News Updates
GALLERY: The cows come home with a little help
DAVID LEE Capital Region Independent MediaFebruary 11, 2025 On the afternoon of February 8, under low clouds and with a fresh layer of snow, Hayden White, his mom Andria and […]
Group forms to support dirt roads in Hillsdale
By DAVID LEE HILLSDALE–The Taghkanic Creek Old Road Society convened at the intersection of Rodman Road and Appletree Lane on Saturday, February 1, to make a show of support for […]
‘Pin-up’ dogs featured on new bulletin board
By DIANE VALDEN ANCRAM—If you are dog living in Ancram and you have no license, now is the time to get one. You’ll probably need some help from your human. […]
Silence is the sound of fear among local immigrants
First in a series By DEBORAH E. LANS HUDSON–In November, when The Columbia Paper first decided to write about our local immigrant population, our primary goal was to speak to […]
POLICE BLOTTER
DEC lifts drought watch statewide
GHENT—The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) updated drought conditions across the state, returning all 62 New York counties to “Normal” status, January 3. Back in November Columbia […]
City man charged with rape of a child
By DIANE VALDEN HUDSON—Hudson Police arrested Michael A. Davey, 39, of Hudson on six separate counts of first degree rape (a child less than 11 years old), a class B […]
Human skeletal remains not yet identified
By DIANE VALDEN HUDSON—Hudson Police still await DNA testing results on the human skeletal remains found in the city the morning of December 9, Hudson Police Chief Mishanda Franklin told […]
Survey crew discovers human remains in Hudson
By DIANE VALDEN HUDSON—The morning of December 9 at 11:18 a.m. the Hudson Police Department (HPD) received a call transferred from the New York State Police reporting that a survey […]
OPINION
EDITORIAL: Capital Region Independent Media advocates for local journalism in Washington
By MARLENE MCTIGUE Capital Region Independent Media WASHINGTON DC–At a crucial moment for local journalism, Warren Dews Jr., publisher and vice president of Capital Region Independent Media, visited the nation’s […]
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 […]
Arts & Entertainment
Local movie house hosts screening of Burns film
By LORNA CHEROT LITTLEWAY THE MILLERTON MOVIEHOUSE hosted a special screening of the film “Millers in Marriage” written and directed by Edward Burns, Saturday, December 21. The film had its […]
Community
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day observed in Hudson
Photos by LANCE WHEELER
THROUGH THE WOODS: Snowflakes
By NANCY JANE KERN “Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.” –Henry David Thoreau LAST NIGHT THE DAMP CHILL […]
THROUGH THE WOODS: Those *$%#! squirrels
By NANCY JANE KERN ABOUT THIRTY-FIVE years ago we were hard at work in our labs in Schenectady when all the generators kicked in and we knew there was a […]
All Columbia Paper Articles
Crews make quick work of derailed train car cleanup
By DIANE VALDEN CHATHAM—It took several hours to clear an empty CSX freight train car that derailed in the Village […]
GALLERY: The cows come home with a little help
DAVID LEE Capital Region Independent MediaFebruary 11, 2025 On the afternoon of February 8, under low clouds and with a […]
THROUGH THE WOODS: Growing up with horses
By NANCY JANE KERN MOST GENERATIONS LIVE through a cultural transition or world change of sorts. My parents saw the […]
Group forms to support dirt roads in Hillsdale
By DAVID LEE HILLSDALE–The Taghkanic Creek Old Road Society convened at the intersection of Rodman Road and Appletree Lane on […]
‘Pin-up’ dogs featured on new bulletin board
By DIANE VALDEN ANCRAM—If you are dog living in Ancram and you have no license, now is the time to […]
Silence is the sound of fear among local immigrants
First in a series By DEBORAH E. LANS HUDSON–In November, when The Columbia Paper first decided to write about our […]