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The Daily Mail Copyright 2019, Columbia-Greene Media Volume 227, No. 78
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Village hikes water rates 10%
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CATSKILL — Village residents can expect higher water bills in the coming months to pay for system improvements, officials said. The board of trustees passed a resolution in February authorizing a $250,000 bond to replace a filtration unit in the water plant, purchase new water meters for residences and install new billing software. The bond will be repaid in quarterly payments of $15,000 for five years, village officials said. To accommodate the debt
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Village Trustee Joseph Kozloski reads the resolution authorizing a $250,000 bond for improvements to the village’s water system in February. Village water rates will increase by 10% beginning in the third quarter and will show up in the October bills.
service, the village will raise water rates by 10% in the third quarter, Village President Vincent Seeley said. “[The increase] will be reflected in the October bill,” Seeley said. “The rate increase is primarily due to our efforts to maintain current operations, invest in water quality infrastructure and improve operations by purchasing new billing software.” Investing in the village’s water supply is a priority, Seeley said. “We realize that cost-effecSee WATER A2
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n THE SCENE Immersive comedy Hudson Hall presents ‘David’s Friend,’ a comic odyssey through disco, sex, loss and AIDS PAGE A8
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Robert Mueller, the special counsel, at the Capitol in Washington, June 21, 2017. Mueller’s report, released Thursday morning, was inconclusive about President Donald Trump’s actions.
By Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media
WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday released a redacted version of the report by special counsel Robert Mueller on his investigation into possible interference by Russia into the 2016 presidential election. Ten actions by President
President Donald Trump walks across the south lawn of the White House after returning from a trip to Minnesota on Monday, April 15, 2019. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election was released Thursday morning.
campaign, but the evidence could not establish a criminal conspiracy between Russia and the campaign. David Hardy, of Catskill, thought the findings proved the investigation was politically motivated. “Finally the truth can come out,” Hardy said. “It was a sham, it was all made up. I believe it was made up and all the
information we have shows it was made up. This was a completely politically charged investigation based on no information and not based on reality except for the fact that he won. That was the only information they were going by — he became president, Hillary didn’t, so they created a fake investigation.”
Though Mueller and investigators examined 10 episodes in which it was possible the president may have obstructed justice, Mueller said he could not reach a conclusion. “The evidence we obtained about the president’s actions and intent presents difficult issues that would need to be See MUELLER A2
Hudson woman at Utica college dies
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Donald Trump were analyzed to determine whether he sought to obstruct justice in the case. Mueller found he could not reach a conclusion “based on the facts and the applicable legal standards,” Mueller wrote. The report found there was an effort by Russia to interfere in the election and “numerous” contacts with the Trump
The cover page of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, released Thursday morning.
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Fardush Sultan
HUDSON — A community mourned Thursday the loss of a beloved daughter, sister and friend, Fardush Sultana, who died Wednesday at a Utica college. Sultana, a junior at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, died at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Utica from a mysterious head injury. She was 20. Sultana was taken to the hospital on the evening of April 8 for an unexplained head injury while she was in her dormitory room. The incident is still under investigation by state and university police, according to a statement from the college. Sultana’s family declined to release details of her injury. “Words can’t express the loss of such an untimely death,” family friend Abdus Miah said. “May Allah bless her with Jannah. Our deepest condolences and prayers for her family and loved ones.” Sultana was a 2016 graduate of Hudson High School. She is survived by her parents Parveen Ahster and Abdul Bashar, and two sisters, Farzana and Fariah, according to the SUNY Polytechnic’s web-
site. Sultana was studying civil engineering, according to a statement from the college. Sultana was an “outstanding” student who touched many lives, college President Grace Wang said Thursday. “Fardush was a student-athlete, a member of the cross-country team that won the NEAC Championship this past fall, and she gave her time as a phone-a-thon participant,” according to a statement released by the college. “She was also part of the Residential Life family, serving as a student assistant in the office. She was very active in the SUNY Poly community through her involvement in the After Hours Activity Board where she served as social media coordinator and the Black and Latino Student Association.” Outside of school activities, Sultana worked as a student assistant in the office of Residential Life. The Zanazah, or the Islamic funeral prayers recited in the Islamic funeral rite, will be held at Hudson High School gymnasium, 215 Harry Howard Ave., Friday at 1:45 p.m. Attendees are asked to enter See WOMAN A2