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Vol. 30, No. 45
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NOVEMBER 7 - 13, 2018
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Late-night shooting leaves two dead More toxic
waters?
City residents fear Union Shoppes
project will further pollute
Newburgh’s watershed
By LAUREN BERG
Brian Wolfe
A makeshift memorial was set up Sunday morning at the site of a double homicide that took the lives of Alexis Camacho, 25, and
Antwaun “Twizzy” Thomas, 28.
By KATELYN CORDERO
[email protected]
The City of Newburgh mourns the
loss of two young men in the wake of a
late night shooting along Liberty Street
in the area between Gidney Avenue
and Clinton Street. Alexis Camacho, 25,
and Antwaun ‘Twizzy” Thomas, 28, city
of Newburgh residents fell victim to
Saturday night’s shooting.
The two men were taken to St
Luke’s Cornwall Hospital where they
were pronounced deceased. One other
individual was treated for a gunshot
wound and released.
The shooting comes as the crime rate
has taken a turn for the better in the
City of Newburgh.
“My heartfelt condolences go out
to the families of Antwaun “Twizzy”
Thomas and Alex Camacho for their
passing,” wrote Mayor Torrance Harvey
in a post. “Please continue to pray for
our city and these families and for the
others involved in this sad situation.”
Thomas was part of a program with
Choice Films and Blacc Vanilla called
Below the Line Bootcamp, hoping to
use the skill he learned to get out of
Newburgh.
The City of Newburgh Police
Department asks that anyone with
any information contact the City of
Newburgh Police Department at 561-
3131. Callers can remain anonymous.
WWW.MIDHUDSONTIMES.COM
More than a dozen city and town
of Newburgh residents spoke at the
November 1 public hearing concerning
the second phase of the Shoppes on Union
Square development project.
Speakers included Anthony Grice,
councilman for the city of Newburgh,
a statement from county legislator
Kevindaryan Lujan, and representatives
of several different environmental
organizations, all of whom opposed the
project.
The Shoppes at Union project, located
at the corner of Route 300 and Orr Ave,
is comprised of three phases. The first
has already been built, and includes the
Vitamin Shop and other retail stores
next to Cosimo’s Restaurant, as well
as the site’s storm water management
system. The second phase would develop
approximately two acres of land behind
these shops, adding two new retail
buildings totaling 19,130 square feet,
with potential clients including a fitness
center, smoothie king, and other small
businesses.
The primary concern discussed by
residents at the planning board’s public
hearing was the project’s potential impact
on water quality. Multiple speakers
expressed alarm over the Department
of Conservation’s (DEC) decision to
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