TIMES
MID
HUDSON
Vol. 28, No 11
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MARCH 16 - 22, 2016
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ONE DOLLAR
SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
The ‘gentleman politician’
Town of Newburgh mourns Larry Bennett
Lawrence Edward “Larry” Bennett
,who served the Town of Newburgh as a
councilman and supervisor and later as
a state assemblyman in Albany, was laid
to rest Monday. The Town of Newburgh
native died March 9. He was 92.
“Larry Bennett was not only an inspiration to all of us in government, he was
always a tremendous font of wisdom
and advice for all of us,” said Newburgh
Town Clerk Andrew Zarutskie.
“He
was the last of the gentleman politicians, and he will be missed.”
Councilwoman Elizabeth Greene,
who previously served as Receiver of
Taxes for the Town of Newburgh, said
Bennett was a strong supporter of local
organization, even when he went to
Albany.
“Larry was a gentleman at all times,”
Greene said. “A pleasure to work with
and always the people of the Town of
Newburgh came first.”
With the exception of his time in
Albany, his service in World War II,
and his final years when he moved to
New Jersey to be near his children and
grandchildren, Bennett spent his entire
life in the Town of Newburgh.
Born in Roseton on Sept. 15, 1923,
Bennett attended Newburgh schools. He
served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army,
86th Infantry (Blackhawk) Division,
from 1943 until 1946, serving in both the
European and Pacific theaters in WWII.
He was awarded the Bronze Star with
First Oak Leaf Cluster for heroic action
in Vohberg, Germany, in April 1945,
when he carried a wounded officer to
safety under enemy fire after his company’s medic was mortally wounded while
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Trouble
at the
Foundry
City IDA seeks to
intervene in Foundry
condos lawsuit
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
Former Newburgh Town Supervisor and State Assemblyman Larry Bennett died last week
at the age of 92.
WWW.MIDHUDSONTIMES.COM
The City of Newburgh Industrial
Development Agency has asked the
Orange County Supreme Court for permission to intervene in a thorny legal
dispute between the board and developer of the Foundry at Washington Park
Condominium.
At issue are 59 condominiums, which
remain un-built due to a financial dispute
and now a lawsuit filed by the Foundry
Development Group, which claims the
board has deliberately undermined its
ability to obtain financing needed to complete the condos.
“The parties have failed over and over
to work cooperatively in order for FDG
to do the development it needs to build
the 59 condo units,” said IDA attorney
Thomas Whyatt.
“We’re asking the judge to make the
findings necessary to get them to cooperate and settle the dispute and get the
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