C M Y K The Daily Mail WEEKEND Copyright 2020, Columbia-Greene Media All Rights Reserved The nation’s fourth-oldest newspaper • Serving Greene County since 1792 Price $2.50 Volume 228, No. 8 Saturday-Sunday, January 11-12, 2020 FORECASTWEATHER FOR HUDSON/CA TODAY TONIGHT SUN Flames level family home By Sarah Trafton said. Windy; an Columbia-Greene Media Sutton and his wife, Dur- Cloudy, rain; Occasional afternoon mild morning rain DURHAM — A farmhouse ham Town Councilwoman shower that had been passed down Linda Sutton, were not in the HIGH LOW 66 for many generations went up house at the time of the fire, he said. 59 56 27 in flames and was completely destroyed early Thursday The couple lives up the road Contributed photo morning. from the property, Sutton Complete weather, A2 A family farmhouse Several area fire companies said. owned by the were called to the scene on “The person staying there Suttons was Sutton Road at about 4:30 a.m. woke up and saw flames blow- destroyed in a fire “It has been in the fam- ing outside,” he said. Thursday morning. ily since the 1900s,” Durham No injuries were reported in police chief Tom Sutton said the fire, Sutton said. Friday. Sutton also owns the The house is considered a home. “There’s a lot of memo- total loss. ries there.” “It is what it is,” Tom Sutton The cause of the fire is still INSIDE TODAY! under investigation, Sutton See FLAMES A8 C1 Saturday - Sunday, January 11-12, 2020 - MEDIA COLUMBIA-GREENE LOCAL, MEMBER OWNED FINANCIAL COOPERATIVE GET MORE FOR YOUR MONEY: AWESOME FEWER FEES UNHAPPY LOAN RATES! & CHARGES - with your current - FINANCIAL INSTITUTION? WE UNDERSTAND. UNion Difference? What’s the Credit , not profit. We’re dedicated to people UNbanked.combe banked.com be MAKE THE SWITCH TODAY! 518-828-5216be banked.com 518-8 beUNbanked.com you. a financial institution that derstandsUN you. Federally insured by NCUA a financiala financial institution institution thatthat derstands derstands you. a financial institution that derstands you. be banked.com a financial institution that derstands you. Start of session brings bail debate Phillip Caruso/Hulu rie De Salle in the 2000 fi lm. yed the scene-stealing Ma of “High Fidelity.” Lisa Bonet, Kravitz’s mom, pla Zoe Kravitz assumes the lead role in Hulu’s reboot Los Angeles Times staff elevision ... now more than ever: To para- phrase the satirical fi lm studio slogan of Robert Altman’s “The Player,” TV’s domi- nant mode these days is the avalanche, the deluge, the endless binge. But even amid the clutter of 500-some scripted and countless unscripted series, there’s plenty to be excited about, including originals from nascent (or still-to-be-launched) platforms Shaun Toub and Shila Vosough Ommi star in “Little Apple Tlike Apple TV+, HBO Max and Quibi. Let the Times America” on Apple TV+. TV team help you plan your viewing schedule with this list of our 20 most anticipated new and return- coming-out-and-of-age series “Please Like Me” ing shows of 2020. back in 2013 (it was available here but easy to miss), INSIDE20 TODAY!new series, set in California, in which SPORTS C-A grapplers pin Greenville C-GM file photo Coxsackie-Athens The Hudson Correctional Facility pictured in 2015. earned seven victories by pin en route to a 71-18 By Massarah Mikati tweaks. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who victory over Greenville. Johnson Newspapers proposed the legislation in his 2019 ALBANY — As state lawmakers agenda, called the reforms a “work PAGE B1 returned to the capitol this week, in progress” in a speech last week, the bail reform law passed in last and said there were “consequences year’s historically productive legis- that we have to adjust for.” REGION lative session has carried over into The first few days of the new ses- the new year with tension. sion come on the heels of the first Witness lays Republicans have pushed for week of the law’s rollout, a tim- out alleged plot repeal of the law which allows in- ing that has given elected officials dividuals charged with most mis- plenty of debate material as news An accused accomplice demeanors and nonviolent felo- of alleged criminals being released who said he started a fire nies to be released from custody from jail pre-trial dominates the Washington Post photo by Michael S. Willimason Shannan Wise, right, with her attorney, Zina Makar. Wise, a single mother of two who for a share of insurance without bail. Even some Demo- headlines. crat legislators have proposed Senate Minority Leader John had no criminal history, spent five days in jail because her family could not afford the describes alleged plot amendments to the law, or at least $1,000 bail. Some New York state lawmakers are calling for amendment or repeal of the PAGE A3 expressed openness to exploring See DEBATE A8 bail reform law. INDEX Region A3 Opinion A4 Hernandez, Brantley join housing board State/Nation A5 Obituaries A5 By Sarah Trafton teacher at Catskill High School. Sports B1 Columbia-Greene Media “He is very community-mind- Classified B5-B6 ed,” Aldi said. Comics/Advice B7-B8 CATSKILL — Village trustees appointed two new members to Brantley is a tenant at the On the web the Catskill Housing Authority Hop-o-Nose Apartments and board Wednesday. has served on the board before. www.HudsonValley360.com When board members Kim- “She took a break from the board and is back to work with a Twitter berly Jones-Holt and Louise Schwartz resigned in November new, progressive board to advo- Follow: cate for the tenants and secure and Patrick McCulloch stepped @CatskillDailyMail their health and safety,” Aldi down on Dec. 31, the board was said. Facebook down three members. The vil- Aldi said he is looking forward www.facebook.com/ lage board of trustees unani- to being part of the board’s new CatskillDailyMail/ mously appointed Patrick Her- direction. nandez and Erica Brantley to the Village President Vincent See- housing authority board. ley is also looking forward to the “I think they both will be as- new direction the board is tak- sets to the board,” Catskill Hous- ing, he said. ing Authority Chairman Sam “We are very encouraged by File photo Aldi said. The Hop-O-Nose Apartments in Catskill. Hernandez is a business See BOARD A8 Looking for a New Home? Local Open Houses • Local Agents Local Searchable Listings www.hvpropertysearch.com.