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Police: Man stomped car ‘just for fun’ By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media
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Parking lot of the Cantine Memorial Sports Complex in Saugerties, where a car was vandalized.
SAUGERTIES — A man from Texas was arrested on felony charges for allegedly vandalizing a parked car in Saugerties just for fun, Saugerties Police Chief Joseph A. Sinagra said. Tyler Battros, 18, of San Antonio, was charged Tuesday, Sinagra said. Saugerties police were sent to the Cantine Memorial Sports Complex at 17 Pavilion St., on March 25, after receiving a complaint that a 2020 Honda Civic had been badly vandalized, Sinagra said.
The car’s windshield had been smashed out and the hood of the vehicle was badly damaged. Battros was arrested following an investigation into the incident, Sinagra said. Battros is accused of entering the sports complex about 11:30 p.m. and smashing the windshield out of the vehicle and causing extensive damage to the hood by jumping up and down on the vehicle’s windshield and hood, Sinagra said. During an interview with police, Battros admitted to damaging the vehicle, telling the
investigating officer that he did it just for fun, Sinagra said. Battros was charged with third-degree criminal mischief, a class E felony, and third-degree criminal trespass, a class B misdemeanor. Battros was processed at police headquarters and was released with an appearance ticket for Saugerties Town Justice Court to answer to the charges, Sinagra said. New York Penal Law describes third-degree criminal mischief as intentionally damaging property of another and the damage exceeds $250, but is
no greater than $1,500. If convicted, Battros would face a maximum sentence up to four years in prison. A person is guilty of third-degree criminal trespass when that person knowingly enters and remains unlawfully in a building or upon real property which is fenced or otherwise enclosed in a manner designed to exclude intruders, according to New York Penal Law. If convicted, Battros’s sentence could range from probation to three months in jail and a fine.
By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media
DURHAM — In the aftermath of the resignation of three board members from the Durham Historic Preservation Commission, the state dispatched a letter to the town informing the municipality that the historic commission no longer has a quorum to conduct official business. On March 4, commission members Ellen Fried, Ken Mabey and Rosemary O’Brien sent a letter to Durham Town Supervisor Shawn Marriott informing the town that they were resigning their posts immediately since they believed the commission’s findings were ignored regarding the proposed real estate project that the Bosque Development Company is planning to build in the Cornwallville Historic District. In February, Patrick Ciccone, former chairman of the historic commission, was not reappointed to the council. With four members of the commission departing over the course of a month, the commission was left with only two members. In a letter to Marriott dated March 18, Linda Mackey,
State has say in Durham historic commission flap
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The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has informed the Town of Durham that the town’s historic preservation commission no longer has a quorum to conduct official business.
Nursing home lifts visitor restrictions as virus abates By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media
CATSKILL — Visitation at the Greene Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center resumed Wednesday, two weeks after a COVID-19 outbreak at the nursing home saw a total of 48 residents and staff members test positive for the virus. In-person visitations from outside guests to residents commenced at the Catskill nursing home with all visitors required to take a rapid COVID test before they gain entry into the nursing home. Guests must also respond to a COVID questionnaire and have their temperature taken before entering the facility.
Greene Meadows spokesman Geoffrey Thompson said the facility has one remaining active COVID case, with that individual set to be out of isolation April 3. “Everything is really back to normal,” Thompson said on Thursday. The first COVID cases in the nursing home were identified March 14, with subsequent testing held March 18 that revealed additional cases. In all, 33 residents and 15 staff members tested positive for COVID during the outbreak. Thompson said none of the cases were deemed severe. There are 96 residents living at See VIRUS A8
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Visitation resumed at the Greene Meadows Nursing And Rehabilitation Center in Catskill on Wednesday, two weeks after a COVID-19 outbreak saw 48 individuals infected at the nursing home.