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NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FIRST-PLACE AWARD FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE, 2016
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Vol. 29, No 26
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JUNE 28 - JULY 4, 2017
The Class
of 2017
Inside
Three young men appeared in
Newburgh City Court last week to answer
to charges of second-degree homicide in
the killing of a 63-year-old man.
Raul Diaz-Martinez was killed with
a single gunshot to the head on June
21. Diaz-Martinez was found inside a
basement apartment at 168 Chambers
Street and pronounced dead at the scene.
Dejiore Fox, 21, Tyrees Canigan, 16, and
Omarrio Morrison, 25, were charged with
second-degree murder. All three pleaded
not guilty in Newburgh City Court last
week. They were remanded to Orange
County Jail without bail.
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Three arrests in Chambers Street homicide
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
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The trio is scheduled to appear in front
of city court Justice Peter Kulkin on June
27.
The homicide took place very near to
the corner of Chambers and South streets
- the same area that police described as
the territorial center of the “Southside
Gang” in a press release on a gang bust
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City
Democratic
Committee
endorses
council
candidates
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
The Newburgh Free Academy Class of 2017 makes its way towards Academy Field last Thursday for the annual graduation ceremony. Story,
photos on page 20. A list of graduates appears on pages 28-29.
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The City of Newburgh Democratic
Committee has endorsed four candidates
to run for open seats on the Newburgh
City Council. The four seats are in each
of the city’s four wards.
Incumbent city Councilwoman Karen
Mejia was endorsed to represent Ward 1.
Mejia was elected to the position in 2013.
Nancy Colas, owner of Simple Gifts and
Goodies, was chosen in Ward 2; Anthony
Grice, community schools coordinator
for the Newburgh school district, was
endorsed for Ward 3; and Patty Sofokles,
owner of Sofokles Tax Service, was
endorsed in Ward 4.
Councilwoman Cindy Holmes
is seeking reelection in Ward 4.
Councilwoman Genie Abrams and
longtime Councilwoman Regina Angelo,
who has served on the city council for
decades, have declined to run.
Other Democratic candidates
running for council seats so far include
city planning board member Ramona
Monteverde, Radee Anglin and former
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