MAN BUYS ISLAND RETREAT IN HUDSON NEAR STILLWATER.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: LEIGH HORNBECK Staff writer

George Story is ready to do a little island hopping.

Story, 52, whose family owns General Timber Co. of Fort Edward, is buying Green Island, a 26-acre, wooded spot on the Hudson River. Story also owns Thompson Island 20 miles upstream.

``I've got a habit of buying islands I guess,'' Story said. He also lived on Griffin Island, but sold it in 1988.

Story has a building permit application pending before the town of Stillwater to build a log cabin.

Story bought the property from Fred and Pat Donovan of Schaghticoke, the owners of Donovan's Tree Service. He said the sale would be complete by the end …