columbia county

Chatham residents - your song is done.  Lots of people wrote in, and I thank you all for that.  I know the title makes no sense, but I had to go with it

Chatham, New York - come on down! You've been nominated by one of your own for a theme song.  Glad to oblige

I had a blast doing this (like always).  Great information from you folks, by the way.  Ok, let's get to it, shall we?  A salute to Ghent, NY!

Is it pronounced Ghent or Geh-Hent?  You wouldn't know if you asked our Bethany, but I digress.  It gave me the idea to pay tribute to your little corner of the world.

Italy - Rescue workers continued efforts to located about two dozen people who are still missing from the Costa Concordia.  A decision looms, though, to call off the search for survivors.

A 73-year old woman was found murdered in her Columbia County home Sunday.  The county sheriffs have 21-year old Shafiqul Islam in custody, but have not charged him with the Lois Decker's death.