED ON CHILD PORN CHARGES.
37 YEAR OLD ANTHONY KREIN WAS CHARGED BY
STATE POLICE WITH POSSESSING AN OBSCENE
SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD, A FELONY.
HE WAS ARRAIGNED IN PHILMONT VILLAGE
COURT, AND RELEASED, PENDING A COURT
APPEARANCE.
A CATSKILL MAN IS FACING DWI CHARGES
AFTER HIS VEHICLE ROLLED OVER TUESDAY
AFTERNOON IN CATSKILL. 49 YEAR OLD
JOHN ZOWAK WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE
AT THE SCENE ON CAUTERSKILL ROAD. HE
WAS GIVEN AN APPEARANCE TICKET FOR COURT.
A TWO CAR ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
TIED UP TRAFFIC ON A BUSY FAIRVIEW
AVENUE IN GREENPORT. THE CRASH WAS
JUST AFTER 4:30 IN THE AREA OF GLENWOOD
BOULEVARD. GREENPORT RESCUE CHECKED
OUT SOME OF THE OCCUPANTS. NONE WERE
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
STATE POLICE ARE PARTICIPATING IN
A SPECIAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
INITIATIVE NOW THROUGH SUNDAY, TO
CRACK DOWN ON UNSAFE DRIVING BEHAVIORS.
THEY PLAN TO HAVE SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS,
UNDERAGE DRINKING ENFORCEMENT, AND
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DRIVERS USING
THEIR CELL PHONES.