Mid Hudson Times July 10 2019 | Page 2

2 Mid Hudson Times, Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Garage fire at Beacon Street IN THIS ISSUE Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 City of Newburgh.. . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Crossword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Letters to the Editor. . . . . . . . . . 8 Meadow Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Town of Newburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Newburgh Heritage. . . . . . . . . . . 9 New Windsor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Opinion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Service Directory. . . . . . . . . . . 28 Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 PUBLIC AGENDA MONDAY, JULY 15 Good Will Fire District, 7:30 p.m. Good Will Fire House, 1 South Plank Road, Newburgh. THURSDAY, JULY 18 Town of Newburgh Planning Board. 7 p.m. Town Hall, 1496 Route 300, Town of Newburgh. TUESDAY, JULY 16 City of Newburgh Planning Board meeting. 7:30 p.m. Newburgh Activities Center, 401 Washington Street. MONDAY, JULY 22 Town of Newburgh Workshop meeting, 7 p.m. Town Hall, 1496 Route 300, Town of Newburgh. HOW TO REACH US OFFICE: 300 Stony Brook Court Newburgh, NY 12550 PHONE: 845-561-0170, FAX: 845-561-3967 Emails may be directed to the following : ADVERTISING [email protected] CALENDAR SUBMISSIONS [email protected] TO REACH THE EDITOR [email protected] FOR THE SPORTS DEPARTMENT [email protected] PUBLIC NOTICES [email protected] WEBSITE www.mhtimesonline.com The Mid Hudson Times (USPS 000-5947) is a weekly newspaper published every Wednesday at Newburgh, NY 12550, with offices at 300 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, NY. Single copy: $1 at newsstand. By mail in Orange, Ulster or Sullivan Counties: $40 annually, $44 out of county. Periodicals permit at Newburgh, NY. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mid Hudson Times, 300 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, NY 12550. Bob McCormick Newburgh FD was dispatched to a garage fire at 100 Beacon Street on July 8. Firefighters used hand lines and ground ladders and were forced to clear debris from garage. Units from West Point, Air National Guard, Cornwall-on-Hudson Ladder and New Windsor-Engine assisted. City of Newburgh Police were at scene assisting with bystanders and traffic control. Cuomo promises stricter Continued from page 1 foam [into Lake Washington],” said Elizabeth Moran, the Environmental Policy Director at the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG). Three years later, the City of Newburgh still has not returned to Lake Washington. It receives its water from the Catskill Aqueduct. According to a report released by the NYPIRG in May called “Emerging Contaminants in New York’s Drinking Water Systems, ingestion of PFOA and PFOS endanger public health at very low levels of exposure, resulting in developmental effects to fetuses, thyroid disorders, ulcerative colitis, high- cholesterol, preeclampsia, and kidney and testicular cancer.” Assemblyman Jonathan Jacobson speaking at a press conference Tuesday.