COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 12-9-19
THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
IS ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S HELP IN FINDING
AN ELIZAVILLE MAN THAT WENT MISSING LATE
LAST WEEK. 29 YEAR OLD WILLIAM AMATO WAS
LAST SEEN ON WEDNESDAY. HIS CAR WAS
LOCATED, UNOCCUPIED, THURSDAY MORNING
IN STUYVESANT. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION
IS ASKED TO CALL 518-828-3344.
SCARY MOMENTS SATURDAY NIGHT IN
COXSACKIE, WHEN A CSX TRAIN STRUCK A
CAR ON THE TRACKS, IN THE AREA
OF MANSION STREET AND RAILROAD AVENUE.
ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE DRIVER
BECAME STUCK ON THE TRACKS AND
WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR WHEN
HE HEARD THE TRAIN COMING. THERE
WERE NO INJURIES.
IN OTHER ACCIDENTS OVER THE
WEEKEND, A 49 YEAR OLD MAN WAS
INJURED IN A TWO CAR ACCIDENT ON
ROUTE 23-C IN TANNERSVILLE.
A 19 YEAR OLD WAS TREATED AFTER
HIS CAR STRUCK A TREE ON FRANKLIN
STREET IN ATHENS.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ALSO ON
THE SCENE ON ROUTE 32 IN KISKATOM,
THE TACONIC PARKWAY IN GALLATIN,
AND THE THRUWAY IN NEW BALTIMORE.
A CAIRO MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE GREENE
COUNTY JAIL, AFTER A DOMESTIC
INCIDENT. 57 YEAR OLD GEORGE STOUGH
WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH
STRANGULATION, CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION
OF BREATHING, AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION
OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. BAIL WAS
SET AT 500 DOLLARS.
A CHIMNEY FIRE BROUGHT FIREFIGHTERS
TO A HOME ON STONE BRIDGE ROAD IN
DURHAM SATURDAY NIGHT. THE CALL CAME
IN AROUND 8:15.
WITH JUST 15 DAYS LEFT IN THIS YEAR'S
RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN, THE HUDSON SALVATION
ARMY SILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO, TO
HIT THEIR 73,000 DOLLAR GOAL. BY
THE END OF THE WEEKEND, THEY HAVE RAISED
28,000 DOLLARS. THEY STILL CAN USE BELL
RINGERS. CALL TO VOLUNTEER AT 518-822-1602.