COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 12-20-19
TOLLS WILL BE GOING UP NEXT YEAR ON
THE RIP VAN WINKLE, AND THE FOUR OTHER
BRIDGES OPERATED BY THE NEW YORK STATE
BRIDGE AUTHORITY. IT WAS ANNOUNCED
YESTERDAY THAT CASH TOLLS WILL RISE
65 CENTS OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD
STARTING IN MAY. E-Z PASS CUSTOMERS
WILL SEE TOLLS RISE 10 CENTS A YEAR,
FOR FOUR YEARS.
A FORMER CHATHAM MAN, WHO WAS WANTED
IN GREENE COUNTY FOR ALLEGEDLY
TAKING MONEY FROM CUSTOMERS, AND
NOT DELIVERING A VEHICLE, WAS ARRAIGNED
WEDNESDAY IN COXSACKIE AND NEW BALTIMORE.
44 YEAR OLD RICHARD DICK, NOW OF ALBANY,
WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF GRAND
LARCENY. HE'S BEING HELD IN THE GREENE
COUNTY JAIL.
AN ALTERCATION IN CATSKILL HAS A VILLAGE
MAN FACING CHARGES. 57 YEAR OLD JAMES
STREATER WAS CHARGED BY CATSKILL POLICE
WITH 3RD DEGREE ASSAULT. HE WAS GIVEN
APPEARANCE TICKETS FOR COURT.
A 64 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS INJURED YESTERDAY
MORNING, AFTER SHE WAS BIT IN THE FACE
BY A DOG. RESCUE CREWS RESPONDED TO HER
HOME ON ROUTE 42 IN LEXINGTON. POLICE
ARE INVESTIGATING.
THE TOWN OF CLAVERACK HAS BEEN DESIGNATED
A CLEAN ENERGY COMMUNITY BY NYSERDA.
THE TOWN EARNED THE DESIGNATION BY
COMPLETING FOUR OF TEN POSSIBLE HIGH
IMPACT, CLEAN ENERGY ACTIONS, IDENTIFIED
BY NYSERDA.
THE VILLAGE OF PHILMONT, WHICH IS IN
THE TOWN OF CLAVERACK, HAS RECEIVED
225 THOUSAND DOLLARS, TO ASSIST IN THE
CLEANUP OF THE SUMMIT LAKE AREA. THE
247 ACRES HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A
BROWNFIELD OPPORTUNITY AREA.
THE HUDSON SALVATION ARMY KEEPS GETTING
CLOSER TO THEIR RED KETTLE GOAL OF
73,000 DOLLARS. AT THE END OF THURSDAY,
THEY RAISED 60,000 SO FAR. WITH 4 DAYS TO
GO, THEY STILL HAVE TO COLLECT ANOTHER
13 THOUSAND.