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Vol. 31, No. 22
MAY 29 - JUNE 4, 2019
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Danskammer and school district reach PILOT agreement
Marlboro Superintendent Michael
Brooks said a Memo Of Understanding
[MOU] has been reached between the
Marlboro School District and Danskammer
Energy LLC on a revised Payment In
Lieu Of Taxes [PILOT] and a Community
Benefit Agreement [CBA] valued at $39.5
million.
Brooks said Danskammer CEO
William Reid has already signed the MOU,
which outlines the terms in two phases of
the new PILOT and CBA. Phase I, which
could go into effect prior to the completion
of a new power plant, would continue the
existing PILOT of an annual payment of
ONE DOLLAR
Festival
returns
$39.5 million deal
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
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$1.2 million to the district for the next five
years. In addition, a new five year CBA
agreement would also include an annual
payment of $100,000 to the district, set to
begin in the 2019-20 school year.
If the power plant is approved and
becomes operational, which is projected
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Rebuilding
trust
Inheriting a mess that wasn’t
their doing, city’s water
department comes clean
By KATELYN CORDERO
[email protected]
Salute to Old Glory
Carl Aiello
Town of Newburgh Police Officers salute a passing color guard during Sunday’s Town of Newburgh memorial Day Parade. More Memorial Day
photos on pages 5, 18 and 19.
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The City of Newburgh water
department opened its doors recently
to residents, with a complete tour
of the watershed and filtration plant.
Newburgh Water Superintendent, Wayne
Vradenburgh, answered all residents
questions regarding water contamination
from 2016 and the process the department
goes through to get from Brown’s pond to
faucets throughout the city.
“My staff has been put through the
mill the past three years, we were short
staff and my guys were working around
the clock, but we’ve worked together
and got through it,” said Vradenburgh.
“The hardest thing is to have a group of
folks working their tails off every day for
people that don’t trust you because of the
actions of someone else.”
Vradenburgh is hopeful that opening
the doors to the public will help to restore
the trust between the water department
and the community. The first stop in the
tour was to Brown’s Pond, the current
source of water for the City of Newburgh.
Vradenburgh insisted that although the
pond has sediment dirt in the water,
the end result is cleaner than bottled
water purchased at stores. He reminded
residents that all the water coming out of
faucets today is completely clean water
free of PFOS and PFOA.
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