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Vol. 28, No 10
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Sewer line to get major overhaul Contractor
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
A major sewer artery is poised to receive
a sizeable upgrade in the next two years.
Though largely hidden from view, the
West Trunkline Sewer system serves 60 to
75 percent of the City of Newburgh and a
large portion of the Town of Newburgh.
“That’s why the West Trunk Sewer is
so important,” said project lead engineer
Anthony Egan for Barton and Loguidice
civil/environmental engineering consul-
tants.
“It conveys flows from the Town of
Newburgh and the west end of the city,
traveling down Walsh Road and running
parallel to the Quassaick Creek.”
Egan spoke at Newburgh City Hall last
month to provide an overview of the project, which will rehabilitate a section of
the trunk line and remove a part of the
aging Holden Dam.
The work scope also includes lining
an overflow pipe and realigning approximately 1,200 feet of the Quassaick Creek,
which runs parallel to the sewer main.
Parts of the sewer, which mostly collects from the west side of the city, are
more than a century old. The bulk of the
trunk line was constructed out of brick,
Egan said.
The sewer line collapsed in July 2012,
and the city had to hire emergency
contractors to fix the line. Flows were
returned to the treatment plant in about a
day, Egan explained, but the main “actuContinued on page 27
Flying leap for fame
ejected
from New
Windsor
board
meeting
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
Bond Brungard
Stephon Scott of Newburgh Free Academy competes in the long jump at the New York State Track & Field Indoor Championships, Saturday at
Cornell University. Story, photos on page 40.
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The Town of New Windsor is reissuing a request for proposals to complete
the demolition of 10 town-owned buildings at Stewart International Airport. In
the process, a long-standing issue related
to the public’s ability to speak during
town board meetings has again come into
sharp relief.
The job involves the removal of debris
left from a previous attempt by Hudson
Valley Environmental Solutions to demolish and clear away the former Army barracks last year.
Before the town board voted to move
forward with the project at a regular
meeting last week, John Pastor Sr., the
company’s vice president of operations,
was thrown out before he was able to
address the board.
The town changed its board-meeting
format under public pressure in 2014. The
new rule allowed members of the public
to comment on agenda items for up to
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