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NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FIRST-PLACE AWARD FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE, 2016
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Three council
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New Windsor
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Vol. 29, No 31
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Town of
Newburgh
officials run
unopposed
The circus is in town!
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
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ONE DOLLAR
Dancing
under
the stars
Supervisor running
unopposed
Three seats are open on the New
Windsor Town Council this year. They
are held by longtime town Supervisor
George Green, board member Andrew
Regenbaum and longtime board member
Alice Biasotti, who is not seeking
reelection.
The Town of New Windsor Republican
Committee has endorsed both Green
and Regenbaum. Both men are running
unopposed. The committee has put
Steven Moreau forward to replace
Biasotti. Moreau works as a real estate
agent with John J. Lease Realtors and
currently serves as the town Republican
committee chairman. Board members
serve four-year terms.
Also seeking reelection are town
Receiver of Taxes Sue Scheible and
Highway Superintendent Anthony Fayo.
Both are running as Republicans.
Two town justices, Richard Thorpe
and Noreen Calderin, are both seeking
to return to their positions on the
bench. Retired police sergeant George
Myers is also running for one of the
two open judicial seats. Thorpe, who ran
as a Republican in 2013, will run on
Independence and Democratic lines. The
three candidates are vying to become the
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Several Republican officials are
running unopposed in the Town of
Newburgh this year. They include town
Supervisor Gil Piaquadio, Councilwoman
Betty Greene and Councilman Paul
Ruggiero.
“I, with the help of my board, will
continue to keep a balance between taxes
and services,” Piaquadio said in an email
to the Mid Hudson Times this week.
“Public safety will always be a priority.
My goal is to always improve the quality
of life for the residents of the Town of
Newburgh.”
The supervisor said he would resist any
payments of lieu of taxes (PILOTS), which
he considers to be “public assistance.”
Piaquadio went on to say he would “not
allow any project that will drain on the
backs of our taxpayers.”
“I will continue my efforts to convince
Albany and Governor Cuomo to partially
fund education through a sales tax and
greatly lower school property taxes for
our property owners,” the supervisor
said.
Piaquadio served as a part-time, deputy
sheriff at the Orange County Sheriff’s
Office for 32 years. He was a town council
member for ten years before being elected
town supervisor in 2014.
Councilwoman Greene served as town
receiver of taxes for 28 years before
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