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Mid Hudson Times , Wednesday , October 11 , 2017

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THURSDAY , OCTOBER 19

Newburgh City Council Work Session , 6 p . m . City Hall , 83 Broadway . Town of Newburgh Planning Board , 7 p . m . Town Hall , 1496 Route 300 , Town of Newburgh .

MONDAY , OCTOBER 23

Newburgh City Council meeting . 7 p . m . City Hall , 83 Broadway . Town of Newburgh Workshop meeting , 7 p . m . Town Hall , 1496 Route 300 , Town of Newburgh .

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Town of Newburgh ZBA , 7 p . m . Town Hall , 1496 Route 300 , Town of Newburgh .

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By SHANTAL RILEY sriley @ tcnewspapers . com

The Town of New Windsor broke ground on three , new ground-water wells this month . When completed , the highyielding wells are expected to provide enough drinking water to serve the town into the foreseeable future .

“ Today is a big day for New Windsor ,” said town Supervisor George Green at the well field site off Forge Hill Road on Tuesday . “ I couldn ’ t be happier .”

The ground-breaking ceremony marked the start of construction for three wells reaching down about 100 feet into a ground-water aquifer . Each of the wells are expected to yield 1,000 to 1,200 gallons of water per minute .

The wells will go online by the summer of 2018 . Once operational , they will allow the town to wean itself off of pricey water from the New York City owned Catskill Aqueduct . “ This is going to save us money in the long run ,” said Green .

How much money ? Catskill Aqueduct water currently costs the town $ 1,728.99 per million gallons and $ 3,364.59 per million gallons at the overuse rate . “ We buy about a billion gallons of water per year from the New York City Water Board ,” said town Comptroller Jack Finnegan .

The search for an alternative water source began about a ten years ago , said town engineering consultant Richard McGoey , in large part due to the cost of the aqueduct water .

The aquifer was located about three years ago . “ It ’ s a pool of water in a gravel formation that is supplied from miles away ,” said McGoey . Recharged

On October 5 , members of the City of Newburgh Police Department , Hudson Valley Safe Streets Task Force , and New York State Police conducted a Narcotics Operation on Johnston Street in the City of Newburgh to address the numerous narcotics complaints from members of the community .

During the operation officers recovered approximately 7 grams of crack cocaine , 81 individually wrapped baggies of heroin , one large marijuana plant , and approximately $ 1,900 in US Currency .

As a result of the operation officers arrested the following individuals who

New Windsor officials break ground on the Butterhill Wells project on Tuesday

by rainwater , the aquifer stretches from New Windsor to the Town of Newburgh , he said .

New Windsor currently consumes 3 million to 3.5 million gallons of water per day , the engineer said . The new wells will have the capacity to provide almost double that , he said .

The wells are expected to be online before the planned 10-week shutdown of the Catskill Aqueduct in the fall next year , said town Chief Water Plant Operator John Egitto .

A week-long shutdown for maintenance of the aqueduct , planned for this month , was delayed due to overgrowth of bluegreen algae at Brown ’ s Pond , Egitto said . “ The City of Newburgh and New Windsor would have used Brown ’ s Pond for the

were all charged with the misdemeanor of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the seventh degree ; City of Newburgh residents Daniel Coughlan , 52 ; Brian Backus , 46 ; Bernadette Walters , 58 ; Anthony Luogameno , and Richard Kyles , 55 . Also arrested and charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the seventh degree was Walden resident David Rotondo , 26 .

Officers arrested the following individuals who were charged with felonies of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the fifth degree and Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the third degree ; City of week ,” Egitto explained . But , algae flourished due to low precipitation and warmer-than-average temperatures in September , he said .

The city has contracted to treat the pond with copper sulfate , Egitto said . Meanwhile , the Department of Environmental Protection has pushed the week-long aqueduct shutdown back to November , possibly early December , when temperatures are expected to be much cooler , he said .

The DEP , which requires that municipalities have backup sources of water when drawing on the aqueduct , contributed $ 12 million to the Butterhill Wells project .

Newburgh residents Kiaje Paulk , 23 ; and Preshea Fennell , 34 . Officers also arrested City of Newburgh resident Tyrik Legette , 24 , who was charged with one felony count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the third degree and one misdemeanor count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the seventh degree .

Also arrested during the operation was City of Newburgh resident Taylor Bradford , 24 , who was found to have an active Orange County Probation Warrant .