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NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FIRST-PLACE AWARD FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE, 2016
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HUDSON
Vol. 28, No 45
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NOVEMBER 9 - 15, 2016
Nija Johnson, a 17-year-old fugitive
wanted in connection with a recent double
homicide, has been arrested by police in
Richmond, Virginia. He is expected to be
extradited back to New York and charged
with second-degree murder in the slaying
of two young women at a Halloween party
on Oct. 30.
“Acting on numerous tips to the City
of Newburgh Police and Crimestoppers,
law enforcement developed reliable
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Homicide suspect nabbed in Virginia
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
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information that Nija A. Johnson had fled
the area to Richmond, Virginia,” a city
police press release read Monday.
Johnson was arrested on Nov. 4,
without incident, inside a private
home in the City of Richmond, police
report. “Efforts are underway by City of
Newburgh Police and the Orange County
District Attorney’s Office to arrange
the extradition of Johnson back to New
York,” city police state. “An exact date
and time of his return is unknown at this
PFOS and
PFOA found
in Beaver
Dam Lake
State begins testing
of private wells
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Third straight Section 9 title
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
Bond Brungard
The Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks celebrated their third straight Section 9 title last weekend after a 17-14 win over Monroe-Woodbury
last week. Newburgh now faces Troy in regional semifinal game Saturday in Kingston at 7 p.m. Story on page 48.
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The New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation has found
perfluorooctane sulphanate (PFOS) and
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in Beaver
Dam Lake. The lake is located in the
towns of Blooming Grove, Cornwall and
New Windsor.
“On Oct. 26, the Beaver Dam Lake
District was advised by the (DEC) that
the presence of the chemicals PFOA and
PFOS had been confirmed in the lake
water of Beaver Dam Lake, as well as in
the main tributary stream feeding the
lake,” Beaver Dam Lake District Board
Chair Lawrence Rossini wrote in a letter
to district residents last month.
Test results have spurred the
state to “investigate the extent of the
contamination and to determine if
the underground aquifer and water
wells supplying the homes in the lake
community have been affected,” Rossini
wrote.
The state began testing of private
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