COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 1-1-20
FIRE BROKE OUT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT A
HOME IN THE TOWN OF ATHENS. A CALLER
REPORTED A FIRE INSIDE THE RESIDENCE
JUST AFTER 4 AT 8059 ROUTE 9W. WE'RE
TOLD THE OCCUPANTS GOT OUT SAFELY.
FIREFIGHTERS FROM CATSKILL, WEST ATHENS,
AND ATHENS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE, AS
WELL AS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION THAT BEGAN
CHRISTMAS DAY, A CATSKILL MAN IS
FACING FELONY RAPE CHARGES. 23 YEAR
OLD DAYSEN SOUTH WAS ARRESTED MONDAY
AND CHARGED WITH 2ND DEGREE RAPE,
CRIMINAL SEX ACT, DISSEMINATING INDECENT
MATERIAL TO A MINOR, AND ENDANGERING THE
WELFARE OF A CHILD. POLICE SAY, THE VICTIM
WAS UNDER 15. HE WAS RELEASED, PENDING
A COURT APPEARANCE.
A GREENVILLE MAN WAS ARRESTED ON DRUG
CHARGES, AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE
9W IN ATHENS. 38 YEAR OLD THOMAS KEARNEY
WAS CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. STATE POLICE SAY
THEY RECOVERED A QUANTITY OF COCAINE.
A MAN IN HIS 50'S HAD MINOR INJURIES
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AFTER HIS PICKUP
STRUCK A TREE IN LIVINGSTON. THE CRASH
HAPPENED AROUND 3:45 ON COUNTY ROUTE
31 NEAR COLD SPRING ROAD. LIVINGSTON
FIRE AND COMMUNITY RESCUE RESPONDED.
STATE POLICE INVESTIGATED.
MONEY IS ON THE WAY TO GERMANTOWN,
TO HELP WITH THEIR LOCAL WATERFRONT
REVITALIZATION PROGRAM. SEVERAL
PUBLIC WORKSHOPS HAVE BEEN HELD SO FAR,
TO GET IDEAS ON WHAT SHOULD BE DONE,
AND MORE ARE EXPECTED. GERMANTOWN
WILL BE RECEIVING 75,000 DOLLARS.
HUDSON FIRE OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED
TUESDAY, THAT A CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED, FOR THE CITY TO GET A NEW
LADDER TRUCK. A COMPANY IN ULSTER
COUNTY WILL BE DOING THE WORK.
THE TRUCK IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN
EARLY 2021. THEIR CURRENT LADDER
TRUCK IS A 2001.
THE STATE'S MINIMUM WAGE WENT UP
YESTERDAY. THE NEW MINIMUM WAGE
FOR UPSTATE RESIDENTS IS 11 DOLLARS
AND 80 CENTS AN HOUR. FOLLOWING A
PLAN THAT BEGAN IN 2016, THERE
WILL BE ONE MORE WAGE INCREASE,
AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.