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Mid Hudson Times, Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Library to host program on Erie Canal
On Mon., May 2 at 7 p.m. at the Newburgh Free Library
(124 Grand St., Newburgh), Michael Keene will discuss
his groundbreaking book, “The Psychic Highway: How
the Erie Canal Changed America.” The book uncovers
how the Erie Canal opened up vital passageways that led
to the advent of the major social, political, and religious
movements that swept through upstate New York during
the 19th century. The program is free and open to all.
Registration is suggested, but not required.
“The Erie Canal delivered people to important
places for important reasons, like Susan Cady Stanton
and Lucretia Mott to Seneca Falls for history’s first
women’s convention or to Rochester to meet and support
abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Harriett Tubman”,
Keene writes in his book.
For more information, call 663-3619 or visit ad-hocproductions.com
Newburgh PD seeks funding for gunshot locator
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New York City began using ShotSpotter technology
a year ago. According to ShotSpotter’s 2015 National
Gunfire Index, cities using the technology in the
Northeast experienced the biggest decline in gunfire
rates in 2015. “Overall, the cities in the Northeast region
saw a 27.1 percent decline,” the report states.
If purchased, the system would supplement the city’s
existing network of video surveillance cameras. Three
new cameras are expected