TIMES
MID
HUDSON
Vol. 28, No 6
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FEBRUARY 10, 2016
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
City of Newburgh signs agreement to remedy sewer woes
The City of Newburgh has signed a
consent order with the New York State
Department of Conservation to address
overflows of storm water and raw sewage entering the Hudson River. The DEC
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Consent order
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
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announced the agreement last week,
unveiling a 15-year plan to upgrade the
city’s aging sewer system.
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Fire on North Miller Street
School
district
plans for
NFA West
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
Bob McCormick
The City of Newburgh Fire Department responded to an alarm of fire at 199 North Miller St. Tuesday morning. As they reached the scene there
was heavy fire coming from the second story in the rear of the building. Newburgh requested Vails Gate FAST Team, a ladder from Beacon FD,
and a pumper from West Point to the scene. Middlehope was requested to standby with a ladder truck and New Windsor had a pumper for
standby at the City of Newburgh Public Safety Building. The fire is under investigation.
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“What happens when you see a child…
not for his or her deficits, but what they
can achieve with the right love, with the
right attention and the right setting?” he
asked.
Newburgh Enlarged City School
District Superintendent of Schools
Roberto Padilla addressed teachers gathered at the Newburgh Board of Education
Auditorium last Friday to discuss NFA
West - a new high school campus to be
located in the former West Street School
building at 39 West St.
“We’re calling this a non-traditional
high school,” said Padilla. “We don’t want
it to feel like NFA Main or NFA North. We
need it to be different. We need to target
students who have dropped out or are
considering dropping out.”
The school will incorporate a blended-learning model, offering small classes
and personalized learning in a non-traditional setting. The school is expected to
open with approximately 60 ninth- and
tenth-grade students in September.
The district anticipates about 120 students to be enrolled at the school in three
years, Padilla said. “We’re looking at
academically-at-risk students,” said NFA
West design committee member Ebony
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