NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FIRST-PLACE AWARD FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE , 2016
Vol . 28 , No 52 DECEMBER 28 - JANUARY 3 , 2016 3 3 ONE DOLLAR
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Ring in the New Year at the Children ’ s Museum
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Shotspotter plan tabled
City council tables plan to buy gunshot-sensor system
By SHANTAL RILEY sriley @ tcnewspapers . com
The Newburgh City Council has voted to table a resolution to purchase technology aimed at reducing gun violence in the City of Newburgh .
Council members promised to work toward the purchase of the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system following a wave of gun violence this year , including the shooting of 18-year-old Keyshan Gayle in August . The shooting spurred an outcry over public safety .
But , council members balked when a $ 433,000 U . S . Department of Justice Bureau for Justice Assistance grant , which would have paid for the system , fell through . And , when city planners found $ 352,000 in available in Community
Development Block Grant funds to replace the grant money , it wasn ’ t enough to cover the entire expense .
“ That ’ s over half a million dollars ,” said Councilwoman Hillary Rayford at a regular meeting of the city council this month . “ Our taxes are too damn high now .”
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Smaller shopping center to replace The Loop
Silent Night
Opening date set for 2018
By SHANTAL RILEY sriley @ tcnewspapers . com
A Massachusetts real estate firm has announced plans for a shopping mall at the intersection of Route 84 and the New York State Thruway . The retail center is a smaller version of The Loop Hudson Valley , a $ 200 million-shopping mall project that stalled due to a lack of financing this year .
The Ridge Hudson Valley will contain a “ mix of retail shops , dining and entertainment choices ,” Waterstone Retail states . Preliminary site work is expected to begin in the spring and building construction will start in the summer . Waterstone projects an opening date of fall , 2018 .
The site is located on the same property once slated for The Loop Hudson Valley , designed to house 700,000 square feet of retail stores , restaurants and a movie complex . Earlier this year , however , Westchester-based developers Wilder
Young members of Saint Francis of Assisi Parish in Newburgh presented a Nativity , Saturday , during the annual Christmas Eve Mass .
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