When will they come?
First responders say new policy means injured will wait RED ROCK–A county policy called “Emergency Medical Dispatch Response Assignments” means that dispatchers will no longer send […]
Month: May 2010
Stove and fireplace business goes up in flames
W.GHENT–Sixteen fire companies were summoned to the scene Tuesday of a blaze at Amanda’s Fireplace, a 100 by 200-foot building that contained a retail store/showroom, office […]
Change in the wind
IMAGINE STICKY GOBS of crude oil washing up on the shores of the Roe Jan Kill or Kinderhook Lake. Picture Canada geese covered with dark goo, […]
School budgets pass in every county district
HILLSDALE–Voters in Columbia County’s six public school districts approved budgets Tuesday. The vote totals for the budget propositions in all districts showed comfortable margins in favor […]
LVPA rescue squad makes plans to disband
NEW LEBANON–Suppose you called 911 and nobody responded? That scenario, though unlikely, is one possibility January 1 for residents of New Lebanon and those who live […]
Alvida “Maymie” Putz, devoted to her family
VALATIE–Alvida O. “Maymie” Putz, 100, a resident of Barnwell Nursing Home, died Saturday May 15, 2010 at Barnwell. Born in Brainerd, Minn., June 10, 1909, she […]
Thomas Langridge, 64, Vietnam veteran
POUGHKEEPSIE–Thomas F. P. Langridge 64, of Tivoli died Monday May 17, 2010 at Vassar Brothers Hospital. Born June 23, 1945 in New York City he was […]
Homes for people with mental illness alarm some
GREENPORT–A facility to house 8 to 12 persons with mental health issues on Arthur Avenue drew about 50 residents to the May 5 Town Board meeting. […]
Gravel mine applicants sue Taghkanic over delay
TAGHKANIC–Zoning Board of Appeals Chairman Jim Romaine announced at the May 10 ZBA meeting, that both the ZBA and the Town Board are defendants in an […]
