Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from March 2000:
ONLINE BLURRING REPORTER'S LINES.(LIFE & LEISURE)(Correction notice)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: MARK McGUIRE Staff writer WGY (810-AM) news has a clever promo: ``Read it tomorrow, see it tonight -- or hear it now,'' a come-on for the as-it-happens timeliness of radio over print and television. Clever, but already outdated. Now everyone is in the hear ...
CRITICS WANT CLEARER, TIGHTER ETHICS LAW.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: CATHY WOODRUFF Staff writer With the Rensselaer County Legislature poised to make another adjustment to close a loophole in the county's decade-old Ethics Law, the law's main author says it may be time for a more comprehensive rewrite. ``Its big failing is ...
BUDGET REVIEW CALENDAR ANNOUNCED.(CAPITAL REGION)(Calendar)
Mar 01, 2000 ... SCHODACK -- The following is a revised calendar for the remaining meetings in the school district's budget review process. March 2: The school board will discuss the first draft of the budget at its workshop meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Maple Hill Middle School Library. March 16: ...
STUYVESANT OFFICIAL SAYS MASTER PLAN ROLLS ON THE GREENWAY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: MIKE FRICANO Staff writer Even with people who yelled at each other and one who wanted to quit, Stuyvesant Supervisor Tod Grenci told Schodack's Comprehensive Planning Committee that the master plan process was worth it. During his 90-minute speech and ...
TODAY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Defreestville Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. 7 p.m. Firehouse, 480 North Greenbush Road. Members are to report to the firehouse at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 11, to set up for the lasagna dinner. Members are also asked to bring a pan of brownies for dessert. East Side Quilters. 7 ...
HONOR ROLL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... The second-quarter high honor roll for Lansingburgh High School: Grade 9 High Honors: Sarah Allen, Nolin Borrero, Crystal Buckley, Adam Cottrell, Stacey Czamara, Katelyn Dooley, Caroline Edwards, Charlene Gavitt, Elana Gehan, Adrean Gribben, Tonya Gribben, Nichole Higgitt, ...
CONTRACT TALKS SPUTTER BETWEEN UNION AND TOWN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: MIKE FRICANO Staff writer Though a long-running dispute between the village and an employee was recently settled, union representatives say that the problems have not ended. Former public works employee Thomas Prevost claimed he was unjustly terminated last ...
A FLOOD OF TROUBLE CONTINUES TO RAIN ON ONEIDA AVENUE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: MIKE FRICANO Staff writer A large number of illegal sewer hookups continued to plague the town this weekend, when several homes on Oneida Avenue were flooded and town work crews were sent out on overtime to try and remedy the problem. The flooding has been a ...
HVCC SCHOLARSHIPS NOW AVAILABLE FOR TROY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... TROY -- Applications are available for the following scholarships at Hudson Valley Community College aimed at Troy High School graduates of the class of 2000. The Frank J. Ryan Memorial Scholarship is a $1,500 award given each year to an incoming student in the mechanical ...
TO KNIGHTS, TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: TIM WILKIN Staff writer When the regular season wars were over, the Lansingburgh High School girls basketball team stood atop the Colonial Council standings. Right behind the Knights were the pesky girls from Holy Names. Lansingburgh won the regular season ...
BOWLING SCORES.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2000 ... OLYMPIC Feb. 8: Alley Cats -- Ted Bedford Sr., 265-707; Ted Bedford Jr., 606; Jovis Hart, 226; Gale Cramer, 235-601; Shelly Bedford, 206-580; Kathy Bedford, 208. Feb. 11: Odss & Ends -- Joe Claydon, 279-666; Dave Dushane Jr., 238-658; Max Opoka, 225; Jim Stedman, 245; Jeff Scudder, 222; ...
ON ONE OF THE TWO CERTAIN THINGS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: JIM GILLESPIE Rensselaer County Taxpayers Association No fair minded-person would make a blanket statement. There are individuals in public service who make an honest effort to do the job they were elected to do. Unfortunately, there are those who do not. ...
REGISTRATION BEGINS.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2000 ... TROY -- Registration for the South Troy Little League will be held on the following dates: Friday, March 3 (6-8:30 p.m.), Saturday, March 4 (noon-3 p.m.) and Tuesday, March 7 (6-8:30 p.m.). Registration will be held at the Polish American Club on 507 First Street in Troy. The ...
SARATOGA VOICES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... QUESTION: What do you think is responsible for the rising cost of heating oil and gasoline? What can be done about it? Asked on Broadway in Saratoga Springs DOROTHY ANGUS, Clifton Park: ``I think OPEC is responsible. The government should release all of its oil in storage.''LOU ...
GEORGIA TORNADO RECALLS CITY STORM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: DENNIS YUSKO Staff writer This city and Camilla, Ga., share two things: both have a population of around 5,200 and both witnessed the physical and emotional destruction a tornado can bring. On Valentine's Day, a violent tornado ripped through Camilla and ...
WILTON WANTS NO TRAFFIC TRANSFER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer While the city of Saratoga Springs tries to figure out how to solve its truck traffic problems, town officials plan to make sure that their residents don't have a traffic mess dumped on them. The town has dropped out of the ...
BARRETT OPENS DOOR FOR SATURDAY CHATS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: MIKE HUREWITZ Staff writer Not wanting to close the door on citizens reluctant or unable to participate in the town's regularly televised Monday-night meetings, the town's new supervisor is opening his office door on weekends. Starting this Saturday and ...
TODAY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... National Honor Society Red Cross Blood Drive. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saratoga Central Catholic, 247 South Broadway, Saratoga Springs. 587-7070. Infant Care Class. 7-9 p.m. Saratoga Hospital, 211 Church Ave., Saratoga Springs. Charlton Historical Society Meeting. 7:30 p.m. Featuring John Cromie ...
RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Applebees, 18 Park Ave., Clifton Park. Satisfactory on Feb. 17. No red. 9 blue: Rubber gaskets on ice machine and cooler under grill were torn and broken. Spigot on three-bay bar sink was not long enough to fill all three bays. All of the spray bottles were not labeled. Walls around ...
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER VOLUNTEERS TO OVERSEE PROJECT.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: DENNIS YUSKO Staff writer The Waterford-Halfmoon Union-Free School District will likely approve Thursday a proposal by board member Don Neddo to oversee their $1.9 million building project. Board President Robert Zordan said Neddo's offer to volunteer as ...
SCHOOL DISTRICT LOOKS AT NEW STORAGE SPACE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: MIKE HUREWITZ Staff writer The Shenendehowa School District which now pays $3 a square foot to store files and other items in a 10,000 square-foot storage area in Clifton Park, is poised to switch to a proposed warehouse in Halfmoon where the lease will be roughly $5 a ...
EXERCISE PROGRAM BEGINS MARCH 11.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2000 ... CLIFTON PARK -- The Fit for Life WellnessCenter at The HealthPlex, 1673 Route 9, will be offering an eight-week wellness program that consists of motivating individuals and introducing them to exercise in a class format. The program starts March 11. Classes will be held ...
SCOREBOARD.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2000 ... HOCKEY CLIFTON PARK SQUIRT B Clifton Park 3, Capital B1 0 Joseph Macaluso (CP) goal; Adam Rakozcy (CP) goal. Clifton Park 3, Troy B1 1 Nick ...
MIKE LILAC TAKES A SEAT IN THE STANDS.(SPORTS)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: ALAN HART Staff writer Section II boys basketball chairman Mike Lilac had just finished with the task of distributing pairings sheets for the annual sectional tournament to members of the media last week at a hotel conference room in Saratoga Springs. Lilac, ...
POLICE BLOTTER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... COUNTY 911 Friday, Feb. 25 10:08 a.m. COMPLAINT. Someone at a Morey Park address in Schodack reported a case of criminal mischief. 12:07 p.m. DOMESTIC. On Old Forge Road in Schodack, a domestic incident was reported. 2:06 p.m. COMPLAINT. In ...
GOVERNMENT ACTION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... HOOSICK VALLEY SCHOOLS Monday, Feb. 28 New business: Reviewed a first draft of a proposed 2000-01 budget. Business Manager Steven Bangert said the $13.05 million plan is tentative because the amount of state aid the district will receive is unknown. Board members ...
QUESTAR III OFFERS HELP IN TAKING GED EXAM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS -- TROY -- The Questar III Access Center, 283 River St., is offering a free home study program for adults ages 21 and over to prepare to take the GED exam. The program involves completion of a packet of work each week that is handed in and evaluated by the home study ...
POLICE BLOTTER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... BALLSTON SPA Thursday, Feb. 24 WARRANT. A man from the 300 block of Moonlight Drive was arrested on a warrant for third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. Officer: Charlie Fischer. Monday, Feb. 28 1:30 a.m. WARRANT. A ...
GOVERNMENT ACTION.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... BALLSTON SPA BOARD Monday, Feb. 28 Action items: Authorized $2,118.49 for diesel and unleaded fuel for all departments. Authorized $585 for repairs to the library furnace and $84 to fix the Union Fire House furnace. Authorized Eagle Matt Lee Fire House to spend ...
KINDERGARTEN SIGN-UP SET.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS -- In preparation for kindergarten screening in April and May, the Saratoga Springs City Schools are pre-registering all students who will start kindergarten in September 2000. Children who will be 5 before Dec. 1, 2000 are eligible to attend kindergarten during ...
100,000TH BOOK ADDED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Mar 01, 2000 ... CLIFTON PARK -- The Shenendehowa Public Library added the 100,000th book to its colleciton. Entitled, ``Life: Our Century in Pictures,'' the book is credited with being ``number 100,000'' and chronicles the 20th century through famous well recognized photogrpahs such as U.S. ...
3 VICTORIES BUOY BUSH CAMPAIGN.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: RON FOURNIER Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. -- George W. Bush swept past John McCain in three Republican presidential contests Tuesday, buoyed by the religious right and party faithful in Virginia's battleground to fatten his delegate count in advance of next week's ...
FATAL STABBING OF INTRUDER STUNS TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: BRENDAN LYONS Staff writer Neighbors knew Julieanna Kerrigan as a quirky woman who was always up for an extended chat on the frequent walks she took with her dog along Rosemary Drive. But no one expected the events that unfolded early Tuesday morning. ...
NAZI DIARY DETAILS `DANCE OF DEATH'.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: REBECCA TROUNSON Los Angeles Times JERUSALEM -- He wrote with chilling, meticulous care, signing and numbering nearly every page, filling his bound notebooks with detailed diagrams and an angular, almost Gothic script as he described the Holocaust as humanity's greatest ...
MANY STEAMING OVER TAX ON SMOKES.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: JAMES M. ODATO Capitol bureau Around Joan Masterson's store in eastern Rensselaer County, business was slow Tuesday. And the outlook is no brighter today for her shop and many more as New York launches the highest cigarette taxes in the nation. ``I would just ...
1ST-GRADER PULLS GUN, SHOOTS CLASSMATE DEAD.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: RANDI GOLDBERG Associated Press MOUNT MORRIS TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- A 6-year-old boy pulled a gun from his pants and shot a little girl to death in their first-grade classroom Tuesday in front of their horrified teacher and classmates. Police said the boy fired a ...
5 ISRAELI-ALLIED MILITIAMEN KILLED IN GUERRILLA BOMBING.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: Associated Press BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Guerrillas exploded a roadside bomb in occupied southern Lebanon early this morning, killing five Israeli-allied militiamen and sharply escalating tensions on the last active Arab-Israeli warfront, Lebanese security officials said. ...
CLINTON SAYS HE MAY TAP OIL RESERVES TO EASE PRICES.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: ANNE GEARAN Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Clinton said Tuesday he may tap the nation's emergency petroleum supplies if he can find no other way to reduce oil and gas prices. ``I have not taken the petroleum reserve issue off the table, and I ...
WHO WANTS TO BE A CO-HOST WITH REGIS?(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Kathie Lee Gifford surprised viewers of ``Live with Regis & Kathie Lee'' Tuesday by announcing she is breaking up the act, and apparently that's her final answer. She said she's leaving the show this summer and ending her 15-year run as sidekick to Regis Philbin, who stuck by ...
CELINE DION SUES TABLOID OVER PREGNANCY REPORT.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Celine Dion is suing the National Enquirer for $20 million over the tabloid's claims that she's pregnant with twins. Citing ``a source who knows Celine,'' the Enquirer's Feb. 1 story on the pop singer said she was ``overjoyed her greatest dream has come true.'' Its cover sported ...
3 U.S. TEENS CHARGED IN ROCK-HURLING DEATHS.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: HANS GREIMEL Associated Press DARMSTADT, Germany -- With thousands of U.S. military personnel in Germany, police are used to dealing with the occasional Army brat who runs a red light or lifts beer from a supermarket. But three teenage Americans who allegedly ...
JUSTICES TO WEIGH VALIDITY OF SEARCHES.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: MARK HELM Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court justices asked tough questions Tuesday when they heard arguments on when police may stop and frisk people who do not appear to have broken the law. In a case from Miami, police received an ...
SUMMER E. COLI RATE HIGH IN CATTLE.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: PHILIP BRASHER Associated Press WASHINGTON -- About half the cattle at the nation's feed lots carry the deadly E. coli bacteria during the summer -- making it at least 10 times more common than previously thought, government research shows. The study by ...
RUSSIA CLAIMS REBEL STRONGHOLD.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: YURI BAGROV and NICK WADHAMS Associated Press STARIYE ATAGI, Russia -- Russian forces claimed control of Chechen rebels' last major stronghold Tuesday, and soldiers cheered what they called the end of the war. But although troops raised the Russian flag over ...
CAMRY, ACCORD STILL TOPS IN CAR-THEFT RANKING.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: JUSTIN HYDE Associated Press DETROIT -- Test driven a Toyota Camry or Honda Accord lately? America's car thieves have, and they're big fans. As they have in years past, those models dominate the most-stolen vehicle list for 1999, with 19 of the top 25 spots ....
NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT PLEDGE SOUND CLEANUP.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: -- Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Republican governors of New York and Connecticut threw their support behind a multimillion-dollar proposal to clean up the Long Island Sound and pledged state dollars for the effort. ``Both Connecticut and New York have ...
CENSUS RESPONSES CAN BE DONE OVER INTERNET.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: -- Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Census Bureau this year will give Americans the choice of answering their census questionnaires over the Internet, and hopes the new option will prompt more people to respond to the once-a-decade survey. With the click of ...
GATES TO SPEND $350M ON EDUCATION PROGRAMS.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: -- New York Times SEATTLE -- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will spend $350 million over the next three years on education programs, foundation officials said Tuesday. The initiative would start mostly with grants in Washington, the couple's home ...
LEAP DAY GLITCHES ARE MINOR.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: ANICK JESDANUN Associated Press NEW YORK -- Lines grew at a Washington-area airport and some Caller ID and paging devices displayed the wrong date as Leap Day confused computers Tuesday. Check-in congestion at Reagan National Airport was blamed on a curbside ...
VICTIMS CLING TO ROOFS, TREES.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: MIKE COHEN Associated Press LIONDE, Mozambique -- Thousands braced Tuesday evening for a third terrifying night stranded in trees and on rooftops surrounded by swiftly flowing muddy water that stretched for miles in every direction. Most people trapped near ...
HIV-INFECTED MOTHERS URGED TO AVOID NURSING INFANTS.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: -- Associated Press CHICAGO -- The number of infants who get the AIDS virus from their mothers could drop by more than 40 percent if infected women avoided breast-feeding, a study in Africa suggests. The authors, led by researcher Ruth Nduati in Nairobi, ...
EUROPEAN LEADERS UNMOVED BY HAIDER'S EXIT.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: -- Boston Globe LONDON -- Most of the European governments that diplomatically isolated Austria when Joerg Haider's far-right Freedom Party gained power last month said Tuesday that his resignation as party leader has done nothing to ease their concerns about the party's ...
BUSH WINNING BACK NEW YORK'S CATHOLICS.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: STEWART M. POWELL and DAN FREEDMAN Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain faces a tougher race in New York's presidential primary next week because Roman Catholic voters are responding to Texas Gov. George W. Bush's apology after his appearance at ...
RELIGION AS POLITICS.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... American politics was supposed to have come so much further than this. It's 40 years now since the election of John F. Kennedy and the rejection of the notion that the United States couldn't have a Catholic president. Yet what's been the dominant issue of late in the battle between the two ...
RX FOR CONFLICT.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Warning: Don't be so quick to go along with everything you read, especially if it's in The New England Journal of Medicine. It's time instead to take that magazine down from the mantle of incorruptibility. Turns out their writers might well be plugging the interests ...
CONGRATULATIONS ON EDITORIAL ON DIALLO VERDICT.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: STEVEN FARAHER-AMIDON Delta, British Columbia The writer is a high school social studies teacher - Just a note of congratulations on your courageous stand in your editorial criticizing the decision in the murder case of Amadou Diallo. I was sincerely ...
EMOTIONS, OPINIONS DO NOT DEFINE JUSTICE.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: MARY BURKE Colonie This letter is in response to the editorial concerning the Diallo verdict, the Saturday Times Union cartoon by John De Rosier and to all who feel justice was not served. Twelve individuals of diverse backgrounds, gender, age and race were ...
MUST QUESTION HOW WE POLICE BLACKS, WHITES.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: BILLY EASTON Albany Amadou Diallo, Abner Louima and Rodney King: Police violence toward these black men captured national attention. Far from isolated incidents, they represent a long string of black victims of police violence. In a few cases, the cops involved probably ...
JUSTICE NOT SERVED WITH OUTCOME OF DIALLO TRIAL.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: JAMES D. HUTCHISON Rensselaer Now that the jury has returned a verdict in the trial of four policemen for the death of Amadou Diallo, can we conclude that justice has been served? From my viewpoint, I would say no. It appears there will be continued controversy, since ...
WHO SHOULD HAVE POWER, CRIMINALS OR THE POLICE?(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: JENNIFER M. HAAS Executive Director American Women's Self Defense AssociationLindenhurst - The four officers indicted for shooting Amadou Diallo were looking for a violent rapist who raped almost 50 women -- some at gunpoint. Put yourself in their shoes: It's close to ...
TOO MUCH FIREPOWER USED TO KILL MR. DIALLO.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: STEVE D'AMBROSI Schenectady I read with interest your Feb. 26 editorial on the Amadou Diallo verdict. The verdict of not guilty by the jury does not surprise me at all. It does not seem like the evidence was significant enough to find the officers guilty. I ...
THE GANG ON THE BUS TAKEN WITH MCCAIN.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: JEFF COHEN In the war for the Republican presidential nomination, George W. Bush has deployed the traditional big guns of the party establishment and carpet-bombing TV ad campaigns. Yet he has been unable to subdue John McCain, whose mobile, guerrilla operation is ...
TRAGIC SITUATIONS NEED INTELLIGENT RESPONSES.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: HUGH PEARSON It was Friday evening almost 5 p.m. and I was working in my office. Suddenly, I got a phone call telling me there was a verdict in the trial of the four police officers who killed Amadou Diallo. I tuned in only to hear the jury's decision on the fate of ...
GOD IS STILL IN THE DETAILS.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: MAUREEN DOWD WASHINGTON -- On Friday night the President was hanging out with the cast of ``Hanging Up.'' After a White House screening of the hit chick flick, he took Meg Ryan and Diane Keaton and their kids and other guests for a late-night tour of the Oval ...
U.S. IN POLITICAL BIND OVER WEAPONS SALES TO TAIWAN.(MAIN)
Mar 01, 2000 ... Byline: ERIK ECKHOLM with STEVEN LEE MYERS New York Times BEIJING -- At a time of high tension among China, Taiwan and the United States, Taiwan's government is pressing Washington to sell it some of the most advanced defensive weapons as part of an ambitious new plan to counter ...