T IMES
MID
Residents
weigh in on
proposed
development
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Vol. 29, No 50
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DECEMBER 13 - 19, 2017
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SERVING NEWBURGH AND NEW WINDSOR
Teacher of the Year
NFA’s Linda Romano named ACTE’s 2018 National Teacher of the Year
City hosts public meetings
on proposed Dutch
Reformed Church project
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
This month, the community attended
the first of several meetings held to
gather public input on a plan to redevelop
three key City of Newburgh properties,
including the historic Dutch Reformed
Church on Grand Street.
“We call ourselves a double-bottom-line
organization,” said Benjamin Warnke of
Alembic Community Development. “We
hope to make a profit and we hope to
make a difference.”
Warnke addressed about 150
at
Newburgh City Hall last Wednesday on
a project that would see housing built
on a 1.8-acre, city-owned property on
Montgomery Street, the redevelopment of
the former Newburgh City Club property
on Grand Street and the rehabilitation of
the adjacent Dutch Reformed Church.
Alembic is proposing to work alongside
Urban Architectural Initiatives and
Hester Street - an urban planning, design
and development nonprofit - to begin work
on the properties following a public-input
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NFA health-science teacher Linda Romano is surrounded by students and coworkers at NFA North. She was recently named the 2018
National Teacher of the Year by the Association for Career and Technical Education.
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
“You have set a gold standard,” he
said. “Your efforts have empowered
countless students to reach their full
potential.”
State Senator Bill Larkin Jr. handed
Linda Romano, head of Newburgh Free
Academy’s Nurse Aide Program, a
proclamation from the New York State
Senate at NFA North on Monday. “We
recognize you for what you’ve done for
our area, our city and our state,” Larkin
said to Romano.
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The health-science teacher has been
named the 2018 National Teacher of the
Year by the Association for Career and
Technical Education (ACTE). Romano
stood in her classroom, surrounded by
students and hospital beds, at a small
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