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Catskill man gets 26 tickets after crash By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media
SAUGERTIES — Police issued 26 tickets to a Greene County man arrested on a long list of charges following an accident Saturday in Saugerties, where he allegedly fled the scene, Saugerties police chief Joseph A. Sinagra said Monday. Szitter Zoltan, 30, of Catskill was located by police shortly after the crash, Sinagra said. On Saturday, at about 1:15 p.m., Saugerties police responded to a reported two-car accident on Route 212, in the area of Route 32, near the Stewarts gas station, Sinagra said. There were no injuries reported in the
crash. When police arrived on the scene, the other driver told them Zoltan left the area after striking their vehicle, Sinagra said. After receiving a description of Zoltan’s car, police located the vehicle being driven east on Ulster Avenue in the village of Saugerties, near Saugerties Lumber. A traffic stop was employed at that location. Police identified the operator of the vehicle as Zoltan, who was highly intoxicated, Sinagra said. Incidental to their investigation, Zoltan was taken into custody for driving while intoxicated and was brought to the Saugerties police station for processing.
During processing, Zoltan submitted to a chemical test, which established Zoltan’s blood alcohol content to be .23%, Sinagra said. The investigation of the initial crash established that Zoltan had attempted to pass the victim’s vehicle in a no-passing zone on Route 212, sideswiping the victim’s vehicle and forcing the victim’s vehicle, into oncoming traffic, where it was nearly struck by a third vehicle, Sinagra said. Zoltan was charged with driving while intoxicated, aggravated driving while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an See TICKETS A2
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An accident on Route 212 in Saugerties ended with the arrest of a Catskill man over the weekend.
Rip Van Winkle Bridge tolls to increase May 1
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Motorists will pay a little more to cross the Rip Van Winkle Bridge starting May 1, the state Bridge Authority announced Monday.
By Maura Rosner Columbia-Greene Media
Tolls on the Rip Van Winkle Bridge linking Greene and Columbia counties and four other spans across the Hudson River will increase starting Sunday, New York State Bridge Authority Public Information Officer Chris Steber said Monday. The new toll cost for eastbound passenger cars with EZPass on the Rip Van Winkle Bridge will rise to $1.55, up
from $1.45. Motorists traveling east charged tolls by mail will pay $2, up from $1.75, Steber said. The new rates are part of a four-year plan, Steber said. This is the third year it has been implemented. The last installment of the plan will be in May of 2023. The other bridges affected are Bear Mountain, Newburgh-Beacon, Mid-Hudson and Kingston-Rhinecliff, Steber said. The New York State Bridge Authority is self-funded, Steber said. All funding is See BRIDGE A2
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Catskill community leader Roger Lane dead at 73 By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media
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Former President of the Catskill Savings Bank Roger Lane passed away on Friday at the age of 73.
CATSKILL — Roger Lane, former Bank of Greene County president, charity organizer and highly respected community leader, died last Friday. He was 73. The former President of the Catskill Savings Bank worked for the local financial institution for 35 years before he served as a substitute teacher in the Catskill Central School District for two decades. Born Oct. 20, 1948, Lane was a committed member of numerous local organizations, including three decades with the Catskill Rotary Club. “Roger was a dedicated public servant to the people of Greene County,” Greene
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— GREENE COUNTY LEGISLATOR MATT LUVERA County Legislator Matt Luvera said on Monday. “I remember him growing up serving in the Rotary. When I was in high school, Roger always supported the youth in Interact, which was Rotary’s youth program, where I was an officer of the club. He was always there for us and he continued his service to the community all of these years later. He will surely be missed by so many.
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My prayers to his family.” Bank of Greene County President Donald Gibson remembered his predecessor as an irrepressible charity organizer. “He was very outgoing and community-oriented,” Gibson said. “He was always doing blood drives for the different nonprofits and the Red Cross. He was doing food drives around the holidays
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“Roger was a dedicated public servant to the people of Greene County. He will surely be missed by so many. My prayers to his family.”
for the food pantries. He did holiday programs like the Secret Santa for underprivileged kids. He wasn’t just involved in them, he chaired just about every one of those and was the one in the community pushing to get them done.” Gibson explained that Lane actually gave him his start in the banking industry. “Forty years ago Roger hired me for my first job,” Gibson said Monday. “He hired me as the summer teller at the Catskill Savings Bank when I was going to college. He was the Human Resource Officer and he kind of took a chance on me and hired me.” Lane is survived by his wife