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Vol. 29, No 30
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JULY 26 - AUGUST 1, 2017
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Catch and release advisory for PFOS-laden waters
The New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation has
issued a catch-and-release advisory for
fish contaminated by perfluorinated
chemicals (PFCs) in Newburgh and New
Windsor.
These streams and lakes include Beaver
Dam Lake, Moodna Creek, Washington
Lake, Masterson Park Pond, Silver
Stream and Recreation Pond, thought
to be the chief delivery point for PFCs
flowing from Stewart Air National Guard
Base and into the local watershed. A
stream between Stewart State Forest and
Beaver Dam Lake is also included in the
advisory.
“What we find is the levels of PFCs
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DEC: don’t eat the fish
By SHANTAL RILEY
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in the fish are high enough that a catch-
and-release advisory should be in place,”
said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos.
Fishing itself is fine, Seggos said, but
“don’t consume the fish.”
Seggos was joined by city and county
officials at the City of Newburgh water
treatment plant on Monday to make the
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Flying through the air with the greatest of ease
By SHANTAL RILEY
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Shantal Riley
Members of the Zip Zap Circus School train kids on the trapeze on the Safe Harbors Green last week. The summer program was offered
through Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Zip Zap Circus and the Boys and Girls Club of Newburgh.
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Addicts
get second
chance at
city Drug
Court
Friends and family gathered in a
courtroom last week to celebrate two
men and the beginning of the rest of
their lives. It was graduation day at City
of Newburgh Drug Court.
“I came here for a shoplifting charge,”
said Carl Banks. “I was 58-years-old,
standing before a judge for petty larceny...
that’s when I said I wanted to change.”
Banks graduated from the City of
Newburgh Drug Treatment Court
Program, which offers reduced sentences
to people struggling with alcohol and
drug addiction. The program offers a
second chance to offenders caught up
in the cycle of addiction. The program
also offers a veterans’ track, designed
specifically to serve veterans.
“I thought I was here for punishment,”
said former program participant Rolly
Bain, speaking during the ceremony last
Wednesday. “It was really a blessing.”
“I was tired of doing jail time,” said
Banks after the ceremony. “I wanted to
change my life. I wanted to become a
productive citizen.”
Now free of a years-long heroin
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