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NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FIRST-PLACE AWARD FOR GENERAL EXCELLENCE, 2016
MID
HUDSON
Vol. 29, No 38
SEPTEMBER 20 - 26, 2017
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Newburgh city manager asked to sign a ‘certification of illegal immigration cooperation’
At an emergency meeting on Monday,
the Newburgh City Council was united in
its opinion that the city should remain
a “fair and welcoming city.” The title
means the city will not enforce federal
immigration law, except in cases of a
judicial warrant.
The issue at hand was the Office of
Community Oriented Policing Services
ONE DOLLAR
Spotlight on
Newburgh tennis
Still a ‘fair and welcoming’ city
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
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(COPS) grant funding that would pay
for four police officers at the City of
Newburgh Police Department.
According to the U.S. Department
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P rayers F or T he soul O f O ur N ation
Lujan ekes
out win in
District 4
Democratic
Primary
Results still unofficial
Caryn Sobel
Pastor Mary Lou Baumgartner of King of Kings Lutheran Church in New Windsor delivers a message Saturday night at a prayer service at Kol
Yisrael in Newburgh as other members of the faith community listen. Story on page 2.
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The race for the Democratic nomination
for District 4 of the Orange County
Legislature was won by a razor-thin
margin in last Tuesday’s primary election.
According to early results, Kevindaryan
Lujan defeated Omari Shakur to win the
Democratic nomination with just five
votes.
“We
look
forward
to
unifying the City
of Newburgh and
advocating for our
families,” Lujan
said Tuesday.
A final tally of
voter affidavits
and
absentee
ballots
were
counted by the
Orange
County Kevindaryan Lujan
Board of Elections
this week. Lujan drew 303 votes over 298
for Shakur.
One unopened ballot remained
contested on Tuesday, according to
county Board of Elections Commissioner
David Green. All votes will be certified as
official by Thursday, he said.
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