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Vol. 30, No. 33
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
A fish tale
Great Hudson River Estuary Fish Count shows encouraging numbers
Community rallies behind oral
surgeon at council meeting
By KATELYN CORDERO
[email protected]
Newburgh residents rallied Monday
against the eviction of Dr. Devender N
Chhabra from his office on 191 Broadway
in Newburgh. The city council meeting
was filled with supporters of Chhabra
due to the generous way he manages
his Oral Surgery business and helps the
community.
Nearly 14 members of the community
came to the microphone Monday night to
talk on behalf of Chhabra. According to
the speakers Chhabra turns no patient
away, regardless if they have a qualifying
health insurance or not. The issue is that
Chhabra has not paid his taxes since
2014. He went nearly two and a half years
without paying taxes or following the
proper protocol to equalize his debt.
Chhabra did not have the money to
pay the rent at the time his taxes were
due. With the help of family he pulled the
money together, but it was too late, the
city already started the process to take
over the property. According to Chhabra
he offered to pay $180,000 to cover the
$150,000 due in taxes, but this offer was
declined due to a payment cutoff date.
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Kowawese Unique Area at Plum Point was the scene for the annual Great Hudson River Estuary Fish Count on Saturday.
By WAYNE A. HALL
Ameesah Cotten,16 from Newburgh
Free Academy’s North Campus
Excelsior Academy pulled on waders
and sloshed into the tepid water of New
Windsor’s Kowawese Unique Area.
She was exploring for fish to identify
during the annual Aug. 11 Great Hudson
River Estuary Fish Count.
“At this annual event, naturalists
at multiple sites along the river catch
fish to show visitors the variety of
slippery, wriggly and fascinating
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creatures usually hidden below the
river’s surface,” says the New York
State Department of Environmental
Conservation.
It is a river of more than 200 species
present at one time or another in a year,
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