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News Releases from Greene County

Local organizations whose projects improve the health status of Greene County Residents can now apply for Mini-Grants of up to $1,500 through the Greene County Rural Health Network. Proposals are Due October 19th, 2018  The Application is Simple and Brief…

By consumer demand, Greene County Transit is expanding into Columbia County. A new route will start in the village of Catskill and make stops at Columbia-Greene Community College, Columbia Memorial Hospital and the Hudson Amtrak station on South Front Street…

Adapted from a story by Daniel Zuckerman from Columbia-Greene Media on July 26th, 2018, the article is no longer available online. A movie about Shirley Jackson, author of “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Lottery,” will begin shooting in…

Adapted from a story by Daniel Zuckermann from Columbia-Greene Media on July 23th 2018, the article is no longer available online. Tannersville will apply for a $500,000 state grant to help rejuvenate Rip Van Winkle Lake’s shorefront and Gooseberry Creek.…

Adapted from a story by Justin Porreca from Columbia-Greene Media on June 20th, 2018, the article is no longer available online. When he first came up with the idea people scoffed at Don Gibson, thinking he was crazy. There was…

Adapted from a story by Daniel Zuckermann from Columbia-Greene Media on July 16th 2018, the article is no longer available online. When it comes to landscape painting, Catskill’s most famous son, Thomas Cole,  got the picture. A new site at…

The Wednesday, June 20th session of the Greene County Legislature honored two Greene County Employees: naming Amy Block as 2018 Employee of the Year and Margaret “Maggie” Graham as the 2018 Chairman’s Award Winner.  Both honors were delivered by the…

Greene County Solid Waste Management will be holding its annual Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection event 7:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. June 30 at the Greene County Highway Department facility at Scott Lane, off Route 9W in Athens. County residents are…