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Vol. 31, No. 42
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OCTOBER 16 - 22, 2019
Grant Miller angrily stormed out of the
public forum. The doors closed behind him
as New Windsor Town Attorney David
Zagon attempted to finish responding to
his comments. “I was basically wasting
my time listening to the town lawyer spit
out one lie after another!” said Miller over
text.
Miller is the owner of 27 Hilltop Drive.
For months he’s been in a contentious
battle with the New Windsor Town
Board over the route of a storm drainage
pipeline. Currently the town is looking
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
New Windsor in dispute over route of pipeline
By LINA WU
[email protected]
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to build a pipeline that could go through
Miller’s backyard. Like most encounters
he’s had with town officials, October
2nd’s town board meeting ended with no
solid solution.
On October 2, the New Windsor Town
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K iki ’ s K orner
TEAM
Newburgh
seeks
tobacco
legislation
By LINA WU
[email protected]
Photo provided
Fr. Bill Scafidi (l) blesses one of two benches at Downing Park, Sunday, in honor of Kiki Hayden, a longtime pillar of the Newburgh Community
who passed away earlier this year. The benches, along with a lightpole were gifts to the City of Newburgh from Trestle Inc., an organization
that played a major role in her life.
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At last Thursday’s Newburgh City
Council work session, Dawn Wilkins,
the Director of Prevention Services for
Catholic Charities of Orange and Sullivan
County, and Regina Cieslak, the Assistant
Director of Prevention Services for
Catholic Charities of Orange and Sullivan
County, spoke on tobacco legislation and
compliance in Newburgh.
Wilkins and Cieslak are part of
TEAM Newburgh. TEAM Newburgh
is a community coalition composed
of volunteers from different groups
and levels of the community. TEAM
Newburgh combats issues like substance
abuse. Catholic Charities works as the
lead agency for the coalition.
In 2015, Newburgh enacted legislation
that prohibits the placement of any retail
establishment selling tobacco products
within 1,000 feet of any private or public,
pre-kindergarten through high school
learning facility. Prior to the legislation’s
passage, licensed tobacco establishments
within 1,000 feet could remain as long
as they maintained code compliance.
Facilities cannot renew their license
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