COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 12-2-19
THE FIRST BIG STORM OF THE SEASON MOVED
INTO GREENE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES SUNDAY,
BRINGING WITH IT, SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING
RAIN. CREWS HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE ROADS
ALL NIGHT. LEAVE YOURSELF A LOT OF EXTRA
TIME GETTING TO YOUR DESTINATION THIS
MORNING. ALL AREA SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED.
SNOW EMERGENCIES ARE IN EFFECT THIS
MORNING IN CATSKILL, GREENPORT, CHATHAM,
AND ATHENS
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE KEPT BUSY
YESTERDAY, WITH DOZENS OF ACCIDENTS
ACROSS THE AREA. THE ONES THAT INVOLVED
INJURIES WERE ON FAIRVIEW AVENUE IN
GREENPORT, ROUTE 22 IN AUSTERLITZ,
THE BELLS POND INTERSECTION IN LIVINGSTON,
TACONIC PARKWAY IN CLAVERACK, AND ON
THE THRUWAY IN NEW BALTIMORE.
LIVINGSTON FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED
TO A HOME ON MARTY ROAD IN GALLATIN,
AFTER A PERSON TRYING TO RESCUE A DOG,
FELL DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. THEY WERE
ABLE TO RESCUE THE VICTIM, AND WERE ON
THE SCENE ABOUT 90 MINUTES.
IT WAS A CHIMNEY FIRE THAT BROUGHT
FIREFIGHTERS TO A HOME ON COTTONWOOD
ROAD IN LIVINGSTON SUNDAY. QUICK WORK
BY FIREMEN, KEPT THE FIRE CONTAINED TO
THE CHIMNEY.
A CATSKILL MAN WAS CHARGED WITH FLEEING
AN OFFICER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE BY STATE
POLICE. OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO GET THE
DRIVER TO STOP ON ROUTE 23 IN CATSKILL.
THE 18 YEAR OLD WAS GIVEN APPEARANCE
TICKETS FOR COURT.
PARKING IS NOW FREE IN HUDSON. MAYOR RICK
RECTOR ANNOUNCED THE ANNUAL SUSPENSION OF
FEEDING THE PARKING METERS FOR THE HOLIDAY
SEASON, NOW THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST. IT DOES
NOT INCLUDE THE AMTRAK PARKING LOT.