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C M Y K INSIDE WHO’S WHO?WHO’STE WHO? THIS ISSUE! REALWHO’S EST WHO? WHO’SIN REALWHO? EST The Daily MailTEWEEKEND AL ESTATE Copyright 2021, Columbia-Greene Media All Rights Reserved Serving Greene County since 1792 Price $2.50 Volume 229, No. 61 Saturday-Sunday, March 27-28, 2021 n FORECASTWEATHER FOR HUDSON/CA TODAY TONIGHT SUN Police: Officer fires shots at suspect By Bill Williams Walton, a Delaware Coun- Columbia-Greene Media ty village of about 3,100, Breezy and HALCOTT — What began as a reported fired his service weapon Partly sunny Partly cloudy cooler with domestic dispute in Halcott on Thursday at the minivan after Green rain morning led to a high-speed chase with the evaded a roadblock and HIGH LOW 55 Contributed photo police firing shots at the suspect’s car, said drove straight at the offi- Bahji Green Aga Dembinska, public information officer 65 43 33 cer, Dembinska said. of Prattsville for state police Troop C. No injuries were report- was allegedly Police are continuing to search for Bahji ed and it is unclear if the Bahji Green Complete weather, A2 driving Green, 29, of Prattsville, who allegedly fled minivan was struck by any this Toyota from officers in a Toyota minivan, Dem- bullets, Dembinska said. Minivan, C1 Saturday - Sunday, March 27-28, 2021 - MEDIA OLUMBIA-GREENE binska said. C On Thursday at about 5 a.m., State Police when he drove Police described Green as a Black male, from Catskill were sent by Greene County around a police approximately 6 feet tall, weighing 145 911 to investigate a domestic incident in roadblock. Marvel to introduce pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Zack Snyder, right, Halcott. directs Batman (Ben gay teen Affleck) and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) during filming of superhero “Justice League.” COMIC BOOKS: Debut Clay Enos in Captain America The vehicle he was last seen in is a Toyo- 80th anniversary issue Before police arrived, Green left the area By MURI ASSUNCAO New York Daily News Marvel Comics is celebrat- ing the 80th anniversary of h a gay Captain America wit teen superhero. The publishing company ta Minivan with New York license plate said in a press release that its in the minivan, Dembinska said. newest hero, Aaron Fischer, is making his debut June 2. - He’ll be featured in a new lim ited series titled “The United States of Captain America.” The series will feature the original Captain America JBU7991. Police say he has addresses in Steve Rogers teaming up with Captain Ame ricas of the past Other police agencies were given a — including Bucky Barnes, Sam Wilson and John Walker — traveling across America to find his stolen shield. As they go on their road trip, discover “everyday they will ” people from all walks of life Prattsville and New York City. who have taken up the mantle of Captain America to defend their communities. The groundbreaking new series is being written by Christopher Cantwell with art See SHOTS A8 by Dale Eaglesham. The first, co-written by Jushua Trujillo ith art by Jan Bazaldua, is A police officer from the village of THE THE ‘JUSTICE LEAGUE’ INSIDE TODAY! WANTED n SPORTS PARAMEDICS GET GREEN LIGHT TO ADMINISTER VACCINE TH outlasts C-A for first win Taconic Hills defeated By Sarah Trafton it and it will definitely help Coxsackie-Athens, 2-0, Columbia-Greene Media us.” Thursday afternoon, CATSKILL — Greene Paramedics have already started vaccinating resi- earning its first win. County paramedics have been approved by the state dents independently. PAGE B1 to vaccinate people in the Paramedic Nadine Myr- field, officials said Friday. dycz vaccinated 15 resi- The paramedics pre- dents in Catskill on Thurs- n NATION viously completed the day. state’s vaccinator training Fourteen paramedics program and could assist are certified to administer at clinics run by Greene the vaccines, Greene EMS County Public Health, but President Mark Evans said. now they are authorized “We’re not taking any by the state Department medics off the road,” he of Health to vaccinate resi- said. “These are all people dents, including the home- that are off-duty, people bound, independently. that come in on their day “This will take some of off. We’re very thankful that load off of our public to have them and that the health nurses and if the county is utilizing them to vaccine supply holds fairly the fullest.” Now, we give steady, it allows us to do Greene County Public multiple pods,” Greene Health will still handle the you a warning County Legislature Chair- scheduling of appoint- Kansas City newspaper man Patrick Linger, R-New ments and submitting vaccination records to the sends an ominous Baltimore, said. “Greene EMS could do a small pod state, Linger said. warning with a blank front in some of the more remote “[Greene EMS] is not page areas where it doesn’t make going to get their own al- PAGE A2 sense to bring 15 or so per- location [of vaccines],” he sonnel out to do a county pod. It has a lot of benefit to See LIGHT A8 n LOCAL Contributed photo Setting a path Nadine Myrdycz became the first community paramedic in the history of Greene County to vaccinate 15 individuals in the Town of Catskill on Thursday. toward normal Columbia-Greene vaccine pod sets a course toward a return Trustees to vote on to normal, officials say PAGE A3 n INDEX village police reform Region A3 By Sarah Trafton by the public and by our police and a review board, which I Opinion A4 Columbia-Greene Media department.” have no problem with,” Darling State/Nation A5 CATSKILL — Village lawmak- The village opened the public said. “I think it was constructive Obituaries A5 ers will hold a special meeting hearing on the plan Wednesday. criticism, which I have no prob- Sports B1 Monday to hear public com- Resident Robert Kosich in- lem with.” Classified B4 ment on the police reform plan. quired as to why the plan did not The committee also rec- Comics/Advice B7-B8 The meeting will begin at include body cameras, adding ommended the agency give a 4:30 p.m. in the village court- he felt they would be more ef- biweekly report to the village On the web room. Village trustees will vote fective than a proposed uniform board, closely examine the change. www.HudsonValley360.com to adopt the plan following the budget and keep the committee hearing. Law said the cameras would active for a year to continue the Twitter The plan was developed in be a significant expense for the review process, Darling said. response to a state executive village, adding she did not have “I get the message, I under- Follow: order in June requiring all mu- the exact figures at hand. @CatskillDailyMail stand what they’re saying,” he nicipalities with a police agency The report included recom- said. “I will continue to work Facebook to conduct a review of policies mendations for better engage- with them.” www.facebook.com/ and procedures and develop a ment with the community, less The committee will meet on CatskillDailyMail/ plan to improve them in a way intimidating uniforms, a civilian a quarterly basis to monitor the that will address the needs of the review board and additional progress of the department as community. training. recommendations are imple- “The committee and myself Catskill Police Chief David mented, according to the plan. worked really hard on this,” Darling was supportive of the The lieutenants are asked to said Trustee Natasha Law, who recommendations. meet with the committee within File photo chaired the committee. “As a “They want more community Catskill police headquarters on Main Street. team, we hope it is received well interaction with police officers See REFORM A8.