Missing Chatham man found dead in pond
CHATHAM—State Police and the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office closed a nearly three-week-long investigation into the disappearance of Benjamin Kaufmann, 33, of Chatham, who apparently shot himself […]
Month: August 2014
Chatham cuts bridge speed, ponders gas pipeline
CHATHAM – The Town Board voted last week to lower the speed limit on the Albany Turnpike Bridge to 5 mph after residents complained about the […]
Ancram debates how safe is ‘unsafe’
ANCRAM—For some, a proposed law dealing with dangerous dilapidated buildings in town cannot come soon enough. Others say the town already has too many laws and […]
Email’s down. Got a stamp?
GHENT–Last week county residents who use “fairpoint.net” email addresses experienced a major slowdown in receiving email. A Fairpoint representative said Monday, August 25 that the problem […]
EDITORIAL: County government needs shape shift
PICKY, PICKY, PICKY. You’d think that the Office of the State Comptroller would have better things to do than pore over the books of county government […]
New Lebanon banks on gravel-to-gravel coverage
NEW LEBANON–The Town Board recently discussed plans to buy a “screening plant” from the Town of Chatham for producing gravel and sand. “It’s not that easy […]
OBITUARIES: Krapish, Blake, Panfiloff, Rieker, Smith
Paul E. Krapish (1938 – 2014) HUDSON—Paul Edwin Krapish, 75, of Hudson, formerly of Ossining, Westchester County, died Sunday, August 24, 2014 at the Firemen’s Home. […]
Hillsdale has limited luck recruiting volunteers
HILLSDALE–The Town Board passed a local law last month increasing the number of seats on the Board of Assessment from three to five. So far the […]
OBITUARIES: Petty, Lydon, Hoover, Bathrick
Virginia Ann Petty (1947 – 2014) GHENT—Virginia Ann Petty, 67, of Ancram passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at Whittier Nursing Center after a long battle […]
