News Updates
Worse than death or divorce: The impact of incarceration on families
By DEBORAH E. LANS Sixth in a series GHENT–The effects of incarceration reach far beyond the incarcerated person, to his family and community. Even witnessing the arrest of a parent […]
Accidental lockdown, taxes dominate school board discussions
By DOUG LAROCQUE Capital Region Independent Media NEW LEBANON–Following the monthly reports from school administrators at the Board of Education meeting on September 11, concern was expressed about a lack […]
New HHA plan could mean shorter buildings
By JEANETTE WOLFBERG HUDSON–The Hudson Housing Authority’s (HHA) redevelopment partner acknowledged they could alleviate concerns about the cost of proposed new construction by lowering building heights, reducing the number of […]
County Supervisors designate September as Recovery Month
By JEANETTE WOLFBERG HUDSON–Recent developments in Columbia County’s confronting substance abuse — both vaping and opioid — include funds from a lawsuit against Juul, two County proclamations, and abuse-discouraging education. […]
POLICE BLOTTER
Hillsdale man dies in officer-involved shooting
By DIANE VALDEN SARATOGA SPRINGS—On September 11 at about 3 p.m., State Police in Troop K at SP Livingston received a call from concerned family members of James A. Dellea, […]
Do you know how to spot a scam?
WEST TAGHKANIC—Taghkanic Senior Network, a newly-formed committee for the Town of Taghkanic, presents NY FRAUD WATCH with Alexandria Douglas-Bartolone, MPA, sponsored by AARP Speaker’s Bureau, at the Taghkanic Firehouse, 631 […]
Deputies rescue man from burning structure
By DIANE VALDEN COPAKE—A sleeping man likely owes his life to the actions of two Sheriff’s deputies, who woke him up and got him out of a burning building. According […]
Man, who allegedly fled, charged in domestic dispute
By DIANE VALDEN COPAKE—David A. Grant, Jr., 38, of State Route 23, Craryville was charged with criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, two counts of endangering the welfare of […]
OPINION
EDITORIAL: What Google’s monopoly ruling means for local newspapers
By DEAN RIDINGS, CEO | AMERICA’S NEWSPAPERS NOT THAT MANY years ago, the best way you could find out about businesses in town would be through your local newspaper. Your […]
INSIGHTS ON AGRICULTURE: Agriculture should be praised and supported not put down in schools
By DALE-ILA RIGGS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT where I live (New Lebanon) it is estimated 59% of the graduating seniors plan to go on to college, but fully 41% do […]
OPINION: He says Molinaro should pay more attention to constituents
In case you haven’t been following the news out of Washington, D.C. (and who could blame you?), Congress is in recess this week – and once again, Rep. Marc Molinaro […]
Arts & Entertainment
LOCAL ART: ‘Native Prospects’ on view at Thomas Cole site
By LORNA CHEROT LITTLEWAY THE THOMAS COLE National Historic Site hosts the exhibit, “Native Prospects: Indigeneity and Landscape” in the New Studio. The exhibit is presented in partnership with the […]
Community
THROUGH THE WOODS: The power of the Sun
By NANCY JANE KERN THERE IS A LARGE MARSH not far from my house and I often go there throughout the seasons to see what is happening. The nights have […]
THROUGH THE WOODS: The Scent of Rain
By NANCY JANE KERN THIS SEASON IS AN AMAZING MIX of beauty and change. Something we rarely consider is one of our traditional senses, smell. Growing up, our farm families […]
LOCAL HISTORY: The political lift to create GCS
By THOMAS SHANNON THIS SEPTEMBER MARKS 100 years since students first attended Germantown Central School. The path to creating a centralized public high school in Germantown was a long one. […]
All Columbia Paper Articles
Worse than death or divorce: The impact of incarceration on families
By DEBORAH E. LANS Sixth in a series GHENT–The effects of incarceration reach far beyond the incarcerated person, to his […]
Accidental lockdown, taxes dominate school board discussions
By DOUG LAROCQUE Capital Region Independent Media NEW LEBANON–Following the monthly reports from school administrators at the Board of Education […]
THROUGH THE WOODS: The power of the Sun
By NANCY JANE KERN THERE IS A LARGE MARSH not far from my house and I often go there throughout […]
New HHA plan could mean shorter buildings
By JEANETTE WOLFBERG HUDSON–The Hudson Housing Authority’s (HHA) redevelopment partner acknowledged they could alleviate concerns about the cost of proposed […]
