newburgh

Congressional Rep Condemns Timing of Mail Center Consolidation

Allison Dunne — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:41:49 +0000

A New York Congressman testified before postal regulators, criticizing the decision to consolidate a postal facility in the Hudson Valley earlier than planned.

Newburgh in line for downtown supermarket

Hank Gross — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:53:04 +0000

NEWBURGH – Lower Broadway in the City of Newburgh is slated for a full-fledged supermarket, Mayor Judy Kennedy said.

The facility, to be constructed in a city-owned vacant lot adjacent to the DMV office, would house apartments on the second floor, the mayor said. She could not divulge the name of the supermarket at this time.

“It’s a way in which we can bring in a little vitality to the lower part of Broadway,” Kennedy said.

At present city residents must shop at supermarkets in the neighboring towns of Newburgh and New Windsor.

NY rewards 4 districts for efficiency savings

Jaired Crofut — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:31:19 +0000

On Tuesday Gov. Andrew Cuomo held the districts up as models for the rest of the state, while promising them $12 million in competitive grants over the next three years.

Rochester is the biggest winner, receiving $4.5 million for identifying $9.5 million in savings. Newburgh and Kenmore-Tonawanda will each get $3.6 million for finding nearly $6 million in savings and Queensbury is being awarded $561,000 for finding $624,000 in savings.

Folk Museum Hall of Fame construction to begin this spring

Hank Gross — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:18:21 +0000

NEWBURGH – Officials of the Folk Music Hall of Fame hope to break ground this spring on what is believed to be the first-of-its-kind museum in the nation, in the East End of the City of Newburgh.

The non-profit corporation planning the facility has raised half of the $125,000 need to construct the museum at 67 Liberty Street, said group treasurer James Sollami.

Photographer, Dmitri Kasterine

Joe Donahue — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:35:00 +0000

Only 57 miles outside New York City on the Hudson River, the city of Newburgh has fallen from the status of "All American City" awarded by Look Magazine in 1952, to in 1981 being put on a Federal list of most distressed areas in the United States.

FBI Considers Moving Goshen Office to Crime-Stricken Newburgh

Hank Gross — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:56:09 +0000

The recent crime wave in Newburgh is all the more reason for the FBI to move its Goshen office to the city, Police Chief Michael Ferrara says.

In recent weeks, there have been two killings as well as shootings and stabbings.

Newburgh mayor calls for government consolidation

Hank Gross — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:40:50 +0000

Newburgh, New York Mayor Judy Kennedy has proposed consolidation of three departments and creation of new positions as a means of saving the financially strapped city money and reinventing city government. Hudson Valley Correspondent Hank Gross has more.

Kennedy said the city must be bold and think outside the box.