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APRIL 5 - APRIL 11, 2017
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SERVING HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Legislation Serving the public for 29 years
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UNICO hosts annual St. Joseph’s Day dinner
barges in
Hudson
River
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Andy Bicking, Director of Public
Policy & Special Projects for the
environmental organization Scenic
Hudson,
thanked
Representatives
Eliot Engel [NY-16] and Sean Patrick
Maloney [NY-18] for reintroducing the
Hudson River Protection Act, calling this
legislation an essential safeguard for
Hudson River communities “against the
U. S. Coast Guard’s proposal to permit 10
new anchorages and 43 berths for crude-
oil carrying vessels on the Hudson River.”
The proposal would string these new sites
along the river from Kingston to Yonkers.
Presently, there are two areas where only
a few barges anchor – Hyde Park and
Yonkers.
In a prepared statement Bicking
highlighted the risks of the Coast Guard’s
plan.
“The Coast Guard’s ill-conceived
proposal would impact half a dozen
drinking water intakes that are in close
proximity to the proposed anchorage
sites and present a major threat to public
safety, with the Indian Point nuclear
power plant a few miles downstream. It
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The Zambito family all pitched in at the dinner. Pictured L-R Kerry, Erin, Shawn, John, Dave, Emma, Virginia and Colleen.
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
For the past 29 years the local
Marlboro chapter of UNICO has been
serving a multi-course dinner in honor
of St. Joseph’s Day as a way to raise
funds for individuals in need and for
various charities in town.
There was not an empty seat at St.
Mary’s parish hall on Saturday evening
where the dinner was served, starting
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with salad, followed by a pasta dish with
meatballs and sausage, hot peppers, a
side of fennel and the piece de resistance,
Chicken Marsala. Coffee, pastry and
Sambuca topped off the meal.
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