Newburgh police praised for reorganizing drive
A state study lauds Acting City Manager James R. Taylor Jr. for professionalizing the Newburgh police department after a critical 1973 report. The follow up commends centralized records, three-bureau structure, patrol efficiency, neighborhood unit, improved dispatching, training, and a crime prevention focus while noting facility limits and morale concerns.
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Newburgh
James R. Taylor Jr
Taylor
State Division of Criminal Justice Services
John McClellan
Thomas Wohlrab
Wayne Heikkila
BOCES Board Expansion Denied by State Education Chief
State Education Commissioner Nyquist rejected Ulster County BOCES bids to raise membership from nine to eleven. The move, urged by West Park district, passed 13-6 among component boards but Nyquist noted only 13 of 45 eligible votes supported it. The issue will be reconsidered at a summer component boards presidents meeting.
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New Paltz
Ewald B. Nyquist
Ulster County Boces Board
West Park Union
Kingston
BOCES
West Park
Ellenville
Highland
Onteora
Rondout Valley
Saugerties
Wallkill
Nyquist
Component Board
Jack L. Roosa
Component Boards
Albany appoints Paul J. Elston DEC first deputy
Paul J. Elston a 30 year old Mamaroneck native was named first deputy commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation by Commissioner Ogden R. Reid. He will earn 45382 dollars annually. In Ellenville Wawarsing board asked its engineer to study a Napanoch water and sewer district after reports of polluted private water.
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Wawarsing
Albany
Water District Plan
DEC
Albany, N.Y
UPI
Paul J. Elston
Department of Environmental Conservation
Ogden R. Reid
Mamaroneck
Ellenville
Town of
Middletown Troop F bid farewell to 20 year veteran
Sr. Inv. Fred Leibe leaves the State police after two decades of service with 100 plus well wishers at the Pines Hotel in South Fallsburg. Leibe speaks with Capt. Odell as his wife looks on during the formal goodbye.
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Middletown
Pines Hotel
South Fallsburg
Fred Leibe
Leibe
Kenneth Odell
Phillip Blanchard
Orange students back Mastodon Fund in Sugar Loaf drive
Orange County school children raised funds through backyard fairs and a May 15 drive, bringing the Sugar Loaf Mastodon Fund to nearly $2,000. The Chester School District supervised by Edward Stoddard deposited a cashier’s check of $1,329 in Ulster County Savings Bank, with plans for expert treatment and a display in Orange County Community College.
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Orange School
Mastodon Fund
Silver Lake
Ulster County Savings Bank
Edward Stoddard
Chester
Stoddard
J. Thomson Fuller
Orange County
Chester School
Chester Bog
Sugar Loaf
New York
Museum Village
Sugie
Goshen
Fuller
Museum of Natural History
New York City
Bio-Medical Arts
Orange County Community College
Middletown
Box
Sugar Loaf Mastodon Fund
al Green
HUD approves Newburgh home improvement loan program
HUD has authorized an open ended low interest loan plan for Newburgh to be run by the Community Development Office with 3 percent interest. The program targets the northeast and southeast sectors and a mobile unit will tour July 1 and 7 to assist homeowners with applications. Borrowing covers the low bid amount for repairs.
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Newburgh
Federal
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
James R. Taylor Jr
Washington Heights
Taylor
Newburgh eyeing state aid as economic plan advances
Acting City Manager James R. Taylor Jr. said a meeting with Deputy Secretary of State Leonard Schwartz in Albany explored state help for Newburgh. He noted the city may be designated an economic development area and could access Farmers Home Administration loans, with results expected within nine days.
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Newburgh
James R. Taylor Jr
Leonard Schwartz
Albany
Taylor
Morris Ossias
Schwartz
City Hall
Farmers Home Administration
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Richard Hewitt
Police Department
Boces Board
Napanoch
Sadler
Alex Diachishin
Thomas Mayone
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