COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 12-6-19
THE HUDSON MAN, WHO WAS CHARGED
WITH FELONY ASSAULT, FROM A FIGHT ON
COLUMBIA STREET IN JULY, WAS SENTENCED
TO PRISON THURSDAY IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY COURT. LANCE FONGEMIE WAS
GIVEN A FOUR YEAR SENTENCE, AND THREE
YEARS POST RELEASE SUPERVISION.
FIRE BROKE OUT YESTERDAY MORNING AT
AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN LEEDS. THE
CALL CAME JUST AFTER 7:30 ON ROUTE 23-B.
FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THE BUILDING WAS
UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS AT THE TIME.
EVERYONE GOT OUT SAFELY. IT'S
BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED IN A SPACE
HEATER.
LEEDS AND WEST ATHENS FIREFIGHTERS
RESPONDED TO MURPHY'S LAW PUBLIC
HOUSE EARLY THIS MORNING, AFTER A
VEHICLE STRUCK THE BUILDING. IT HAPPENED
JUST AFTER 12:30 ON MAIN STREET. A 34
YEAR OLD MAN WAS REPORTED TO BE INJURED.
LIVINGSTON FIRE AND NORTHERN DUTCHESS
PARAMEDICS WERE CALLED TO THE BELLS POND
INTERSECTION THURSDAY MORNING, AFTER A
CAR AND PICKUP COLLIDED, SENDING THE
TRUCK INTO A SWAMP. CREWS CHECKED OUT
THE INJURED AT THE SCENE.
AN INCIDENT ON ROUTE 23-B IN CAIRO
ENDED WITH A TOWN MAN UNDER ARREST.
29 YEAR OLD STEVEN JOSTLIN WAS
CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH
ASSAULT. HE WAS GIVEN APPEARANCE
TICKETS FOR COURT.
SANTA CLAUS IS GOING TO HAVE A
BUSY NIGHT, TONIGHT. HE'S SCHEDULED
TO BE PART THE PARADE OF LIGHTS IN
COXSACKIE. IT BEGINS AT 6:30 ON
MANSION STREET.
HE'S ALSO SCHEDULED TO PUT IN
APPEARANCES AT CANDLELIGHT NIGHT IN
KINDERHOOK VILLAGE SQUARE FROM 6
TO 8:30, AND LIVINGSTON'S CHRISTMAS
CELEBRATION, THAT STARTS AT 6:30
AT THE TOWN GAZEBO.
IT'S BEEN MONTHS SINCE ANYONE HAS
HIT THE TOP PRIZE IN THE MEGA MILLIONS
GAME. LOTTERY OFFICIALS SAY THAT
TONIGHT'S TOP PRIZE HAS GROWN TO
285 MILLION DOLLARS.