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Newburgh

(no͞o`bərg, nyo͞o`–), city (1990 pop. 26,454), Orange co., SE N.Y., on the west bank of the Hudson River, opposite Beacon; settled 1709 by Palatine Germans, inc. 1800. The city has become an area wholesale and trucking center that ships fruit and dairy products. Manufactures include transportation equipment, machinery, scientific instruments, apparel, and plastic and metal products. Newburgh has many historic structures, and serious preservation efforts began in the 1990s. Hasbrouck House (1750; now a museum) was Washington's headquarters from Apr., 1782, to Aug., 1783. It was in Newburgh that the Continental Army was disbanded. Mt. St. Mary College is in the city. West PointWest Point,
U.S. military post, since 1802 seat of the United States Military Academy. On the high west bank of the Hudson River N of New York City, West Point was the site of Revolutionary forts guarding the Hudson. Constitution Island, in the river, is also in the reservation.
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Dates for meetings in Inverurie and Newburgh will be available soon.

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It is a great achievement for our team to add significant vehicle storage space for online auctions at our Newburgh location.'

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"We are committed to reinvesting in our local communities, and proud to provide financing for this important project in Newburgh, which will play an important role in revitalizing a neighborhood in need," said Vincent Maine, Senior Managing Director of Community Development at Sterling.

Sterling funds upstate rehab effort

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West decided to expand her business career options in October 2015 while gaining entrepreneur experience from self starter William Pinkett in Owego, New York prior to expanding to Newburgh, New York.

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The Times Herald-Record of Middletown reports (http://bit.ly/ 1vVBE7I) that the 500-pound bell was unveiled at its new home at the Orange County Community College in the city of Newburgh.

Historic N.Y. courthouse bell restored

Drawing on a trove of covert FBI video footage, this well-argued doc offers a spirited defense of four men charged in 2009 with plotting to blow up Air National Guard planes and set off bombs outside Jewish community centers in the Bronx--a story first detailed in our 2011 investigation "The Informants." The men, occasionally observant Muslims from impoverished Newburgh, New York, some with prior convictions for drag dealing, thought they would make $250,000 for the job--a life-changing sum.

The Newburgh Sting

Synopsis: "Swords in Their Hands: George Washington and the Newburgh Conspiracy," is the first book-length account of a plot that can be described as the closest thing to a coup that the United States has ever experienced.

Swords in Their Hands

CHILDREN at Newburgh Primary School in Warwick rang in the New Year last week when they tried out their new hand chimes.

are Pupils in ringing harmony! NEWBURGH PRIMARY SCHOOL

Brooks joined dozens of former New Yorkers who in recent years have decamped for Newburgh, hoping to rescue one of New York state's most notorious cities by way of architectural restoration.