COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 1-2-20
SCARY MOMENTS WEDNESDAY MORNING AS
FIREFIGHTERS FROM GREENVILLE AND FREEHOLD
WERE CALLED TO 44 SUNSET ROAD, AFTER THE
BASEMENT BEGAN FILLING WITH SMOKE.
FIRE OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL
FIRE, THAT WAS PUT OUT QUICKLY. THERE
WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.
ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO ALBANY MED
AFTER A CAR STRUCK A POLE IN NEW
LEBANON. THE ACCIDENT WAS ON ROUTE 22.
STATE POLICE INVESTIGATED.
CREWS WERE ALSO CALLED AN ACCIDENT ON
ROUTE 203 IN NIVERVILLE, WHERE A
VEHICLE ALSO STRUCK A UTILITY POLE.
THE DRIVER IN THAT ONE ONLY HAD MINOR
INJURIES. NATIONAL GRID RESPONDED
FOR WIRES DOWN.
OTHER ACCIDENTS, THAT BROUGHT AN
EMERGENCY RESPONSE YESTERDAY, WERE ON
COUNTY ROUTE 7A IN COPAKE, AND ROUTE
9-G IN GERMANTOWN.
THE DRIVER OF A PICKUP, THAT CRASHED
INTO A TREE IN LIVINGSTON TUESDAY,
WAS CHARGED WITH DWI BY STATE POLICE.
50 YEAR OLD MARK PELLEGRINO OF
ELIZAVILLE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, FOR A DOMESTIC
INCIDENT THAT DAY.
A SHOPLIFTING COMPLAINT AT THE HANNAFORD
SUPERMARKET IN VALATIE HAS LEAD TO THE
ARREST OF AN ALBANY WOMAN. THE COLUMBIA
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS 34 YEAR OLD
AMANDA WOLFE GAVE THEM A FALSE NAME,
TO HIDE THAT SHE HAD WARRANTS FOR HER
ARREST IN CLIFTON PARK AND VIRGINIA.
AFTER GIVING HER APPEARANCE TICKETS,
SHE WAS TURNED OVER TO STATE POLICE
IN CLIFTON PARK.
KAMAL JOHNSON TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE
YESTERDAY, AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
HUDSON. AT 34, HE IS THE YOUNGEST
PERSON TO HOLD THAT OFFICE. THE
FORMER 1ST WARD ALDERMAN WAS ELECTED
IN NOVEMBER, AFTER WINNING THE
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY OVER MAYOR RICK
RECTOR IN JUNE.
PETE KUSMINSKY WAS ALSO SWORN IN
WEDNESDAY, AS THE NEW GREENE COUNTY
SHERIFF. THE FORMER STATE POLICE
INVESTIGATOR WAS ELECTED IN NOVEMBER,
AFTER WINNING A THIRD PARTY CHALLENGE.
LIEUTENANT ADAM BRAINARD OF THE DEPARTMENT
WAS NAMED UNDERSHERIFF.