Mid Hudson Times Apr. 05 2017 | Page 2

2 Mid Hudson Times, Wednesday, April 5, 2017 IN THIS ISSUE Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 City of Newburgh.. . . . . . . . . . . 20 Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Crossword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Letters to the Editor. . . . . . . . . . 8 Meadow Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Town of Newburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Newburgh Heritage. . . . . . . . . . . 9 New Windsor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Opinion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Police Blotter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Service Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Newburgh’s PFOS water crisis: How it happened PUBLIC AGENDA WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 New Windsor Town Board,7 p.m. Town Hall, 555 Union Ave., New Windsor. Newburgh City Council Work Session, 6 p.m. City Hall, 83 Broadway. THURSDAY, APRIL 6 Town of Newburgh Planning Board, 7 p.m. Town Hall, 1496 Route 300, Town of Newburgh. MONDAY, APRIL 10 Newburgh Town Board, 7 p.m. Town Hall, 1496 Route 300, Town of Newburgh. TUESDAY, APRIL 15 City of Newburgh Planning Board, 7:30 p.m. City of Newburgh Activity Center, 401 Washington St. HOW TO REACH US OFFICE: 300 Stony Brook Court Newburgh, NY 12550 PHONE: 845-561-0170, FAX: 845-561-3967 Emails may be directed to the following : ADVERTISING [email protected] CALENDAR SUBMISSIONS [email protected] TO REACH THE EDITOR [email protected] FOR THE SPORTS DEPARTMENT [email protected] PUBLIC NOTICES [email protected] WEBSITE www.timescommunitypapers.com The Mid Hudson Times, (USPS 000-5947) is a weekly newspaper published every Wednesday at Newburgh, NY 12550, with offices at 300 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, NY. Single copy: $1 at newsstand. By mail in Orange, Ulster or Sullivan Counties: $40 annually, $44 out of county. Periodicals permit at Newburgh, NY. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mid Hudson Times, 300 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, NY 12550 Washington Lake is being treated with activated carbon after being contaminated by the chemical PFOS. sulfonate, belongs to a group of man- made chemicals called perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, Hutton explained. “This was a chemical that was manufactured in the U.S. and used in several different products because its chemical properties were desirable for a lot of different reasons.” Valued for its non-sti