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By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com WARRENSBURG — Envisioned for decades, a brand-new health center is now in the works for Warrensburg. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced early Tuesday May 1 that $5 million in federal funds have been approved for Hudson Headwaters Health Network to replace its Warrensburg Health Center building with a modern two-story structure nearly twice the size. The proposed facility will cost more than $6 million to construct. For over 30 years, HHHN officials have been concerned about problems in adapting the former grocery store building to their needs, particularly with the everincreasing facility demands due to evolving technology. Excess utility consumption has also been an issue in the aging building, originally built as a grocery store. The town of Warrensburg has traditionally paid the center ’s utility bills. In a prepared statement, Schumer said he lobbied for CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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State backs off TB tests at senior mealsites By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com WARRENSBURG — State Health Department officials have withdrawn their requirement that local seniors who eat lunch at the proposed mealsite

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effective until at least late September, if approved in the Assembly. Warren County District Attorney Kate Hogan and regional BOCES superintendent James Dexter addressed legislators April 30, expressing their concerns about the substances in a press conference held prior to the Senate vote. Dexter said the use of synthetic

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