TOP LOCAL News
By NYVT MEDIA
December 12, 2024
By DIANE VALDEN CANAAN—A Massachusetts woman, who was thrown from a vehicle during a Thanksgiving Day crash at 2240 State Route 295, later died at a hospital. Columbia County 911 dispatched State Police, the Chatham Rescue Squad and Canaan firefighters with mutual aid from Red Rock to the ...
By EMILIA TEASDALE STUYVESANT—A motion to move forward with the replacement of the single lane bridge to a two lane bridge in Stuyvesant Falls was carried unanimously at the county Board of Supervisors’ Public Works Committee meeting on November 20. The proposed project will replace the ...
By DEBORAH E. LANS GREENPORT--It started with the murder of George Floyd. Hudson Mayor Kamal Johnson wanted something good to come of the tragedy. In June 2020 he issued an Executive Order to reform the criminal justice system, including by reducing the need for and use of policing in response ...
By NANCY JANE KERN A FEW YEARS ago, I read “The Big Oyster: A Molluscular History of New York” by Mark Kurlansky and found it a wonderful, easy-to-read book with so much history of our colonial beginnings in this state and information about one of my favorite foods. An older friend who lived ...
By DEBORAH E LANS HUDSON--What does it mean to be homeless in Columbia County? If you are not living on the streets, in a park or with relatives, it means you are sheltered in a motel. The costs to the county are substantial. The conditions are dismal. Robert Gibson is the commissioner of ...
COLONIE—A New Lebanon man was among four people arrested in connection with a burglary at a Colonie gun store last week. Colonie Police received a burglar alarm from New York Shooter Supply at 1593 Central Avenue, November 14 at 2:03 a.m., according to a press release. Responding officers ...
By JEANETTE WOLFBERG HUDSON--Columbia County is developing a Sanitary Code, the County Health Department announced at the Board of Supervisors Health and Human Services Committee meeting November 19, where Demba Keita, MD, gave a presentation about it. Dr. Keita is on a two year fellowship at ...
HUDSON--Greene Columbia - Community Organizations Active in Disaster (GC-COAD) announces the appointment of a new chairperson who will lead its coalition to the next level in ongoing preparation for support and resources should communities in Greene and Columbia counties experience a natural or ...
By NANCY JANE KERN Clothes pins. Photo contributed IF YOU RIDE around the countryside nowadays something is missing, the clothesline. We didn’t think much about it; everyone used one. Old photographs of tenements in New York City would show many clotheslines crisscrossing the backs of the ...
By DOUG LA ROCQUE NYVT Media GRANVILLE--It’s often said politics makes strange bedfellows, but when it comes to running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, it can sometimes make for a strange set of circumstances under which one may seek that political office. Last week ...
By KAYLEE MILLER HUDSON--The Hudson City School District held a Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, November 6. Thomas Orbinski, the student representative on the board, spoke at the meeting. He brought up how the school hosted their mock elections on Tuesday. Ballots were counted on ...
Ninth in a series about aspects of the justice system By DEBORAH E. LANS HUDSON--As Hudson Chief of Police Mishanda Franklin says, “Domestic violence is always with us.” Both nationally and locally, that is sadly true, but the local court system has a new tool to help address the issues – ...
By DIANE VALDEN Pictured are two of the intersection improvement options for realignment of the northern approach. The cost estimate for either of these options is $900,000 to $1 million to construct. Sight distance would be improved, but not sufficiently. /GPI Power Point ...
By JEANETTE WOLFBERG HUDSON--The Columbia County Board of Supervisors imposed a short term occupancy tax, increased a solid waste tipping fee, released more money for emergency repair of a bridge in Copake, and accepted more opioid abatement funds at its meeting November 13. The board ...
By DIANE VALDEN HUDSON—With rain, and in higher elevations snow predicted to start early Thursday, November 21 and continue through Friday, some relief from the current drought is finally expected. Columbia County is currently under a state Department of Environmental Conservation drought ...
By NANCY JANE KERN OVER THE WEEKEND the morning fog was a strange, ash gray, and came across the field in waves and wisps. It was reminiscent of the bluish smoke of the summer of 2023 Canadian fires. On the porch, the same haze was in my yard. My eyes burned, my throat became irritated, and I ...
By DIANE VALDEN GHENT—The continued lack of precipitation has prompted the National Weather Service in Albany to issue a Special Weather Statement this week. The statement applies to all of Columbia County. The November 13 NWS statement says there is an “elevated risk for fire spread ...
GALLATIN—Christine Vanderlan of the Hudson River Estuary Program and Cornell University will give a presentation to the Town Board about Municipal Policy Options at the Gallatin Town Hall, Tuesday, November 19 at 6:30 p.m. It is hoped that many from the community will turnout. There will be an ...
HUDSON--Columbia-Greene Habitat for Humanity (CGHFH), a non-profit organization committed to providing homeownership opportunities for average and lower income residents, will be accepting applications for its homeownership program through November 30. Currently, CGHFH has two projects under ...
By EMILIA TEASDALE VALATIE—At their regular meeting on November 4, the Kinderhook Town Board passed a Pro-Housing Communities Resolution. Passing the resolution is part of the board's plan to be able to apply for state grants and part of updating their over 20-year-old Comprehensive ...
By DEBORAH E. LANS GHENT--Concerned that future legislatures might tilt to the right, New York State legislators placed Proposition 1 on the statewide ballot this year. The proposition passed with a statewide vote of more than 60% in favor. As a result, the New York constitution, and not simply ...
By NANCY JANE KERN TRIPS AROUND THE COUNTY give a rough survey of food sources for birds and animals, and so far, things look pretty good this year. During tough weather it is surprising what will be eaten. If you have a compost pile you may have witnessed some changes already. Ever wonder what ...
By DIANE VALDEN NEW LEBANON—A fire in the old stone Shaker Mill at 40 Cherry Lane severely damaged upper floors and the roof of the structure, November 4. Columbia County 911 dispatched the Lebanon Valley Task Force and Chatham Rescue at 10:49 a.m. The fire of an undetermined cause began ...
By DEAN RIDINGS, CEO, America’s Newspapers THE RECENT DECISION by The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times to skip endorsing a presidential candidate has put the issue of media trust in the spotlight — and it underscores just how differently local newspapers are perceived from their national ...
By DAVID LEE HUDSON--Working in Collaboration with the City of Hudson, the Spark of Hudson held a fall festival in the Charles Williams Park at 246 Mill Street on Saturday, October 19. The event featured many activities for children and much information about the proposed revitalization of the ...
By MARLENE McTIGUE Capital Region Independent Media GHENT--As Thanksgiving approaches, the Feed Your Mind, Feed a Family program, initiated by Capital Region Independent Media (CRIM), is once again bringing comfort and community to the Capital District. Led by CRIM’s Vice President and ...