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Register-Star WEEKEND The nation’s second-oldest newspaper • Serving Columbia and Dutchess counties since 1785 Copyright 2020, Columbia-Greene Media All Rights Reserved Price $2.50 Volume 236, No. 167 Saturday-Sunday, August 22-23, 2020 n FORECASTWEATHER FOR HUDSON/CA TODAY TONIGHT SUN UPS driver ODs behind wheel By Bill Williams located the truck at the corner Columbia-Greene Media of North 2nd and Columbia Mostly Patchy HUDSON — A Hudson po- streets, Moore said. A t-storm cloudy and clouds and around lice officer jumped into the The UPS driver, 36-year- humid humid back of a UPS truck Friday old Johnathan L. Miller of HIGH LOW 89 morning to stop it after the Tannersville, remained in Bill Williams/ truck’s driver suffered an ap- Columbia Memorial Health’s Columbia Greene 86 61 64 parent drug overdose while intensive care unit Friday after Media driving in the city, Hudson Hudson Police Officer Randy Hudson Police Complete weather, A2 Police Chief L. Edward Moore Strattman jumped into the and Greenport said. moving truck at north Second Rescue at C1 Saturday - Sunday, August 22-23, 2020 - MEDIA COLUMBIA-GREENE

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Natash a Lyonne (“Orange Is the New Black”) will direct and act as executive producer with In ‘Lovecraft Country’ her Animal Pictures production is the company partners Maya Ru- dolph (“”) and Danielle Renfrew Behrens. vehicles and the bicycle pa- Cooper and “SNL” vet Paulaoducers. Pell will also be executive pr vi- RACISMreal monster Cooper’s videos making The diffi culty he and other old- cious fun of Trump’s headline- time genre writers present for grabbing comments include INSIDEPeele show TODAY!Ps, and more enlightened “How to Medical,” which has trol rushed to the area and See ODS A2 n SPORTS Columbia County reopening plans outlined By Natasha Vaughn Columbia-Greene Media Six school districts across Columbia County have created school reopening protocols. Districts in the county will be requiring masks and that everyone keep socially distant when possible. Schools will all be screening stu- dents and taking their temperature in order to help prevent the possible Hunting season spread of the COVID-19 virus through- out schools, students who show symp- shapes up toms or have a temperature over 100 It’s that time of year again will be isolated until they can be picked for getting everything up from school. ready for the upcoming Districts have been working with the Department of Health to create hunting season. plans in case a student or staff mem- PAGE B1 ber should test positive for COVID. If an outbreak occurs at a school, the Department of Health would work n REGION with the district to determine if it will have to be closed. Schools will also be working with the board to trace COVID cases that may arise. GERMANTOWN All students will begin the school year with remote-style learning for the first two weeks of the school year, from Sept. 14 to Sept. 25. The district will then begin in-person learning in phas- Contributed photo es based on grade level for students Students from Germantown Elementary School connected with their teacher in the spring via Zoom as part of the district’s who opted to learn in-person this year. new distance learning model. The district asked parents if they wanted their students to participate in State guidelines require school buses maintain social distancing on the bus. HUDSON either remote or in-person learning for DA: No charges to operate at 50% in order to maintain “I can’t tell you how grateful we all Hudson students will be starting the beginning of the school year. social distancing this school year. are for the folks who have pitched in in inmate death Within three days about 70 percent the school year remotely on Sept. 14. “Transportation is extremely expen- and helped us with this plan,” Brown Students who have opted for in-person The Greene County DA of parents had responded to the sur- vey, and about 60% of respondents had sive,” Brown said. “Germantown Cen- said. “It just goes to show you that learning will be start in-person classes finds no criminal conduct opted for in-person learning. tral School District does not have the when the going gets tough the com- over the next several weeks based on in the death of jail inmate Superintendent Susan Brown said funding to increase our bus runs.” munity pitches in, it’s all about the kids their grade level. Matthew Leombruno one of the biggest challenges among all Brown said the district has enough and it’s all about keeping them and the See PLANS A2 PAGE A5 the changes has been transportation. students being driven to school to staff safe and healthy.” n INDEX Region A3 Opinion A4 City limits hours for Shared Streets State/Nation A5 Obituaries A5 By Aliya Schneider installed week-long. Sports B1 Columbia-Greene Media According to a survey con- Comics/Advice A8-9 HUDSON — Starting on ducted in May by the Hud- Classified B4-5 Monday, the Hudson Shared son Development Corpora- Streets program will return to tion with 212 respondents, On the web a weekend-only schedule. most people said that after www.HudsonValley360.com Shared Streets, meant to the pause order is lifted they allow people to walk into the would be more comfortable patronizing local establish- street when sidewalks are ments if they could be served Follow: crowded and for businesses outdoors. @HudsonRegisterstar to safely expand into parking The majority of respondents Facebook spots, will now take place Fri- also said that shopping locally days 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., and Sat- www.facebook.com/ to support small businesses in urdays and Sundays 11 a.m. HudsonRegisterstar/ their community would be a to 10 p.m. on Warren Street priority after the pause order between Front and 7th streets. is lifted. The city successfully tried Shared Streets give people the Shared Streets model the ability to support local Aliya Schneider/Columbia-Green Media on the weekend of June 26- businesses while maintaining John and Georgia McCulloch, of Hudson, sit outside Supernatural Coffee on Warren Street on Friday 28, and after the Fourth of afternoon. July weekend the model was See HOURS A2

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