News Updates
Need a ride? Here’s what the county offers now
By DEBORAH E. LANS HUDSON—Could you live in Columbia County without a car? What transportation services are available? Who uses them? What else is needed? Following on an extensive Transportation […]
Important words from HCSD’s new superintendent
By JEANETTE WOLFBERG HUDSON – “The diversity of the student body,” the strategic plan’s “focus on the student,” and the beauty of the area are reasons Dr. Juliette Pennyman gave […]
New Lebanon Town board reviews well testing results
By DOUG LA ROCQUE NEW LEBANON – When the town board met earlier in August, most of the meeting dealt with commercial self-storage units, which was reported on in an […]
State nudges super-sized solar plant forward
By DIANE VALDEN COPAKE—The controversial Shepherd’s Run Solar project took a step forward August 25, when the New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) deemed Hecate Energy’s application […]
POLICE BLOTTER
Man shoots self in leg, crashes into van
By DIANE VALDEN HUDSON—Hudson City Police Department received a call from Columbia County 911 reporting a male subject shot himself in the leg and then got into an automobile accident […]
Former Chamber CEO pleads guilty to grand larceny
By DIANE VALDEN HUDSON—Former President and CEO of the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, Jeffrey Hunt was convicted by guilty plea in Columbia County Court July 12 for stealing funds […]
Two dead, alleged drunk driver charged
By DIANE VALDEN CLAVERACK—A mother and father were killed and their child injured during a head-on, two-vehicle crash, July 4 at 7:05 p.m. A Ghent man faces multiple charges including […]
Police investigate fatal crash in which car struck house
By DIANE VALDEN LIVINGSTON—State Police from the Livingston barracks are investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash involving a house which occurred June 29. At 1 a.m., troopers were dispatched by […]
OPINION
Can solar and agriculture co-exist?
I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE that no one wants to see solar panels on good farmland. Ideally, solar would be placed on more marginal land and not on prime […]
THE CAPITOL CONNECTION: Some things he doesn’t get
THERE ARE MANY THINGS that I just don’t get. At the top of the list is the question of what provokes anger. Many people grow incredibly angry at some provocations […]
THE CAPITOL CONNECTION: He’s looked into the Cuomos’ souls
SO NOW COMES NEWS of a possible primary challenge to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand from none other than Andrew Cuomo. Both are terrific and accomplished politicians. How would you vote in […]
Arts & Entertainment
LOCAL EVENTS: Spencertown hosts annual bookfest
By LORNA CHEROT LITTLEWAY THE 18TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF BOOKS (FOB), at the Spencertown Academy Arts Center, runs Labor Day weekend, September 1 to 4. The 4-day event includes 7 […]
Community
THROUGH THE WOODS: A weedy summer
By NANCY JANE KERN WE ARE WELL into our summer season, with fall not far away. Most of the birds have nested and their offspring are now foraging for themselves. […]
THROUGH THE WOODS: Dragonflies
By Nancy Jane Kern MOM! There are dragonflies mating on your back! My poor mother turned around in the water with a startled look over her shoulder along with most […]
Through the Woods: Jack in the pulpit
By NANCY JANE KERN WHAT A UNIQUE PLANT that entertained children and intrigued adults for years. My mother loved taking us small children for walks through the fields and woods […]
All Columbia Paper Articles
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 […]
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 […]
Need a ride? Here’s what the county offers now
By DEBORAH E. LANS HUDSON—Could you live in Columbia County without a car? What transportation services are available? Who uses […]
EDITORIAL: The Columbia Paper now $2 an issue
By PARRY TEASDALE GHENT—LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, the cost of publishing The Columbia Paper each week has been hit hard by […]
THROUGH THE WOODS: Blowing up stuff
By NANCY JANE KERN LOOKING BACK from my now senior status I did not have the usual or dull childhood. […]