Archive for September, 2008
Newburgh Ministry receives HHAC grant
This article is the first in an initiative with Understanding Government, a Washington D.C. based nonprofit, called “Government In My Backyard”(GIMBY). Through this initiative Understanding Government will post reports on federal, state, and local executive branch performance in towns and cities across the U.S. The Newburgh Advocate will contribute posts on the greater Newburgh, NY [...]
Newburgh comments visualized
The Newburgh Advocate has created a page on Many Eyes for interactive graphics pertaining to Newburgh. For the two visualizations below, the data set was a transcription of the general comments from the public at the close of the September 8, 2008 City Council meeting.
Many Eyes is a project of scientists at IBM’s Watson Research [...]
New Fire Chief Christopher Barrett
This afternoon Fire Chief Christopher Barrett was sworn in at a well-attended ceremony in City Hall. Mayor Valentine welcomed the attendees and Fire Department Chaplain John Carlstrom said a prayer. In her opening remarks City Manager Jean-Ann McGrane praised Chief Barrett’s strength in crisis situations. Mayor Valentine administered the Oath of Office and McGrane and [...]
