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THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2019
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New study eyed for old jail By Sarah Trafton
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CATSKILL — The former Greene County Jail is being evaluated by an engineering firm to learn how much it would cost to bring the building up to code, county officials said Wednesday. The evaluation, being performed by Barton & Loguidice, will take place concurrently with construction on a new jail facility in Coxsackie. The county authorized a U.S. Department of Agriculture bond for $39 million and plans to contribute $8.1 million for the 60-bed facility. The former jail, at 80 Bridge St., was a lost
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Work began earlier this month at the new jail site off Route 9W in Coxsackie earlier this month.
cause, Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said.
“It is a 100-year-old building,” he said. “We feel there is no salvation.”
The jail was abruptly closed April 20, 2018, after a meeting between Greene County Sheriff Greg Seeley and three lawmakers: former Legislature Chairman Kevin Lewis, R-Greenville; William Lawrence, R-Cairo; and Michael Bulich, R-Catskill. “I called every board member,” Groden said Wednesday. “We declared it an emergency situation.” Groden recalled that the floor of the jail was separating from the wall in one section. “You think I’m going to wait for a public meeting?” he said. See JAIL A2
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Little Stevie Orbit cruises in Steve Forbert and his band coming to Helsinki PAGE A7
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Wynter Plank, 8, takes a cooling leap off the diving board at the Athens Pool.
Racking up social points “American Empire” felled by weak script, characters PAGE A7
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By Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media
Get ready for a scorcher of a weekend. Potentially dangerous high temperatures and humidity are headed our way. “We are looking for a hot and humid air mass to come into the Mid-Hudson Valley and the Capital Region over
the next few days,” said meteorologist Tom Wasula at the National Weather Service in Albany. Over the next couple of days temperatures are expected to be in the mid to upper 80s, dropping into the mid 60s at night. But then the heat will hit.
“It looks like we will really build into the heat later in the week and over the weekend,” Wasula said. “The best chance for widespread temperatures in the high 90s should start Friday. With the combination of high temperatures and high See HOT A2
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Temperatures nearing 100 degrees are headed our way. Aiden Hart, 8, pictured, shows off his favorite way to beat the heat.
Questions persist about auction By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media
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The exterior of the existing Greene County Sheriff’s Office on Bridge Street in Catskill. An unauthorized auction of its interior occurred last month.
CATSKILL — Uncertainty surrounding the legality of an auction at the former sheriff’s office last month continued Wednesday as photographs of items tagged for sale surfaced in a comment posted on Hudson Valley 360. Items that were not specified in the email to Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden on March 28 are featured in the advertisement on Auction International. Additionally the auction began on March 27, according to the website. “In parentheses it says doors,
windows and molding,” Groden said Wednesday, referring to the email sent to him by the Greene County Sheriff’s Office. “I must have read [it] at 80 miles an hour.” Groden responded to the email by authorizing windows, doors, molding and kitchen equipment to be sold. Because the value of the items was under $10,000, the items did not have to be retired or sold off by the Greene County Legislature, Groden said. The tag line for the advertisement on Auction International reads, “Vintage Windows, Doors, Radiators, Floors, Molding &
More.” Photographs accompanying the advertisement show the staircase, a vintage claw-foot bathtub, a sink, two fireplaces and many other items. Groden said he did not see photographs for these items online. “Building will be taken down in the near future,” according to the advertisement. “Buyer is responsible for removal and must have proper liability insurance.” The highest bidder, listed under the name ronsully57., won the items for $260. The Legislature will hold a See AUCTION A2
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