Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from August 2001:
HELP FOR THOSE WHO HELP AGED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: MICHELE MORGAN BOLTON Staff writer An innovative caregiver support program debuting in the Rensselaer County Department for Aging will help provide needed respite for those tending the elderly, as well as senior citizens caring for their grandchildren. The ...
TODAY WEDNESDAY, AUG. 1.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... $6,000 Bingo. 7 p.m. Troy Atrium, second floor, Fourth and Fulton streets. About $6,000 in regular prizes plus unlimited share games will be available. It benefits St. Augustine's School scholarship fund. Free parking in atrium garage. Sales begin at 5 p.m. Bible Study. 10:30 a.m. Eddy ...
POLICE BLOTTER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... RENSSELAER Tuesday, July 24 8:13 p.m. BURGLARY. A Broadway woman claimed $500 in coins and a watch were stolen. Officer: Butler. Friday, July 27 6:37 a.m. CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. A Broadway man claimed a van was struck with paint balls. Officer: ...
3 STUDENTS AWARDED OTB SCHOLARSHIPS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: MICHELE MORGAN BOLTON Staff writer Three teens with an interest in the workings of county government have been awarded Capital District Off-track Betting Corp., scholarships to help offset college costs. Neil J. Kelleher, chairman of the Rensselaer County ...
GARAGE SALE PLANNED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... EAST SCHODACK -- Want to get rid of all those gifts well-intentioned friends and relatives have given you over the years that just aren't you? Drop them off at St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hoag's Corners Road/County Route 7 off Rt. 150, for the annual East Schodack Village ...
ROBELOTTO CHALLENGING REGAN IN SAND LAKE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: BOB GARDINIER Staff writer A former Democratic deputy supervisor, demoted by Conservative Colleen Regan after she took over the town's reins two years ago, will challenge Regan in November. The town Democratic Committee picked its slate of candidates last ...
CHILD ALERT VEHICLE STICKERS AVAILABLE.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Troy The Rensselaer County Legislature is again making child safety stickers for automobiles available free of charge to county residents. The stickers are part of the WHALE program -- an acronym for ``We Have A Little Emergency'' -- and can be used to alert emergency personnel ...
COUNTY ATHLETES SOLID PERFORMERS AT GAMES.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: ALAN HART Staff writer Rensselaer County, as always seems to be the case at the Empire State Games, was well-represented again last week in Utica with fine performances for the Adirondack section. One of the biggest performances by a Rensselaer County athlete ...
RENSSELAER CITY BUDGET GETS FINAL APPROVAL.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: BOB GARDINIER Staff writer The Common Council unanimously approved a 2001-2002 spending plan that would up the average homeowner's tax bill by about $33. The council passed the $7.08 million spending plan on Monday, just over 24 hours before the fiscal year ...
MAYOR WILL BE SIDELINED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer Surgery in late August will keep Mayor Ken Klotz from campaigning door-to-door in September for his re-election bid. The Democratic mayor is returning to Saratoga Hospital for follow-up surgery to complete treatment of an ...
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... The following property transfers were filed recently with the Saratoga County Clerk's Office. BALLSTON Richard and Lori Litwa purchased a one-family residence at 47 Long Creek Drive from Guyer Construction, LLC for $334,050. Kenneth Sebring purchased a one-family ...
TODAY WEDNESDAY, AUG. 1.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Sixth-Annual Frog Jump. 5-7 p.m. Parade Ground Village. Corner of Route 9 and Dunning Street, Malta. Rides, free entertainment with a magician, petting zoo, pony rides and dunking booth. 399-5517. Business meeting: Halfmoon Senior Citizen Association. 1 p.m. Halfmoon Senior Citizen ...
LAW FIRMS MERGE; SET UP IN MALTA.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: KATHLEEN DOOLEY Staff writer The Trainor Law Firm LLC of Clifton Park and the firm of Cutler and Cutler of Ballston Spa merged on July 1. The partnership is now Cutler, Trainor & Cutler LLP. The new firm's main office is at 2 Hemphill Place, Suite 153, Parade ...
TURNING POINT PARADE STEPS OFF SUNDAY.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: KATHLEEN DOOLEY Staff writer The sounds of fife and drum will echo through the streets of Old Saratoga this Sunday - just as they did in Revolutionary War time. The seventh annual Turning Point Parade takes place in the village, beginning at 1 p.m. ...
NEW CLASSES SET.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... MALTA -- The David R. Meager Malta Community Center is offering new classes this fall. Classes include high-low aerobics, oil and watercolor painting, story-time and toddler fun groups for children, Tai Chi Chich, Qi Gong, a series of acting classes and dollar movies. For more ...
GIRL IS GOOD ENOUGH TO BE THE ``BAD SEED''.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: KATHLEEN DOOLEY Staff writer Eliza Vogt of Saratoga Springs, 10, isn't new to the acting game. She made her debut in ``HMS Pinafore,'' at Hubbard Hall in Cambridge when she was only 7. From then on she was hooked. ``I liked it so much, I did ...
DON'T WATER DOWN LAKEFRONT LAND VALUES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: MICHAEL J. PHILLIPS Saratoga Springs TO THE EDITOR: I am a Saratoga lakefront property owner. The city of Saratoga Springs has taken the necessary first steps to draw water from Saratoga Lake, thereby making the lake a reservoir. The lake would then come ...
HE PUT HIS METTLE TO THE PEDAL, AND WON GOLD.(SPORTS)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: ALAN HART Staff writer For more than six years Tom Helfrich had dreamed of, and worked hard for, the chance to win a gold medal in bicycle racing at the U.S. National Senior Games. Now, here he was in Baton Rouge, La., in early July, wondering if all that ...
VILLAGES MAY SEE FUNDING RELIEF.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer Saratoga County's nine villages may get some financial relief from the county if the chairman of the Board of Supervisors' Law and Finance Committee has his way. Supervisor Robert Hall, R-Saratoga, said he plans to funnel ...
MALTA GETS THE JUMP ON FUN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: KATHLEEN DOOLEY Staff writer Frogs will be hopping around Parade Ground Village (Northway Exit 12) for today's sixth annual frog jumping contest. The event, from 5 to 7 p.m., jumps off rain or shine. Previously, the frog jump was held on a Thursday. To ...
YARD SALE PLANNED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... SARATOGA -- The Saratoga Lake Association is sponsoring its 7th Annual Lake Wide Yard Sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 11 and 12. Many residents around the lake are participating in the event with a huge variety of things to sell. Look for the hot pink sale signs. Church hosting ...
COOLING PROGRAM HEATS TAXES.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: JIM GILLESPIE Rensselaer County Taxpayers Association THE EDITOR: The taxpayers will be glad to know another hike will be added to their tax bill. The generous-minded 19 members of our Rensselaer County Legislature have just approved a program called the ...
MUSIC IN THE PARK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... EAST GREENBUSH -- The East Greenbush Department of Youth Services and Recreation will sponsor the following summer musical programs at Onderdonk Memorial Park. 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2: East Greenbush Community Band. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7: Kerns and ...
LAWMAKER HOSPITALIZED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: -- Michele Morgan Bolton TROY -- County legislator Peter Durkee remains in Samaritan Hospital after being admitted over the weekend for a rapid heart rate. Durkee, 64, made a regularly scheduled visit to his doctor Saturday and was hospitalized so he could be ...
GED PRACTICE OFFERED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... TROY -- Troy Public Library has a new online resource for those who are studying for the GED (General Educational Development) and ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) examinations. Developed by LearnATest, the practice tests are based on the official tests and ...
RECIPES COURSE OFFERED.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... TROY -- Capital District Community Gardens and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County will sponsor ``Modifying Your Recipes for Health'' at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9 at Community Gardens' Eighth Street Garden. Participants will learn how to change their ...
PARK POETS PERFORM.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... EAST GREENBUSH -- The East Greenbush Community Library welcomes ``Three Guys from Albany'' on Monday, Aug. 6, at 1 p.m. for a special poetry performance for children of all ages. Dan Wilcox, Tom Nattell and Charlie Rossiter, will entertain with their quirky poetical ...
FUND-RAISER FOR HART.(CAPITAL REGION)
Aug 01, 2001 ... POESTENKILL -- A barbecue and family outing will be held Saturday, Aug. 18, to raise funds for Tom Hart, current town supervisor and candidate for the Rensselaer County Legislature. The event will be held at the Sullivan Jones Veterans of Foreign Wars Post on Route 355 from ...
GARDEN WAY CEO SPEAKS.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: KENNETH AARON Business writer Garden Way Inc. lived by the big-box retailer -- and then died by it, company chairman, president and chief executive William E. Redmond Jr. said Tuesday. Redmond spoke a day after the maker of Troy-Bilt yard equipment filed for ...
BUDGET PLAN SHORT ON DETAILS.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: JAY JOCHNOWITZ State editor - Fighting a deadline to avoid the latest state budget in New York history, the Legislature on Tuesday unveiled a bare-bones spending plan, but virtually no one seemed to know -- or was willing to say -- how much money it contains. ...
EPA ORDERS FULL DREDGING PCBS WOULD BE REMOVED IN PHASES.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: DINA CAPPIELLO Staff writer U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christie Whitman on Tuesday signed off on a full-scale cleanup of the Hudson River that left the $460 million dredging plan proposed by the Clinton administration largely intact. ...
FOES PROMISE LAWSUITS TO BLOCK RIVER CLEANUP.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: ANDREW TILGHMAN and BRUCE A. SCRUTON Staff writers Opponents of the $460 million plan to remove PCBs from the riverbed vowed to block the federal government's decision with lawsuits when the hotly rumored compromise deal for limited dredging of the Hudson River ...
FOURTH OFFICER CHARGED IN PROBE.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: KIM MARTINEAU Staff writer On the streets of Schenectady, he's known as ``supercop.'' If you were breaking the law, sooner or later Nick Messere would catch up to you. The tables turned unexpectedly Tuesday. FBI agents roused Messere out of bed and ...
CRUISE, KIDMAN SPLIT ALMOST DONE DEAL.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman will be divorced next week. Six months after filing divorce papers, Cruise went to court for a fast-track finale to the 10-year marriage and Superior Court Judge Lee Smalley Edmon on Tuesday granted the bifurcation request, meaning the divorce is ...
IT'LL BE PRICEY TO SIT WITH THIS KING AND HIS COURT.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... It's good to be king. So Michael Jackson, the self-professed King of Pop, is celebrating his 30th anniversary as a solo performer the way he pleases, with two all-star shows at Madison Square Garden, Sept. 7 and 10. Ticket prices range from $45 to $500 to see the show. Fans ...
REM GUITARIST SAYS HE'S INNOCENT IN FLIGHT ASSAULT.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck pleaded innocent Tuesday to assault and other charges in an alleged air-rage incident during a flight to Britain in April. Buck, 44, made a brief appearance at Isleworth Crown Court in west London and was ordered to reappear for trial on Nov. 12. He was released ...
LEE COMPLETES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNSELING.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Tommy Lee is abiding by terms of probation for spousal abuse and is steadily working at completing a community service obligation, a prosecutor said. Superior Court Judge Lawrence Mira on Monday ordered the former Motley Crue drummer back to court Jan. 4 for another progress ...
WHITE HOUSE SHOOTER SENTENCED.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: Gannett News Service WASHINGTON -- The Indiana accountant accused of firing shots outside the White House in February was sentenced to three years in prison under a plea agreement a federal judge accepted Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge Henry Kennedy ...
HOUSE APPROVES MEASURE BANNING HUMAN CLONING.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: JUDY HOLLAND Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- In an important signal on a key scientific issue, the House voted Tuesday night to ban all human cloning, whether aimed at creating a baby or making embryos for medical research. The measure, approved ...
STUDY: HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS FACE DATE ABUSE.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: Associated Press CHICAGO -- One in five high school girls has been physically or sexually abused by a dating partner, significantly increasing their risk of drug abuse, suicide and other harmful behavior, a study suggests. The research published today in the ...
8 DIE IN ISRAELI COPTER RAID.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: Associated Press NABLUS, West Bank -- In the deadliest incident of Mideast conflict in two months, Israeli helicopters fired missiles Tuesday into offices of the militant Hamas movement, killing eight Palestinians, including a senior Hamas leader and two young boys ...
VETERANS GROUPS REJECT ELECTION DAY PROPOSAL.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: STEWART M. POWELL Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- Two veterans organizations opposed a proposal Tuesday by a bipartisan election reform commission to merge Veterans Day and Election Day every two years to create a national holiday for voting. The ...
HOUSE TO WEIGH ENERGY PROPOSAL.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: LARA JAKES Times Union Washington bureau WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Dick Armey predicted Tuesday that lawmakers would approve opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for oil drilling when the House takes up parts of President Bush's controversial ...
COMPUTER VIRUS FAILS TO SNARL WEB TRAFFIC.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: -- Los Angeles Times SAN FRANCISCO -- A malicious computer program dubbed ``Code Red'' had caused no appreciable effect on Internet traffic Tuesday evening in an attack on server computers that manage Web sites. Some security analysts and federal officials ...
POLICE SCALE BACK SEARCH FOR MISSING INTERN LEVY.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: -- Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Police began scaling back their investigation of Chandra Levy's disappearance, ending an intensive three-week search of woods and abandoned buildings in areas near the federal intern's apartment. About two dozen police ...
ARABS INSIST DOCUMENT ON RACISM CRITICIZE ISRAEL.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: -- Associated Press GENEVA -- Arab delegations insisted Tuesday that a U.N. document on racism criticize Israel's treatment of Palestinians even if language equating Zionism with racism is dropped under pressure from Washington and the United Nations. ...
BILL EASES BENEFIT QUEST FOR GULF WAR VETERANS.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: -- Gannett News Service WASHINGTON - Persian Gulf war veterans would have an easier time proving that illnesses they attribute to their war service qualify for disability benefits under a bill the House passed Tuesday. The provisions are part of a larger ...
NEW ROLE FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES DEBATED.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: ARLENE LEVINSON Associated Press Faced with teacher shortages and the need to fill 2.7 million new positions by the end of the decade, state officials nationwide are turning to community colleges as a new, untapped training ground. That often means changing ...
SUV BUMPERS SCORE LOW.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Six of seven midsize sport utility vehicles suffered significant damage to their bumpers in low-speed crash tests, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Tuesday. The 5 mph tests conducted by the institute ...
HOSTAGES FREED IN RUSSIA.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: Chicago Tribune MOSCOW -- Anti-terrorist troops shot and killed a masked gunman Tuesday night, freeing dozens of people who had been taken hostage on a commuter bus in southern Russia. A few passengers were slightly wounded by flying glass when the commandos ...
KISSINGER QUESTIONING OK'D.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's Supreme Court authorized an investigating judge to submit questions to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger about the assassination of an American filmmaker during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's rule. Judge Juan ...
CAMERAS AT RED LIGHTS GET CAUTION SIGNAL IN PANEL TESTIMONY.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: SUZANNE GAMBOA Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Ann Sweet's daughter, two weeks from getting married, was killed when a semitrailer ran a red light. Since that 1997 accident, Sweet has avidly supported using cameras to nab red light runners. She faces a ...
DOZENS KILLED IN INDONESIAN LANDSLIDE.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A landslide buried part of a village on a remote Indonesian island amid heavy rains, killing at least 62 people, government officials said today. Rescue workers were on their way to Sambulu village, where the landslide ...
COVERAGE TIED TO HEALTH RISKS.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: LEE BOWMAN Scripps Howard Patients with public health insurance are more likely to die when they have a heart attack than privately insured patients, according to a new study. Investigators from Governors State University in Illinois reviewed hospital records ...
ISRAEL REPORTS STEM CELL BREAKTHROUGH.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: Scripps Howard Moving closer to the promise of therapeutic use, Israeli researchers report that they have grown precursors of heart cells from human embryonic stem cells. Scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, say their ...
GOVERNOR MEETS WITH DREDGING OPPONENTS.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: DINA CAPPIELLO Staff writer On the eve of the Bush administration's decision on the Hudson River, Gov. George E. Pataki met quietly with the chairmen of the boards of supervisors of Saratoga, Washington and Warren counties, all of whom oppose dredging. The ...
FIX THE VOTING SYSTEM.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... President Bush was droning on in the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday, as if it were another perfunctory ceremony acknowledging the work of one more blue-ribbon commission on something or other. ``I accept their report and recommend the key principles drawn from the report as ...
BLACK MONDAY.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... There's no way to put a positivespin on the loss of 550 jobs at Troy's Garden Way, or the prospect of 100 more jobs being lost at the Watervliet Arsenal. Both employers have payrolls that are vital to the local economy -- jobs that pay well and provide benefits. Their loss is certain to ...
IT'S TIME TO REFORM ROCKEFELLER DRUG LAWS.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: ANN BRANDON Delmar It finally seems to be apparent to many of our state legislators and the governor that the Rockefeller Drug Laws have had the unintended consequence of filling our state prisons with thousands of predominantly black and Hispanic young men and women who ...
CONSTITUTION IS CLEAR ON WHO CAN BEAR ARMS.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: KATHERINE BRAINARD Niskayuna This is in response to a July 25 letter from Vilmos Levay. If the Second Amendment is considered fairly, it quite clearly does not give individuals the right to bear arms without good reason. The amendment states: ``A well regulated militia, ...
A PRO-TOBACCO STANCE WOULD CURE SOCIAL ILLS.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: ALBERT J. KAUSCH Scotia Recent Times Union reports cite tobacco use by women as a major reason for their inability to have babies and for premature death in an aging population that saves the cost of caring for senior citizens. Tobacco should not be demonized, ...
KNOW HOW TO HANDLE A SPIN ON ROAD SHOULDER.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: EDWARD RASOWSKY West Sand Lake All it takes is one moment of inattention. You may be changing stations or fishing for that last french fry and suddenly you find yourself straddling the shoulder of the highway. Please don't steer back onto the highway. At least not before ...
HERE'S AN INCENTIVE FOR AN EARLY BUDGET.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: BRIAN J. SUGRUE Albany bjs911@yahoo.com - I propose suspending distribution of paychecks to the governor, as is now done for New York state legislators, until a budget is in place. Perhaps ...
PRIVATIZATION PLAN BUILT ON FAULTY LOGIC BY MICHAEL KINSLEY.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... The central idea behind the notion of ``privatizing'' part of Social Security is that stocks are a better investment than government bonds. If people are allowed to put part of their Social Security payments into shares in private companies, rather than having it all invested for them in ...
BEING MIDDLE-AGED IS NO DAY AT THE BEACH.(MAIN)
Aug 01, 2001 ... Byline: MICHAEL KELLY I have been for some days at the shore, in the company of many of my fellow middle-aged Americans who are wearing not a lot of clothes, and I have a report. My fellow middle-aged Americans, we are some kind of fat. I don't mean we are getting a ...