Tiffany Greenwaldt-Simon

Reporter at the Register-Star, based in Hudson, New York.

Tiffany Greenwaldt-Simon

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Livestock on display on third day of Columbia County Fair

CHATHAM — Livestock was the main focus of the third day of the Columbia County Fair Friday.Teenagers in the 4-H program showed off their dairy cows and goats in the show ring of the fair Friday afternoon, and other prize-winning animals were on display with their various ribbons.“The children that grow up in the 4-H program and contribute are what’s really the heart and soul of our fair,” Robin Benziger, a director of the Columbia County Fair, said Friday. “They’re all ahead of us in that way, a...
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Hudson on track for community pool

The city was awarded $792,649 by the state through its NY SWIMS initiative, a program investing in pools and swimming in underserved communities throughout the state.The program provides municipalities with grants ranging from $50,000 and $10 million to help with the design, construction, rehabilitation or modernization of public swimming facilities, according to a press release from Gov. Kathy Hochul.The proposed pool would be located on the same property as the Dunn Warehouse, located behind t...
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Verizon, Hudson schools distribute laptops to students

HUDSON — Thousands of laptops were distributed recently to Hudson City School District students as part of the rollout of the Verizon Innovative Learning program at the district.Through the program, students and faculty at the Hudson Senior High School and Hudson Junior High School are eligible to receive Chromebooks with built-in internet access.The program also provides enrolled schools with funding for technology coaches and professional development support for teachers to integrate the techn...
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Group rallies for Hudson to pass eviction protections

HUDSON — Representatives from the grassroots organization For The Many, as well as city residents, descended on City Hall on Tuesday night to call for the Common Council to consider passing the Good Cause Eviction law.Good Cause Eviction was signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on April 20 as part of the state’s budget. The law automatically went into effect in New York City, and other municipalities in the state can choose to opt-in by passing a local law.In the state, the cities of Poughkeepsi...
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Paid parking coming to all of Warren Street in Hudson

HUDSON — The Common Council approved a resolution Tuesday authorizing an agreement with a company to purchase and install parking pay kiosks on the unmetered sections of Warren Street.Sixteen pay kiosks will be purchased by the city from the company Integrated Technical Systems for $148,599,49, and a monthly service fee of $1,520, according to the resolution, and installed on Warren Street below 3rd Street.A kiosk will also be installed in the municipal parking lot on Union Street, and the parki...
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10-day Hudson Eye Arts Festival returns

HUDSON — The 10-day Hudson Eye Arts festival will be returning to the city Friday.The festival, now in its 18th year, features live performances and visual arts throughout the city.“This year is really artist centered,” Jonah Bokaer, the founder of the Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation, the organization that showcases the festival. “Some organizations prioritize the box office, some economic development, and all of this is valid, but we’re focused on artists.”The festival is a multivenue event, and a...
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Hudson law bans dog tethering for extended times

HUDSON — The Common Council enacted a local law that would prevent dog owners from tethering their animals outside for extended periods of time.Under the law, enacted at the council’s meeting Tuesday, dogs cannot be tethered outside for more than one hour from 6 a.m. and 11 p.m., and 11 p.m. through 6 a.m.A dog restrained outside also cannot be exposed to temperatures less than 32 degrees or above 90 degrees, and cannot be tethered outside when the National Weather Service has an active heat, wi...
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Opening statements, witness testimony begins in Kreutzer case

HUDSON — Opening statements and witness testimony began in the Columbia County Courthouse on Friday in the attempted murder trial of Madison Kreutzer, who is accused of shooting at police officers during an armed standoff in Gallatin in 2020.Kreutzer, now 38, was charged with attempted murder of a police officer, a class A-I felony, when she was arrested by police in 2020.Columbia County District Attorney Chris Liberati-Conant, who is prosecuting the case, said during his opening statement that...
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Retired SP sgt. testifies Kreutzer shot at him

HUDSON — Defendant Madison Kreutzer pointed a pistol directly at a State Police officers vehicle and fired at him twice, a retired State Police Zone sergeant testified in Columbia County Court on Monday.Kreutzer, 38, is charged with attempted murder of a police officer, a class A-I felony, after an armed standoff with police in Gallatin in 2020.Paul Strobel, a retired zone sergeant at the New York State Police barracks in Livingston, testified that he was the first officer to respond to the inci...
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Pro-Palestine protestors rally outside of county Democratic offices

HUDSON — Dozens of Columbia County residents gathered in the city Sunday to protest for the United States to implement an embargo on weapons to Israel.The protest, organized by Columbia County for Palestine, was held in conjunction with the national Not Another Bomb campaign.The Not Another Bomb campaign is organized by the Uncommitted Movement, an anti-war group that is organizing people to vote uncommitted in elections to protest President Joe Biden’s policies in Gaza, according to the organiz...
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Copake bicentennial celebrations come to an end with parade, party

COPAKE — Residents came out in droves Saturday afternoon for the final celebration of the town’s bicentennial.The Copake Bicentennial parade kicked off at 3 p.m. on Center Hill Road, and continued down Main Street past the town’s Memorial Clock, before continuing to Mountainview Road past the Town Hall, and ending back at Center Street.Over 60 units participated in the 2-mile long parade, including fire companies, state and local elected officials, and local companies.“We had so many people in t...
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City looks to expand paid parking on Warren Street

HUDSON — The Common Council will be voting at its meeting tonight on two resolutions authorizing agreements with a company to provide parking kiosks and a mobile pay system.The two resolutions were introduced at the council’s informal meeting Aug. 12, and authorizes Mayor Kamal Johnson to enter an agreement with the company Integrated Technical Systems to supply and install the pay kiosks.The software to manage payments and enforcement will be provided by the company T2 Systems.The kiosks will b...
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Hudson celebrates Black culture at Sankofa Festival

Hundreds of people gathered Saturday afternoon to celebrate Black culture during the Sankofa Black Arts and Culture Festival.The festival kicked off with a parade down Warren Street to the Henry Hudson Riverfront Park, where the festival was being held.Sankofa was opened by Hudson Mayor Kamal Johnson, and Gregory and Elena Mosley, founders of Operation Unite.Performances took place throughout the day, including a stilt performance by the Brooklyn-based Kaisokah Stilt Walkers and participants in...
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Columbia County Sheriff sued, woman alleges phone taken at courthouse

HUDSON - A lawsuit was filed by a city woman against the Columbia County Sheriff Donald J. Krapf, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office and five unnamed deputies, alleging the woman’s phone was improperly released by deputies at the Columbia County Courthouse.The woman, identified in the lawsuit as Tahara Williams, alleges that her phone was given to another woman, Nandi Cobbins, by sheriff’s deputies while she was at the courthouse for a sentencing hearing of a man who murdered her brother.Willi...
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Glenville man killed in Columbia County motorcycle crash

A motorcyclist from Glenville was killed in a crash Sunday in Kinderhook, New York State Police said Wednesday.Randall D. Collins, 31, of Glenville, was killed in the accident that happened at around 8:16 p.m. on Aug. 11, police said.Collins was driving east on Route 28 in the town when he went off shoulder of the road, travelling through a field and striking a tree, police said.Collins was pronounced dead at the crash scene.State Police were assisted at the scene of the crash by the Niverville...
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Police: Information sought on unlicensed Columbia County day care facility

COLUMBIA COUNTY — State Police in Livingston are seeking assistance with an investigation into an unlicensed day care facility.The facility, formerly known as Roxbury Playgroup, was operated by Carla Jo Cashen in Columbia County, police said.State Police received information from Child Protective Services on Tuesday on potential abuse and mistreatment occurring at the facility.Anyone with information on the facility is being asked to contact New York State Police Troop K Communications at 845-67...
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Youth programs at Hudson's Oakdale Lake to continue despite algae bloom

HUDSON — Youth programs at Oakdale Lake will continue, even with the lake being closed to water-related activities, Mayor Kamal Johnson said Wednesday.This week is the last week of summer camp at the lake, and the programs’ end of summer beach party will still go forward, but only on the sand surrounding the lake, Johnson said.“We’ll just be pivoting to nonwater activities,” he said. “Since this is the last week, everything fell into place and we didn’t have to maneuver any youth programming.”Oa...
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Columbia board OKs $20M college budget

HUDSON — The Columbia County Board of Supervisors approved a $20 million operating budget for Columbia-Greene Community College Wednesday following a brief public hearing with no one speaking for or against the college’s budget.The budget represents a $172,201 increase over the previous year.Student tuition increased 2.74% from $2,628 to $2,700 per semester for full-time students, Amanda Bishop, vice president for administration and finance, said Thursday.“We try to stay within 3%, and stay in l...
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Greene County lawmakers to vote on $20M college budget

HUDSON — The Columbia County Board of Supervisors approved a $20 million operating budget for Columbia-Greene Community College Wednesday following a brief public hearing with no one speaking for or against the college’s budget.The budget represents a $172,201 increase over the previous year.Student tuition increased 2.74% from $2,628 to $2,700 per semester for full-time students, Amanda Bishop, vice president for administration and finance, said Thursday.“We try to stay within 3%, and stay in l...
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Health care workers in Hudson call for higher wages, better benefits at union meeting

Health care workers and residents gathered at the Hudson Firehouse on Thursday to discuss staffing and retention issues at Columbia Memorial Health, as well as ongoing contract negotiations.The meeting, hosted by the health care union 1199SEIU, attracted over 100 people who sought information on the ongoing negotiations between health care workers and hospital administration, and learn about the conditions inside of the hospital from individuals who work there.“The purpose of today’s forum is re...
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Greenport Town Board OKs dispensary moratorium

GREENPORT - The Greenport Town Board voted unanimously to approve a six-month moratorium on cannabis dispensaries during its regular meeting on Wednesday.The law was passed following a public hearing attended by Greenport residents who expressed their opinions on both the law and the proposed dispensary to be located at 235 Fairview Ave.The dispensary, listed as Goldleaf Dispensary in its license application with the state Office of Cannabis Management, would be open from 10 a.m. through 8 p.m....
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Ghent man sentenced in drunken-driving crash that killed mother, father, injured child

Kenttory Brown, the man accused of killing two people while driving drunk in a Claverack car crash July 4, 2023, was sentenced to five to 15 years in state prison in Columbia County Court on Wednesday.Brown, 39, of Ghent, entered a plea of guilty to one count of aggravated vehicular homicide in June before Columbia County Court Judge Brian Herman.The crash killed Stephanie DeForest, 41, and Homer Snyder, 57, both Columbia County residents, and injured their 8-year-old child.The courtroom was fil...
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Hudson gathers for National Night Out

Residents, law enforcement, and community organizations gathered at the Henry Hudson Riverfront Park Tuesday to celebrate National Night Out.National Night Out takes place annually throughout the country on the first Tuesday in August. The event promotes relationships between law enforcement and communities, according to the National Night Out website.This year’s event in Hudson was the first time the city held it on the same day the event was held nationally.Over 100 people attended the event a...
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Central Hudson requests another rate increase from state

ALBANY — On the same day a Central Hudson rate increase went into effect, the power company filed an application for a new rate increase with the state Public Service Commission.The new rate increases, requested by the utility company on Aug. 1, would see a monthly hike in residential electricity bills of $9.19, or a 5.3% increase, and residential gas bills would go up monthly by $8.74, or a 5.9% increase.The proposed rates would take effect on July 1, 2025 and extend through June 30, 2026. If g...
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