For the second time in recent weeks, Mayor Judy Kennedy Monday night abruptly ended a Newburgh City Council meeting that had dissolved into a tirade by activist Omari Shakur. Read more…
Police Chief Michael Ferrara looked up from his desk as he handed me the 2011 Annual Report of crime in the City of Newburgh: “Aggravated assaults are down 17 percent,” he said. “Commercial burglaries are down 12 percent and auto thefts are down 9 percent,” the chief said. Read more…
In what could be the death knell for plans for a super mall on Route 300, Newburgh Supervisor Wayne Booth Thursday asked the Orange County Industrial Development Agency to deny applicant Wilder Balter Partners’ request for $9.9 million in special tax breaks for the Marketplace at Newburgh. Read more…
“Return to sender, address unknown; no such number, no such zone” are lines from a 1962 Elvis Presley hit bemoaning the breakup of a relationship. Read more…
Discussion on the first three items of the Town of Newburgh Zoning Board of Appeals agenda Thursday night lasted about five minutes each. The next two items – public hearings involving Santa Monica Holdings’ plans for a strip club on Rt. 9W – took in excess of five hours. Read more…
Before a sparse gathering at City Hall Monday night, the Newburgh City Council gave the Workforce Development Institute a chance to complete the “Newburgh Builds Newburgh” program that it came close to killing just a week earlier. Read more…
The latest chapter in the Town of Newburgh’s battle with the company seeking permission to build a “gentlemen’s club” at the Town’s northern entrance on Route 9W will unfold Thursday evening before the Town Zoning Board. Read more…
The Newburgh City Council, noting that it hasn’t received a completed Phase I of the “Newburgh Builds Newburgh” program, Monday night refused to finance Phase II. Read more…
Mayor Judy Kennedy began Monday evening’s Community Action Team’s first Quarterly Progress Report with a PowerPoint presentation showing a huge field full of flowers. It was an example of how Newburgh can be turned around, she explained. Read more…
An elementary charter school – aimed at providing an intense educational experience – is being planned for kindergarten through second-grade children in the City of Newburgh by a not-for-profit organization headed by the former mayor. Read more…
