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Vol. 30, No 12
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Odyssey of
the Mind
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
New
Windsor
amends
ethics code
Air National Guard troops depart for Afghanistan
By WAYNE A. HALL
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Blues on
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Deployment
With tears, hugs and resolute salutes
300 battle-fatigue wearing troops of
the New York Army National Guard
101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion
mustered at Stewart Air Force base
March 17.
They were headed for war in
Afghanistan.
But before they went they had to say
goodbye.
As U.S. Army Signal Corps troops,
this branch performs some of the most
innovative up to date warfare on the
planet.
So in the Guard’s cavernous hanger
there was a huge party for a few hundred
loved ones who had to say goodbye and
good luck.
It was a huge party kind of getting
to know you and thanks gathering for
loved ones, parents, sisters, children and
grandparents in a cavernous Stewart
Air National Guard base hanger where
more than 140 people, including parents,
fiancées, small children and friends
invited by the 105th to share in the
accomplishments of these Signal Corps
soldiers.
And to wish them all Godspeed.
“We are a big family,” said the
MARCH 21 - 27, 2018
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
Wayne Hall
An unidentified service member says goodbye to her children, Saturday, prior to
deployment to Afghanistan.
THINK SPRING!
The Town of New Windsor adopted
changes to its code of ethics earlier
this month. The amended law prevents
town employees from going to work
for companies they’ve had substantial
dealings with for the town and opens
ethics board appointments up to members
of any political party.
“It was passed to bring the code of ethics
into alignment with state guidance,” said
town Chief of Staff Colin Schmidtt. “And,
to ensure we have an operational board of
ethics and proper compliance with state
requirements.”
The amendment to Chapter 25 of the
New Windsor Code of Ethics puts in
place new “revolving-door policy,” which
prevents town employees from going to
work for certain businesses. “It places
a lifetime ban on elected or appointed
officials and town employees from leaving
town employment and going to work for a
company, or with a business in the town
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