COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 12-27-19
A NIVERVILLE MAN WILL SPEND THE NEXT
ONE AND A THIRD TO THREE YEARS IN
PRISON, FOR BEING IN POSSESSION OF
COCAINE AND HEROIN DURING A TRAFFIC
STOP IN MARCH. 49 YEAR OLD WILLIAM
HINES WAS SENTENCED IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY COURT. HE PLEAD GUILTY
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
JOB NUMBERS ARE OUT FOR NOVEMBER
AND COLUMBIA COUNTY LEADS THE
STATE AGAIN IN LOW UNEMPLOYMENT.
THE STATE LABOR DEPARTMENT
REPORTS COLUMBIA IS AT 2.7 PERCENT.
GREENE COUNTY CAME IN AT 3.9 PERCENT.
CATSKILL FIRE AND AMBULANCE WERE
CALLED TO A TWO CAR ACCIDENT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE CRASH HAPPENED
AT THE MAIN AND BRIDGE STREET
INTERSECTION AROUND 12:30.
A CHIMNEY FIRE BROUGHT CAIRO
FIREFIGHTERS TO A HOME ON BROSS STREET
LAST NIGHT. SPARKS WERE SEEN COMING
FROM THE CHIMNEY, JUST AFTER 6:30.
STATE FOREST RANGERS RESCUED A LOST
HIKER IN JEWETT. RELATIVES OF THE
24 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM CONNECTICUT
REPORTED, SHE BECAME LOST ON THE YELLOW
TRAIL. THEY WERE ABLE TO LOCATE THE
WOMAN WITH HER CELL PHONE. SHE WAS
LEAD SAFELY OUT OF THE WOODS.
TWO BROOKLYN RESIDENTS ARE FACING
CHARGES, AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP ON
ROUTE 9H IN CLAVERACK. 24 YEAR OLD
JON SMITH AND 21 YEAR OLD ISABELLE
FARRELL WERE BOTH CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE. FARRELL WAS ALSO CHARGED
WITH CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON.
AFTER AN INVESTIGATION INTO A
NOVEMBER INCIDENT, A DURHAM WOMAN
WAS CHARGED WITH UNAUTHORIZED USE
OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BY STATE POLICE.
51 YEAR OLD JENNIFER KUHN WAS GIVEN
APPEARANCE TICKETS FOR COURT.
NEIGHBORS OF THE CATSKILL FIRE
VICTIMS HAVE STEPPED UP TO HELP THE
COUPLE. THEY LOST THEIR PETS AND
MANY OF THEIR POSSESSIONS ON CHRISTMAS
EVE. A GO FUND ME PAGE HAS BEEN
SET UP. A LINK TO THE PAGE IS HERE: https://www.gofundme.com/f/43x2y-help-for-fire-victims?pc=fb_co_campmgmtbnr_w&rcid=r01-157729207888-5c741cb4f461459a&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_lico%2Bbanner&fbclid=IwAR36aSfdNFyeTlr-NFX9YkLd-kcfVCwTmvfxatcaTXCf5SyLUL50zMRU-XE