Water tug of war looms in Newburg town housing areas
In Newburgh Town two neighboring developments Fleetwood Estates and Colden Park staged preliminary exercises to protect their scarce water supplies. Residents packed the Town Hall as officials heard concerns amid reports of near-critical water shortages, signaling a potential conflict over water rights.
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Gardnertown
Town of
Newburgh
Fleetwood Estates
Colden Park
Car Crash Adds to Town Water Crisis Report
An 18 year old Walden driver collided with a 54 year old Newburgh man on Rt 52. Martin suffered possible fractured ribs and arm cuts while Sabatino faced a speeding ticket. The town faces a water shortage with 20 homes in Pine Brook Estates lacking water for five days amid private system negotiations for a Chadwick Lake supply. The board scheduled hearings on water meters for Colden Park at a July 12 meeting, with costs not to exceed 15000.
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Thomas Sabatino
Walden
John Martin
Colden St
Newburgh
Pinebrook Estates
Burton C. Cosman
Hcis
Chadwick Lake
Cosman
A.J. Millar
Colden Park
Edgewood
Colden Park District
Town Hall
Highland Falls Board adopts austerity budget amid defeats
Highland Falls board of education votes to a tight austerity budget after two failed votes on a 1.5 million proposal. Cutbacks include no free textbooks rent books, no transport for near districts, no cafeteria milk program, no use of facilities by outside groups and no conference attendance. The district will seek bids to replace damaged elementary windows on Mountain Avenue.
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Highland Falls
O'Hearn
Mountain Avenue
William F. Duncan
Washingtonville High's new senior high school near ready
Washingtonville Central School District moves toward July 1 opening for the new senior high, with full use only after Labor Day. Regents exams held in some rooms, auditorium nearly finished, bids opened for Round Hill Elementary, and a Tower Hill site tour planned for long-range building. Approximately 145 graduates this year, a district record, with MIT graduate Arthur Zito delivering the commencement address. The board allocates five classrooms for Orange County Community College courses at Stewart AFB and schedules the annual reorganizational meeting for July 5.
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Washingtonville
Edward R. Docherty
Tower Hill
Docherty
Arthur Zito
M.I.T
Electric End
General Electric
Death chamber mystery in Newburgh apartment
A Newburgh fireman inspects a first floor 311 Liberty Street apartment where Mrs. Viola Bierman was found seated in an overstuffed chair shortly after noon. Post office employee Anthony Lodato discovered the fire but could not reach her. Cause of fire or death undetermined. She was pronounced dead at St Luke's Hospital at 12 50.
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Newburgh
Viola (Love) Bierman
Liberty St
Anthony Lodato
Bierman
St. Luke’s Hospital
Leo V. Carmady
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H’falls
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