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Mid Hudson Times , Wednesday , November 30 , 2016
IN THIS ISSUE
Calendar .................. 12
City of Newburgh ............
24
Classifieds ................
32
Crossword ................
34
Letters to the Editor ..........
8
Meadow Hill ...............
26
Newburgh Heritage ........... 10
New Windsor ...............
25
Obituaries ................
28
Opinion ...................
8
Police Blotter ..............
40
Service Directory ...........
36
Sports ...................
44
PUBLIC AGENDA
THURSDAY , DECEMBER 1
Town of Newburgh Planning Board , 7 p . m . Town Hall , 1496 Route 300 , Town of Newburgh .
MONDAY , DECEMBER 5
Newburgh Town Board , 7 p . m . Town Hall , 1496 Route 300 , Town of Newburgh .

Mount continues Christmas Vespers tradition

A service of lessons with carols will be presented at the annual Christmas Vespers music program on Sunday , December 4 at Mount Saint Mary College .
The free public event begins at 7 p . m . at the Chapel of the Most Holy Rosary in the Dominican Center on campus , 330 Powell Avenue , Newburgh .
Professor Durward Entrekin , Arts and Letters , serves as director of the Mount ’ s choir .
The first Vespers at the Mount took place in 1974 . Nicholas Valentine of Broadway Tailors in Newburgh was in the audience , and observed that the choir could benefit from tuxedos . He has been providing that service since 1975 .
Mount Saint Mary College will present the annual Vespers service on December 4 .

Smoother streets as DPW finishes paving project

TUESDAY , DECEMBER 6 City of Newburgh Planning Board Work Session , 10 a . m . City Hall , 83 Broadway .
WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER 7
New Windsor Town Board , Town Hall , 555 Union Ave ., New Windsor .
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By SHANTAL RILEY sriley @ tcnewspapers . com
A ride through the City of Newburgh may be smoother now that paving of a slew of busy streets is complete . The newly-paved streets include portions of busy thoroughfares such as Broadway , Washington Street and Gidney Avenue .
First Street from Route 9W to Dubois , Valley Avenue from South Street to Third , and South Street from Grand Street to Marine Drive were also paved , along with all of Pierces Road and Fowler Avenue .
“ We started milling all the roads in
September , and we were done by the end of October ,” said city Department of Public Works Superintendent George Garrison . “ It went pretty smoothly .”
The road-improvement project was paid for with $ 540,000 in Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program ( CHIPS ) funding from New York State . “ We have to pay for it , then get reimbursed ,” Garrison said .
The city hasn ’ t always been able to afford to pay in advance for street paving . Roadways went largely unpaved around the time of the city fiscal crisis in 2010 . “ Some years were skipped ,” Garrison said . “ We didn ’ t have money to put out .”
Paving work is typically done in the fall when the weather is cooler , he added . “ The longer it takes for the asphalt to cool , the longer the road is closed down ,” Garrison said .
The next stretch of road slated for paving is Liberty Street between South Street and Broadway , the DPW superintendent said . The hope is that paving will be completed before the cold weather sets in , he said .
The city DPW , Poughkeepsiebased Blacktop Maintenance Corp . and Reclamation LLC of Kingston collaborated on the project .