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NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FIRST-PLACE AWARD FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE, 2016
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Vol. 29, No 35
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AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
No room for big barges
Law sets up barrier to Hudson River anchorages
Clean Water
Project
demands
DoD take
action on
PFOS
Calls for protection of city
drinking watershed
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
Carl Aiello
A U.S. Coast Guard plan to build ten anchorage sites on the Hudson River between Yonkers and Kingston has been suspended.
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
The U.S. House of Representatives has
passed legislation that blocks a proposal
by the U.S. Coast Guard to build ten
anchorage sites along a 70-mile stretch
between Yonkers and Kingston on the
Hudson River. The anchorages would
have provided stops for large ships and
barges travelling to and from the Port
of New York.
“The original proposal is effectively
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Clean-water advocates met at the
Board of Education Auditorium over the
weekend to discuss the next steps in an
effort to spur the U.S. Department of
Defense into action to stop the flow of
PFOS entering the City of Newburgh
drinking watershed.
“The Department of Defense must stop
the flow of PFOS and other contaminants
from Stewart Air National Guard Base,”
said Riverkeeper Chief of Staff Deborah
Brown. “This must occur as soon as
possible.... before Newburgh resumes
drawing its water from Washington
Lake.”
Brown outlined several clear and
specific action steps at a meeting of
the Newburgh Clean Water Project on
Saturday. “Stop the release of PFOS into
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