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Mid Hudson Times , Wednesday , June 8 , 2016
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PUBLIC AGENDA WEDNESDAY , JUNE 8
Town of New Windsor Planning Board , 7 p . m . Town Hall , 555 Union Avenue .
THURSDAY , JUNE 9 Newburgh City Council Work Session , 6 p . m . City Hall , 83 Broadway . Town of Newburgh Planning Board , 7 p . m . Town Hall , 1496 Route 300 , Town of Newburgh .
MONDAY , JUNE 13
Newburgh City Council meeting . 7 p . m . City Hall , 83 Broadway . Town of New Windsor ZBA , 7:30 p . m . Town Hall , 555 Union Avenue .
TUESDAY , JUNE 14
Newburgh Enlarged City School District Board of Education 6-9 p . m . Board of Education Auditorium , 124 Grand St ., Newburgh
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Volunteers needed for Newburgh Illuminated
By BRITTANY AMBROSINO
The Newburgh Illuminated Festival is bound to bring harmonious unity to the different cultures and residents of the area . This is the festival ’ s fourth year appearance in the City of Newburgh . A festival of such impact cannot be run alone and this one , in fact , is run completely by volunteers . According to Caryn Sobel , Co-Director of Volunteers for the festival , the entire committee and sub committees are all made up of volunteers . These committees include the Fund Raising Committee , Marketing Committee , Logistics and Setup Committee , Program / Events Committee , Music Committee and many more .
What sets this year apart from the past is that volunteers are now being assigned in shifts . By doing this , volunteers will be able to help run the festival but also have time to enjoy it too . Volunteers who wish to work multiple shifts , or the entire day , are surely needed and can be put to work .
The various tasks volunteers are assigned include : helping out at the various music stages , helping set up the festival in the morning , breaking down the event that night , directing traffic around the event by assisting at the many barricades set up , serving as ambassadors to the public by giving out festival information , becoming trolley ambassadors who help lead tours , help out and assist artists and performers , be of help at the children ’ s activities , assist vendors and more .
The festival committee is still currently looking for 100-150 additional volunteers for the day of the festival . When signing up as a volunteer , you have the opportunity to choose a committee to help with and whether you ’ d like to work set up , morning , afternoon , evening or clean up shifts . If you ’ re interested in becoming a Newburgh Illuminated Festival Volunteer , visit www . newburghilluminatedfestival . com / volunteers to sign up .
The Newburgh Illuminated Festival will be taking place on Saturday , June 18 , from 12 to 10 p . m . on the intersection of Broadway and Liberty Streets . For more information , visit newburghilluminatedfestival . com .
City shifts grant funding to surveillance cameras
By SHANTAL RILEY sriley @ tcnewspapers . com |
existing video surveillance system as the city remains weighed down by continuing gun violence . |
violence plaguing the city this year . The shootings appear to have escalated after a 51-year-old man was shot and killed on |
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program will get a beefing up following a Newburgh City Council decision to reallocate a portion of community-policing grant dollars to pay for system upgrades .
“ I think a lot of people will begin to understand the significance of this initiative over time ,” said city Councilman Torrance Harvey at city hall last month , adding the surveillance system would provide “ accountability ” for crimes committed in the city . “ We will all feel safer .”
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three people were shot outside of the 845 Lounge Bar on Broadway during the May 21 weekend : A 21-year-old man was shot in the lower back and a 26-year-old woman was shot in her leg ; a 19-year-old was later found at St . Luke ’ s Cornwall Hospital with a gunshot wound to his shoulder area , police reported . None of these shootings were life-threatening .
City of Newburgh police crimeactivity reports state there were at least four additional bullet-to-body shooting incidents in May .
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In response to concerns expressed by residents that funding was being taken away from needed community policing last week , city Police Chief Dan Cameron said there is currently three times as much grant funding for community policing than for video cameras .
Three new video cameras were obtained through a federal grant earlier this year . City police are also seeking funds from the U . S . Department of Justice Bureau for Justice Assistance to pay for a “ ShotSpotter ” system , which instantly notifies police of shooting activity with
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Newburgh woman charged in sex trafficing |
A Newburgh woman was arrested recently by City of Newburgh Police , on charges of sex trafficking and prostitution .
Dawn M . Auche , 24 , of Newburgh , was taken into custody following her arrest . She was charged with sex trafficking , compelling prostitution and promoting prostitution in the second degree ,
Police said a six-month investigation was conducted by Detective Eric Eltz and the Orange County District Attorney ’ s office following a complaint by the mother of a 15 year-old female victim . The charges allege that Auche provided money and narcotics to the juvenile in exchange for her engaging in sex acts . She was booked and held for arraignment on May 30 .
Auche is currently incarcerated in
Orange County jail in lieu of $ 10,000 cash bail or $ 20,000 bond as a result of an unrelated indictment for criminal sale of a controlled substanced in the 3rd degree .
She is next scheduled to appear in City of Newburgh Court in connection with her indictment on narcotics charges on June 20 .
Anyone with information or wishing to report being a victim of sex trafficking is urged to contact City of newburgh police at 561-3131 .