News Updates
State, CCSD clash over cash reserves
By EMILIA TEASDALE CHATHAM—On August 11, the state Comptroller’s Office released the findings of a recent audit that determined the Chatham Central School District’s Board of Education and district officials […]
CGCC budget means slight decrease for county
By JEANETTE WOLFBERG HUDSON – The Columbia County Board of Supervisors approved the 2023-24 Columbia-Greene Community College (CGCC) operating budget, at its monthly full board meeting August 9. The total […]
Last week’s storm battered New Lebanon
By DOUG LA ROCQUE NEW LEBANON – The weather last Thursday, September 7, was fickle but also downright dangerous. Some municipalities escaped with little or no damage, but others, like […]
Multiple voices make for tasty book festival
By LORNA CHEROT LITTLEWAY THE SPENCERTOWN FESTIVAL OF BOOKS (FOB) presented by the Spencertown Academy Arts Center, is a 4-day smorgasbord for bibliophiles, held over the Labor Day weekend. This […]
POLICE BLOTTER
Man charged with groping women at Bard
By DIANE VALDEN RED HOOK—State Police arrested Nathan Holmes, 32, of Gallatin for two counts of forcible touching, a class A misdemeanor, August 24. Investigations into two separate incidents at […]
Man faces multiple gun charges after shooting self in leg
By DIANE VALDEN HUDSON—The man who shot himself in the leg, got into his car, drove away and crashed into a Coarc van a block away on July 20, turned […]
DA, college develop internship program
By STAFF HUDSON—The Columbia County District Attorney and Columbia-Greene Community College (CGCC) collaborated for the first time this summer to create an internship program for three local students interested in […]
Tesla driver identified after fiery double fatal
By DIANE VALDEN LIVINGSTON—Victor Caraballo, 45, of Clifton Park has been identified by State Police as the driver of a Tesla involved in a fiery fatal motor vehicle crash into […]
OPINION
THE CAPITOL CONNECTION: Not yet full of beans?
MANY PEOPLE SEE COFFEE as an elixir, a cure-all that will make life better when one enjoys that first cup in the morning or takes that last sip in the […]
THE CAPITOL CONNECTION: Why some love Trump
IN THE END, it is a matter of priorities. Right now, our top priority is understanding why Donald Trump is sucking up all the oxygen in the room. People either […]
THE CAPITOL CONNECTION: Good advice? Take care
THERE ARE CERTAINLY a lot of do’s and don’ts that we all have to abide by. For example, we know that we have to think carefully about what we eat. […]
Arts & Entertainment
Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ performed in Churchtown
By DAVID LEE CHURCHTOWN – In production since May, the play came together for three 200-capacity full-house performances on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings at the Churchtown Dairy (see front […]
Concert for Train Depot Restoration
By Staff NEW LEBANON — The organizers for the New Lebanon Train Depot restoration project are planning a benefit concert for Sunday, Sept. 3 at 2 p.m. at Tannery Pond […]
Community
THROUGH THE WOODS: The Super Blue Moon
By NANCY JANE KERN “ONCE IN A BLUE MOON” is a saying that denotes a rare occurrence and is a moon that rises about once in every three years. It […]
THROUGH THE WOODS: A strange find
By NANCY JANE KERN WE WERE THE FIRST DINERS to arrive at a small restaurant, and as we reached for the entrance door, a strange glittery winged object on the […]
THROUGH THE WOODS: The Puppy
By NANCY JANE KERN DOGS HAVE SUCH A RELATIVELY SHORT LIFE that saying goodbye to one may come several times in one’s lifetime. About the only thing that offsets the […]
All Columbia Paper Articles
Why so many county crashes?
BY DEBORAH E. LANS GHENT—In July, a 16 year old was arrested for driving, drunk, at more than 100 miles […]
THROUGH THE WOODS: White Pines
By NANCY JANE KERN THE WHITE PINE TREES around the house begin to get scruffy this time of year. This […]
State, CCSD clash over cash reserves
By EMILIA TEASDALE CHATHAM—On August 11, the state Comptroller’s Office released the findings of a recent audit that determined the […]
Two pedestrians killed in crosswalk crash
By DIANE VALDEN NEW LEBANON—State Police are investigating a double fatal car versus pedestrians crash. Saturday, September 9 at 8:21 […]
CGCC budget means slight decrease for county
By JEANETTE WOLFBERG HUDSON – The Columbia County Board of Supervisors approved the 2023-24 Columbia-Greene Community College (CGCC) operating budget, […]