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NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FIRST-PLACE AWARD FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE, 2016
MID
HUDSON
Vol. 29, No 14
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APRIL 5 - 11, 2017
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Egg
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The City of Newburgh has launched
an effort to clamp down on illegal event
spaces. The initiative follows two fatal
shootings at parties held in spaces that
were not up to city code.
“The intention is to ensure safety at
large events and parties in Newburgh,”
city Planner Alexandra Church said.
A joint effort by city planning, codes,
fire and police, the project focuses on
preventing events from being held in
uninspected spaces.
The city is urging property owners
and event hosts to reach out to the city’s
Department of Code Compliance to make
sure spaces are in compliance before
events or parties occur. Information and
inspections are provided free of charge.
Recent shooting incidents have
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highlighted the dangers posed by parties
held in illicit spaces. “They were both
held at illegal spaces,” said Church,
pointing to two parties that resulted in
the deaths of three young adults in the
last six months.
The first was a Halloween party, held
at 119 Broadway on Oct. 30. Seven people
were injured when a shooter shot into
a crowd of partygoers, many of them
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J udy & F riends
Brian Wolfe
The Hope for Judy benefit, which was held Sunday afternoon at the Newburgh Armory, gathered more than 100 supporters and raised the
majority of funds needed for Newburgh Mayor Judy Kennedy’s cancer treatment and travel expenses. If you were unable to attend the event
and still would like to contribute, you can send a check or money order payable to Love Holds Life, 2345 Route 52, Suite 2F Hopewell Junction,
NY 12533. Write “Judy Kennedy’s cancer treatment” on the memo line. The mayor is pictured with volunteers at the event.
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By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
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S pecial R eport :
N ewburgh ’ s T ainted W ater
How did it
happen?
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
W
ashington Lake shimmered like
diamonds in the sun on a breezy
day in
The City of
April. The lake
Newburgh
is slowly
water reflected
recovering
from PFOS
the color of a
contamination
of its
clear, blue sky,
drinking-water
supply
giving no hint of
at
Washington
Lake.
the chemical that
Manufactured in the
lurked beneath its
U.S. until 2000, the
surface.
chemical was used in
“PFOS stands
Scotchgard products
for perfluoro-
and non-stick cookware.
octanesulfonic
It was also a key
acid,” said Brad
ingredient
in fire foam
Hutton, deputy
used
at
Stewart
Air
commissioner
National
Guard
Base,
of the Office of
where the chemical
Public Health
seeped into water
at the New York
and soil. Pooling in a
State Department
stormwater retention
of Health.
pond near the air base,
Hutton spoke at
the chemical flowed
a meeting hosted
downhill to pollute the
by the DOH at
city’s drinking water.
the Newburgh
In this series, the
Armory Unity
Mid
Hudson Times
Center last
investigates
the water
month. The event
crisis,
the
ongoing
centered on a
cleanup and the source
state-led, blood-
of the pollution at
testing program
Stewart Air National
set up to measure
Guard Base.
PFOS levels in
people who drank
City of Newburgh water.
PFOS, also known as perfluorooctane
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