Ghent News

A teenager has been arrested for stealing a truck in Hudson and driving it to Liberty to visit relatives.

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SAUGERTIES A sudden afternoon snow squall that covered the road surface coupled with suddenly dropping temperatures causing slipper road conditions is being blamed for a crash between a car and a propane truck carrying 300 gallons of the fuel Thursday.

The Columbia County Sheriff's department is reporting the arrest of 48 year old Kenneth Knott.

Kenneth Knott, 48, is charged with Failing to Register Change of Address, a class E-Felony. A further investigation found he had not lived in Stockport for at least the past two months.

Fire destroyed a popular restaurant and clubhouse Columbia County. The Meadowgreens Restaurant and Golf Course at 1238 Route 9H in West Ghent was fully engulfed in flames early Thursday.

Auditions for 'Mrs. Farnsworth,' comedy by A.R. Gurney, sign in at 7 p.m., auditions at 7:30 Ghent, N.Y.; for information, visit www.ghentplayhouse.org. Comments made here are the sole responsibility of the person posting them, and they are subject to the terms and conditions of this site.

Good morning. Today is the eighth day of the year. It is the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans in 1814 between the Americans and the British at the end of the War of 1812.

With the attitude-laden title of "Once and for All We're Gonna Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up and Listen," a theatrical piece that has its New York premiere on Thursday, a little history is in order.

Police say charges are possible after an accident in the Town of Ghent in Columbia County sent three people to the hospital The Columbia County Sheriff says around 11:30 Saturday night, police were called to a crash on route 217 near Schnackenberg Road in Ghent, where a car carrying three people had gone off the road.

Pair a cocktail with Aquitaine's burger. Photo: CBH Communications Not only does Aquitaine have a new Chef de Cuisine in Matt Gaudet, but also a brand new cocktail and beer list, courtesy of GM Alexis Gelburd-Kimler and Matt Coughlin, who heads up the restaurant's bar.

State police have arrested a 45-year old Kinderhook man on multiple forgery charges.

Saturday morning, I got an update from Carlo DeVito, owner of Hudson-Chatham Winery in Ghent, NY, our first harvest report from the Hudson River Valley region.

BIRTHDAY GAL: Actress Kristanna Loken was born in Ghent, N.Y., on this day in 1979.

Seven people were injured Saturday when a tow truck slammed into three stationary vehicles on Route 66, police said.

Three Albany, N.Y. area health care projects have received a total of $17 million from the latest round of HEAL NY grants announced Sept.

The air and the apples are crisp, and school's back in session. It's the perfect time for a field trip.

A COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY WAITING TO ADDRESS A TOWN BOARD MEETING IN GHENT WAS RECENTLY ABLE TO SAVE THE LIFE OF A MAN IN THE AUDIENCE.

On their way out to Ghent, New York to play host for the Let It Roll Festival, Pawnshop Roses stopped in New York City for a set at the Bowery Electric, a venue that retains the earthy nature of the evaporating Lower East Side concert scene.

A town man was charged with burglary Wednesday night after Columbia County sheriff's investigators said they found $1,200 in power equipment he stole from a home on Stockport Road.