CLAVERACK—A Claverack woman has been arrested for committing two separate residential burglaries at the same location within a five-day span, according to a press release from Columbia County Sheriff David P. Bartlett.

The Sheriff’s Office was contacted Saturday, September 28 by a resident of Tishauser Road reporting that someone had burglarized his home. Deputies and investigators responded to the scene. They found that a large amount of money and a firearm were stolen from the residence.

Five days later, Thursday, October 3 at 1:23pm, Columbia County 911 dispatched deputies to another residence on Tishauser Road for a report that a woman was attempting to gain entry into a parked, unoccupied vehicle in the driveway. While investigating this report, deputies found that the same residence burglarized Saturday had been burglarized again. Read more…

GREENPORT—A farmer was killed when his tractor was hit by a dump truck at the intersection of State Route 9 and Yates Road, the afternoon of September 19.

Columbia County 911 dispatched State Police from the Livingston barracks to the two-vehicle crash at 2:04 p.m.

An investigation revealed than an International Harvester Farmall 1066 tractor operated by Stuart M. Meisner, 67, of Hudson was attempting to cross State Route 9 in a westerly direction from Yates Road to Church Road. The tractor failed to yield the right of way and was struck by a southbound International Harvester dump truck on State Route 9. Read more…

GREENPORT—A farmer was killed when his tractor was hit by a dump truck at the intersection of State Route 9 and Yates Road, the afternoon of September 19.

Columbia County 911 dispatched State Police from the Livingston barracks to the two-vehicle crash at 2:04 p.m.

An investigation revealed than an International Harvester Farmall 1066 tractor operated by Stuart M. Meisner, 67, of Hudson was attempting to cross State Route 9 in a westerly direction from Yates Road. The tractor failed to yield the right of way and was struck by a southbound International Harvester dump truck on State Route 9. Read more…