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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
New Windsor shuts down well after contamination
By WAYNE A. HALL
New Windsor Supervisor George Green acting with the
rest of the town board has shut down the new, state of
the art million-dollar Butter Hill Wells Treatment water
plant after the discovery of pollutants there - PFOs and
PFA’s used in many industrial applications for decades.
Private school
transportation
on NECSD
budget ballot
These same chemicals also have polluted Washington
Lake.
“Now we have become the latest victim of the
contamination of water supply,” Green told a room full
of engineers and town officials yesterday at New Windsor
town hall “of the contamination of our public water
supply caused by the use of firefighting foam at Stewart
International Airport.”
Green said, “Unfortunately more recent testing by the
state Department of Health has revealed low levels of
PFOAs and PFOS in our water.”
Both chemicals are linked to a variety of human
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C entennial
Apprenticeship
program comes
to Newburgh
By KATELYN CORDERO
[email protected]
By KATELYN CORDERO
[email protected]
The Newburgh Enlarged City School
District is putting the fate of 230 to 250
students’ private education up to vote
on May 21. New York State regulations
allow for students to be bussed up to
15 miles outside the district, in NECSD
students are bused up to 18 miles outside
the district.
The three extra miles will cost the
district $250,000 for the 2019-2020 school
year. If the students were absorbed into
the district state funding would account
for the increase in enrollment, but there
would still be a burden to place these
students in the public system.
The affected schools include Our Lady
of Lourdes in Poughkeepsie, John S.
Burke Catholic High School in Goshen,
and St. Martin DePorres School in
Poughkeepsie among many others
outside the 15 mile radius.
Many of these schools are a pipeline
for students attending the Nora Cronin
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Peggy Bennett was treated to a surprise party in honor of her 100th birthday last week. Her
story is in Louise Haight’s column on page 22.
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Senator James Skoufis announced
on April 25, $200,000 of state funding
dedicated to a pre-apprenticeship
program in the City of Newburgh. The
program is looking to give 50 participants
the opportunity to get skills needed to
apply for an apprenticeship at Local
Labor Union 17.
“While our economy may be strong for
some families, many individuals continue
to struggle with a low-paying job or
persistent unemployment,” said Senator
James Skoufis. “This pre-apprenticeship
program will recruit local residents
who need an opportunity and a second
chance. I fought to bring this initiative to
Newburgh because it’ll put upwards of
50 families, who otherwise would likely
be stuck in a cycle of poverty, on a career
track with good pay, good benefits, and
household stability.”
The program will mirror two similar
programs already set in place in Rochester
and Long Island by the Work Development
Institute (WDI). The institute will look to
take the program from Long Island and
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