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Vol. 30, No 20
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MAY 16 - 22, 2018
Schedule
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ONE DOLLAR
Goldbacks
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Horse farm
neighbors
cry foul
Disaster strikes
Storm blamed for at least one death
By WAYNE A. HALL
Brian Wolfe
Liberty Street in Newburgh is littered with debris and a piece of a building’s roof, following Tuesday’s storm.
By CARL AIELLO
[email protected]
The Hudson Valley shook in terror
Tuesday afternoon as a fast and furious
storm dumped wind, rain, thunder
and lightning on the region. The storm
scattered trees, blew the roofs off of
buildings and stranded commuters.
There was at least one fatality
reported in the City of Newburgh, as an
11 year-old girl was killed when a car in
which she was riding was crushed by a
falling tree on Robinson Avenue.
As of 6 p.m., Tuesday, Central Hudson
Gas & Electric was reporting that more
than 72,000 customers in Orange, Ulster
and Dutchess Counties were without
power, with approximately 1,000 lighting
strikes per hour recorded in the region
during the height of the storm.
St. Lukes Cornwall Hospital in
Newburgh was relying on generator
power, with emergency crews preparing
a backup plan in case the generator
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Call it the Westchester County horse
problem - too much manure – has come to
New Windsor’s planning board.
Neighbors of Cassidy Hill Farm in
New Windsor which is in a horsey part
of Orange County showed up at New
Windsor Town Hall Wednesday night to
complain forcefully about what they say
is the downside of the handsome mounts
at the upscale Cassidy Farm where tony
weddings and other upscale events take
place.
The issue is manure. Loads of it.
The federal Soil Conservation Service
says an average 1000-pound horse makes
17 ½ pounds of solids a day.
And that stinks, these homeowners told
the planning board members over and
over again.
“I can’t open my window,” said one
woman.
Cassidy Farm was before the board
Wednesday not because of manure but
for a public hearing on the upscale farm’s
plans for a proposed horse barn and
riding area off Route 207 in New Windsor
requiring an area site plan and special
permit.
But most of the talk by members of the
audience stuck to odors from the horses’
leavings.
Resident Chris Amatulli said, “I don’t
necessarily object to a farm or a horse
farm.”
“I have issues with mishandling the
manure,” he added. “If the farm does
everything right and proper there is no
issue.”
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