By Nancy Peckenham
City of Newburgh police say that as the weather warms up they will have a stronger law enforcement presence on the streets as a result of partnership with the Orange County Sheriff’s office.
The city police department says that it will work closely with the sheriff’s office to follow crime trends so it can develop a pro-active response. The joint patrols will start with two sheriff deputies on patrol for three days a week, with more to follow as the weather…
Leslie Hungria, a freshman in the AARTS Academy at Newburgh Free Academy, is advancing to the State Finals for Poetry Out Loud, a nationwide poetry recitation competition run by the National Endowment for the Arts.
On Thursday, February 3, 2011, she joined fellow classmates Farah Aziz and Ethan Freedman at the regional competition in Albany, where she earned a place in the State Finals for her…
Newburgh being the industrial town that it was, there was a lot of signage promoting all of the businesses in town. Most of the signage probably existed down on the waterfront that has since been demolished. However, now and again you can find faint signs of Newburgh’s past like this one on Ann Street. It’s fading but can you see it? It says, “W.L. Smith Co, Mill Supply“. Who knows how long it will last there, but in the mean while it has been captured in time.
People looked at area road maps and talked about problems and possible solutions.
By Nancy Peckenham
Can the greater Newburgh area avoid a future of clogged roads and rush hour gridlock as it continues to grow over the next decades? This was the topic of a roundtable discussion on Tuesday evening attended by some 50 Newburgh area residents who came to give their input on how to avoid a future traffic nightmare.
The roundtable is one in a series organized by the Newburgh…
$445,000
The Liberty Street/Washington Headquarters area of Newburgh is considered by many as the starting point to the revitalization of Newburgh. This property is in the middle of it all and is diagonal from Washington’s Headquarters. It looks like two buildings are being offered for $445,000.
You can come to your own conclusion about the price, but what is interesting about this sale is that whoever purchases it has the opportunity to improve a section of Liberty Street…
Come down for the exhibit entitled “Illuminations”, the inaugural juried art show at Center Arts at Kaplan Hall. The gallery will be open from March 3-6. And, the opening reception will be March 3rd from 5-7pm. There will be wine, cheese and music.
By Nancy Peckenham
An investigation into a reported robbery on Broadway Monday evening led to the arrest of a Newburgh man for possession of a .22 caliber weapon. Police say that a woman reported that she was robbed at knifepoint by approximately six men in a hallway at 222 Broadway.
With the victim in their car, police found two alleged attackers on the corner of 3rd St. and Dubois Streets. Three additional robbery suspects were spotted on Broadway and City Terrace. Police say…
Ed Forgit, Susan Lafond, Lynda DeLuca, David Brown, Patricia Vanduser, Dr. Daniel H. Shanahan, Anne Lytle, Matt Jacobs, Bernice Rivera, Lynne Eckert, Dawn Fucheck
Recently, Newburgh Enlarged City School District professionals collaborated with professionals from the Newburgh Teachers’ Association, Board of Education and New York State United Teachers Education Learning Trust for the second phase of the
National Education Association/New York State United Teachers Grant.
In…
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Firefighters investigated the cause of the fire on the third floor of 192 Broadway.
By Nancy Peckenham
City of Newburgh firefighters responded to a blaze on the third floor of a building on Broadway Friday afternoon. The cause of the fire in the bedroom of an apartment is still under investigation, according to assistant fire chief Robert Bain, who also said that no one was injured.
Bain said that the Spanish-speaking male occupant of the bedroom was not at home when the…
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