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Mid Hudson Times, Wednesday, February 20, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE
Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
City of Newburgh.. . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Crossword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Letters to the Editor. . . . . . . . . . 8
Meadow Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Town of Newburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Newburgh Heritage. . . . . . . . . . . 9
New Windsor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Opinion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Police Blotter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Service Directory. . . . . . . . . . . 27
Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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Town of Newburgh Workshop
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Town of Newburgh Zoning Board of
Appeals. 7 p.m. Town Hall, 1496 Route
300, Town of Newburgh.
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Valentine’s tradition continues at Broadway & Robinson
By KATELYN CORDERO
[email protected]
On the corner of South Robinson Ave
and Broadway, every year for the past
28 years you will find the owners of
Miriam’s Boutique selling handmade
baskets on Valentine’s Day.
Miriam Varga has been selling her
baskets on Broadway long before Target,
Walmart or any other commercial
businesses showed up in Newburgh. With
the help of her family, they begin making
hundreds of baskets starting in January
to have enough for the big day.
“We were here long before anyone else
got here,” said Varga. “You can’t find
baskets handmade the way we do them
anywhere else. Each basket is unique,
none of them have the same thing.”
Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day sales
were the start to Miriam’s Boutique.
Vargas started selling baskets and flowers
until she had the means to open up her
store on Broadway.
“At that time we were one of the only
latino businesses on Broadway,” said
Vargas. “We started selling flowers and
our baskets on the street until we were
able to open a place of our own.”
Miriam’s boutique on 313 Broadway
is a one stop shop for party planning.
Vargas covers everything from the flower
arrangements down to the dresses.
The
Washington
Project
Newburgh Free Academy
students performed four
plays last weekend during the
annual Pesident’s Day Weekend
celebration at Washington’s
Headquarters. The first (shown)
told the story of the creation
of the badge of Military Merit,
which later became known as
the Purple Heart Medal. It was
first awarded by Washington
while his Army was encamped
in the Hudson Valley.
Miriam Vargas and her mother nearly sold out by Valentine’s Day evening in front of her
store.