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Mid Hudson Times, Wednesday, May 2, 2018
IN THIS ISSUE
Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
City of Newburgh.. . . . . . . . . . . 22
Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Crossword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Letters to the Editor. . . . . . . . . . 8
Meadow Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Town of Newburgh. . . . . . . . . . . 23
Newburgh Heritage. . . . . . . . . . . 10
New Windsor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Opinion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Police Blotter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Service Directory. . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
PUBLIC AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2
New Windsor Town Board, 7 p.m.,
Town Hall, 555 Union Ave., New Windsor.
THURSDAY, MAY 3
City of Newburgh Conservation
Advisory Council, 6:30 p.m. , Heritage
Center, 123 Grand Street.
Town of Newburgh Planning Board, 7
p.m. Town Hall, 1496 Route 300, Town of
Newburgh.
TUESDAY, MAY 8
City of Newburgh Architectural
Review Commission. City Activities
Center, 401 Washington St
WEDNESDAY, MAY 9
Town of New Windsor Planning
Board, 7 p.m. Town Hall, 555 Union Ave.,
New Windsor.
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Newburgh hosts third successful Urban Farming Fair
By LAUREN BERG
Newburgh Farm and Food Initiative
hosted its third Urban Farming and Food
Fair Saturday April 28 under sunny blue
skies. Event organizer Virginia Kasinki
estimated that nearly 500 visitors attended
the fair this year, which featured more
than 25 different vendors, 200 donated
Bonnie Plant seedlings, numerous raffle
prizes and even free strawberry plants.
Attendees were appreciative of the
numerous kid-friendly activities that
taught children about plants and the
environment. Kids were able to see a box
turtle, a hen (which briefly ran away at
one point), and paint small flower pots in
which they could then plant seeds. Sisters
Gloria and Virginia Miller, who attended
the fair for the first time this year,
enjoyed how informative the vendors
were, and that they offered advice as well
as free seedlings. “[I would] definitely
recommend it next year. If more people
knew, more people would want to come,”
said Gloria Miller.
Fair vendors included local businesses
such as Chefs Bill and Benito from the
Fresh Start Café, selling homemade