Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from February 2005:
State should fund treatment for drug abusers.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Andrew M. Cuomo is to be commended for exposing the political motivations behind Rockefeller Drug Laws (Jan. 19 op-ed). Despite alleged reforms, New York's drug laws are still among the harshest in the nation. If draconian penalties deterred illegal drug use, the goal of a ...
SPAC president will prove to be right choice.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2005 ... I normally hold back my opinions regarding issues that relate to other arts and performing arts venues in the Capital Region, but I thought I should convey thoughts regarding the recent appointment of Marcia White as the new president of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. ...
Social Security to begin to fall short in 2018.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Recent letters from Mark Wheeler (Jan. 21) and Dr. George Ruta (Jan. 23) suggest that President Bush is wrong to say that Social Security is in crisis. Dr. Ruta states, "Under the most conservative forecasts, the long-term challenges in Social Security do not manifest themselves until ...
Convention center vital to continued growth.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2005 ... As president and CEO of the Center for Economic Growth, I am writing in response to Brian Nearing's Jan. 17 article, "Study casts doubt on key city project." CEG is in support of the construction of a new convention center and hotel in Albany. Quite simply, a facility of this ...
In the spotlight.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Lisa Davey is one of the top performers on the Loyola College in Maryland women's swim team. The senior from Rexford (Shenendehowa High) has been a solid scorer in the 200 butterfly, 200 individual medley and 200 breaststroke. The 200 fly has been her strongest event this season, but she ...
Weekend of wins for winter teams.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2005 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS - Taylor McKenna and Steve Martorana each scored two goals and added solo assists to lead the Skidmore College men's hockey team to a 7-4 Eastern College Athletic Conference East win over St. Michael's College on Saturday. The Thoroughbreds converted four of seven power ...
In the spotlight.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Duquesne University junior Aiga Bautre is one of the top women basketball players in the Atlantic-10. The 5-foot-11 guard from Riga, Latvia (Catholic Central High) leads the Dukes in scoring (16.2 points per game) and assists (58). She has hit 43 of 108 3-point baskets (.398) and 44 of 49 ...
Community Calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
Feb 01, 2005 ... TODAY BINGO Leonardo Da Vinci Lodge WHERE: 320 Broadway, Rensselaer WHEN: 7:30 p.m. COMMUNITY Kids' Place Preschool Open Registration WHERE: 13 Church St., Nassau WHEN: 6 to 7:30 p.m. CONTACT: To schedule a visit, call ...
The Statesmen can't negotiate a win at RPI.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2005 ... TROY - The men's basketball team had one of its best games on Saturday, beating the leading team in the Liberty League, the Statesmen of Hobart, 79-67. Hobart led by three points at the half but the Red Hawks steadily came back throughout the second half. Tom Schneider laid in a ...
MEETING ATTENDANCE A NON-ISSUE COMPARED TO THE REAL ISSUE.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Anyone can take statistics out of context to distort the truth and that is what Bob Mirch has done. The reality is that Democratic minority members attend more committee meetings than their majority counterparts because they are members of more committees than the Republicans are. ...
School board seeks ideas in superintendent search.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... TROY - The Troy Board of Education will hold a forum for the community to start its search for a new superintendent of schools. The forum will take place at 7 p.m. Monday in the Doyle Middle School media center. Participants will help identify the qualities that the ...
New implantable lenses help correct vision.(Life - Health)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: MARY BETH REGAN Baltimore Sun When Cheryl Flood's husband had laser eye surgery to correct poor vision a few years ago, she was more than envious. "I was downright resentful," said the 40-year-old mother of two. "He qualified for the surgery, but I didn't." ...
Musical putting kindergartners in spotlight.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: CHRISTEN DEMING Staff Writer WILTON - Kindergartners at Dorothy Nolan Elementary School are learning all about drama for their upcoming musical. Teachers Maureen Hodges and Rana Hughes have been working with the Kindergarten Drama Club, which has about 50 ...
Business women offer scholarship.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... The Adirondack Green Mountain Chapter of the American Business Women's Association is accepting applications for its 2005 Women's Scholarship Program. The organization will award two $750 ...
Course to cover organizing at home.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... MALTA - Take your home from house to haven by learning skills designed to help people get organized, set up systems to handle paper clutter at a course at the Malta ...
Coffee club meeting to discuss finances.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... CLIFTON PARK - David Mikula, a local Edward Jones investment representative, will be hosting a coffee club at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Persnickety's, 19 Clifton Country ...
Mardi Gras party at school postponed.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS - The Mardi Gras Celebration at Saratoga Central Catholic High School scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday has been postponed. The new date and time for the ...
Easter Seals plans poker tournament.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS - The Easter Seals New York is hosting a Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament at Longfellows Restaurant, Route 9P, at 7 tonight. Easter Seals ...
Farmers market open during winter.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS - The Saratoga Farmers Market Association Winter Market is now open from 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday until the end of April at the ...
Bring yourself around for dinner.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... AVERILL PARK - The Church of the Covenant, the round church on Route 43, will hold a roast beef dinner on Saturday. There will be two seatings: at 5 and 6 p.m. The cost is $9.50 for adults, $6 for ages 6 to 12, and free for children younger than 6 ....
Fourth-graders raise money for tsunami aid.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: LEIGH HORNBECK Staff Writer BALLSTON Shaken by the plight of tsunami victims in southeast Asia, fourth-graders at the Charlton Heights Elementary School chose to extend their Christmastime fund-raising this year. In December, students throughout the school ...
Omega-3 fish oils can benefit many.(Life - Health)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: SUZY COHEN Q: You mentioned in a prior column that fish oils could help with depression. I can't verify that with my doctor, and I take high doses of Wellbutrin. What do you recommend? - R.V., Lawrenceburg, Tenn. A: It's no secret ....
Rezoning plan is rejected.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff Writer SARATOGA SPRINGS - The Saratoga County Planning Board voted 5-2 with 2 abstentions Monday morning to recommend that the City Council not rezone a parcel of land east of the Northway to residential. The county Planning Board's ...
Health calendar.(Life - Health)(Calendar)
Feb 01, 2005 ... TODAY CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Breast-feeding Basics WHERE: Saratoga Hospital, 211 Church St., Saratoga Springs WHEN: 7-9 p.m. COST: $25 CONTACT: 580-2450 NOTES: Lactation consultants provide information on the basics of breast-feeding. CLINICS ...
CDC recommends giving vaccine.(Life - Health)
Feb 01, 2005 ... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that children between 12 and 18 months of age should have one dose of chickenpox vaccine. Here is some more information taken from the CDC's Web site, http://www.cdc.gov: Chicken pox is an infectious disease caused by the ...
Anchors hit road on big news stories.(TV - RADIO)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: DAVID BAUDER Associated Press NEW YORK - With Sunday's election in Iraq, the anchor desks at American TV networks were empty again. Brian Williams, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather were all on the road, anchoring their evening newscasts from the war zone last ...
Power turns on a healthy lifestyle.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: ERIKA GROFF Special to the Times Union TROY - Some resolve to quit smoking. Others, to eat less. To exercise. But for the new year of community programs at Seton Health, participants who attended the recent class, "Power Program: Portion Power and the Power of Exercise," ...
`Bullets' wins special Sundance award.(Arts & Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK - Two teenagers who made a documentary on gun violence in a Brooklyn housing project have won a special award at the Sundance Film Festival. The festival in Park City, Utah, created a special recognition award for "Bullets in the ...
Eastwood's `Baby' criticized for plot twist.(Arts & Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: SHARON WAXMAN New York Times When the Clint Eastwood film "Million Dollar Baby" came out last month, critics praised the film for its subtle power, moving performances and the quiet confidence of its director. But not wanting to give away its ending, few mentioned that a ...
Abnormal Pap results not unusual, require follow-up.(Life - Health)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: DR. PAUL DONOHUE DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 44 and have three grown children. My Pap smear showed abnormal cells. The doctor called it "ask us." He has scheduled a repeat. What's the meaning of this? - C.P. DEAR C.P.: "ASC-US" is a word found on at ...
The people speak.(Main)(Editorial)
Feb 01, 2005 ... For more than two years, Iraq had been defined in the minds of many as a country coming apart at the seams, at the mercy of insurgents who were waging a relentless campaign of murder and mayhem against the citizenry in general and U.S. occupation troops in particular. But on Sunday, that ...
Waterford to decide on police.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff Writer WATERFORD - The Town Board will decide tonight whether to ask voters to consider disbanding the Waterford Police Department in a referendum to be held in April. The board will consider a three-part resolution that would put the ...
Faith is available in many locations.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Location, location, location! is a heart-wrenching truth for old city businesses. Same for older parishes. It is time to separate your feelings from mere bricks-and-mortar of buildings ....
GOOD NEWS FOR LA SALLE INSTITUTE JOURNALISM TEACHER.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Thomas Reiter , who has been on the faculty at La Salle Institute for nearly 20 years, completed the requirements and was awarded certified journalism educator status by the Journalism Education Association headquartered at Kansas State University. Journalism certification recognizes those ...
Student artwork sought.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS - Students in grades 8 to 12 are invited to submit entries for the National Museum of Racing's 11th annual juried student art show, "Horsing Around with the Arts." Artwork must be of ...
SNOWSHOEING PROGRAM PLANNED.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... MALTA - The Adirondack Mountain Club is hosting an introduction to snowshoeing at 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 5 at the Malta Community Park, Plains Road. This event is for those who have never tried to snowshoe before and would like to try it out ....
Barbecue is on the menu.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... WILTON - The Ballard Home School Association will hold its annual winter barbecue from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Ballard Elementary School. ...
South Glens Falls teacher dies.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff Writer SOUTH GLENS FALLS - Harrison Avenue Elementary School students, faculty and staff were coping Monday with the loss of second-grade teacher Cristina Watkins of Malta, who died from an apparent asthma attack. "She died ...
Frost faire.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Downhill thrill Jordyn Russom, 7, above right, prepares to slide down the hill on her bullet sled during Frost Faire on Saturday at the Saratoga National Historical Park in Saratoga. At right, Keith Tanny, center, ...
1 GROUP TO FIGHT WAL-MART.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... BALLSTON - A group formed to fight Wal-Mart on Route 50, Concerned Citizens for Smart Growth, is collecting signatures on a petition asking the Town Board to set zoning laws that will limit retail buildings to 60,000 square feet. "We are in favor of commercial development that ...
Community Calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
Feb 01, 2005 ... TODAY CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Breast-feeding Basics WHERE: Saratoga Hospital, 211 Church St., Saratoga Springs WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. CONTACT: 583-8485 NOTES: Lactation consultants will provide helpful information on the basics of breast-feeding. ...
Wal-Mart plan raises questions.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... TO THE EDITOR: Regarding the expected proposal for yet another Wal-Mart Superstore less then 12 miles south of the one in Wilton and 11 miles north of Glenville's: Have the shop owners whose businesses will certainly be hurt been surveyed? Have the residents who will ...
A vibrant community has it all.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: WILLIAM M. DOWD Several times a year, aspiring young journalists descend on hotel meeting rooms around the country to impress, cajole, wheedle and otherwise try to inveigle crusty older colleagues to provide them with gainful employment. My most recent foray ...
Property transfers.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... The following property transfers were recorded recently in the Saratoga County Clerk's Office: HALFMOON Brian Badger and Shannon Badger bought property on 157 Guideboard Road from David Couch, Margaret Couch and David Couch Sr. for $146,800. Ann Marie ...
DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ SUCH A NICE IDEA.(Main)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: GEORGE WILL WASHINGTON - "Isn't it pretty to think so?" Those concluding words of Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises," a novel of postwar disillusion, became a generation's verbal shrug, expressing weary melancholy after a war waged to make the world safe for democracy ....
Mr. Grandeau's job.(Main)(Editorial)
Feb 01, 2005 ... It's troubling enough when New York's lawmakers are hesitant to give the aptly named Temporary State Commission on Lobbying the powers it needs to function effectively. It's maddening, though, when similar restrictions are imposed by the commission itself. Some members of the ...
CHILDHOOD OF HAVE-NOTS INESCAPABLE.(Main)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: CYNTHIA TUCKER Before I was conceived, I did an exceptional job of choosing my parents. I decided to be born to black parents in the segregated South. But I didn't want to be severely limited by my circumstances, so I chose a young couple who were married, ...
Grant to fund Cooper's Cave work.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... SOUTH GLENS FALLS - The village of South Glens Falls was awarded a $184,300 federal grant for expansion of public access to Cooper's Cave. "The Cooper's Cave project focuses on providing public access to visitors wishing to view the cave referenced in James Fenimore Cooper's ...
Smiling despite the State of the Union.(Main)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: JOSEPH BURKE On Wednesday night, President Bush will deliver his fifth annual State of the Union address. It is a grand American tradition, bringing together the entire apparatus of the federal government to listen to the President list his legislative ...
A falling dollar has ups, downs.(Business)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: RHONDA ABRAMS The dollar is falling! The dollar is falling! Please don't call me Chicken Little. I'm not saying the sky is about to cave in, but you should be aware of something that will have an impact on your business: The U.S. dollar is falling. ...
Blockbuster's `end of late fees' could become a costly surprise.(Arts & Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: ERIC CONNOR Greenville (S.C.) News Brian Raigosa is on a quest, entrusted by his Furman University dorm mates with a mission of the highest order: Bring us video games. So, the Furman University freshman is plundering Blockbuster Video's Berea, S.C., store, ...
Mergers, Iraq elections lift market.(Business)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: MICHAEL J. MARTINEZ Associated Press NEW YORK - Successful elections in Iraq and a bevy of merger and acquisition deals pushed stocks higher Monday in moderately heavy trading, with beaten-down tech stocks enjoying the largest gains. The Dow Jones industrial ...
Three major deals announced.(Business)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: Associated Press A flurry of mergers and acquisitions were announced Monday. MetLife buying Travelers The insurance giant MetLife Inc. is buying Travelers Life & Annuity Co. for at least $11.5 billion from Citigroup Inc., the nation's largest ...
Price Chopper gains room to grow.(Business)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: DAN HIGGINS Business writer ROTTERDAM - The parent company of Price Chopper supermarkets will spend $15 million on a new state-of-the-art frozen-foods distribution center in Rotterdam. Golub Corp. officials announced Monday that the 152,000-square-foot ...
Marsh to pay $850M settlement.(Business)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: MICHAEL GORMLEY Associated Press ALBANY - The nation's largest insurance brokerage will pay $850 million in restitution to end New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's investigation into bid-rigging and price-fixing in a settlement the company hopes will end other ...
2004 home sales a record.(Business)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: KEVIN HARLIN Business writer Home buyers and sellers capped off a sixth-straight record year in December in the Capital Region, buoyed by still-low interest rates and a stable economy. The Greater Capital Association of Realtors Inc., an Albany-based trade ...
Looking back.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2005 ... On this date in 1905 Feb. 1 - Lizzie Miller was arrested for stealing crucifixes and other items ...
Community Calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
Feb 01, 2005 ... TODAY CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Genealogy WHERE: National Archives - Northeast Region, 10 Conte Drive, Pittsfield, Mass. WHEN: 9 a.m. COST: Free CONTACT: (413) 236-3600 NOTES: "Beginning Your Genealogy Research at the National Archives" Handivan ...
KNOW IT ALL.(Main)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Q: Who is the Everest of Mount Everest? A: Sir George Everest (1790-1866), a British surveyor who was head of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India and later surveyor general in India. It is said that he was relentless in his pursuit of accuracy and often ...
United Airlines wins givebacks from unions.(Business)
Feb 01, 2005 ... CHICAGO - United Airlines' flight attendants and pilots ratified new contracts Monday, agreeing to additional givebacks as the struggling carrier tries to emerge from more than two years of bankruptcy. Also Monday, United sought to impose short-term wage and benefit cuts on its ...
HIGHER OIL PRICES GIVE EXXON MOBIL A BOOST.(Business)
Feb 01, 2005 ... DALLAS - Exxon Mobil Corp., the largest U.S. oil company, said Monday it earned a record $8.42 billion in the fourth quarter and $25.33 billion for all of 2004, as higher prices for oil and natural gas erased a slight decline in production. Exxon Mobil, the world's largest ...
Red-hot housing market shows signs of cooling.(Business)
Feb 01, 2005 ... WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes rose to an all-time high in 2004, the fourth straight annual record. But activity in December barely budged after a big drop the previous month, suggesting the nation's red-hot housing market may finally be cooling. The Commerce Department ...
AT&T under SBC control.(Business)
Feb 01, 2005 ... Byline: BRUCE MEYERSON Associated Press NEW YORK - The purchase of AT&T Corp. by SBC Communications Inc. saves "Ma Bell" from a nose-dive into irrelevance in the industry it created more than a century ago. It also gives SBC the name and the network to fulfill its goal of being ...
State aims to lift hydrogen.(Business)
Feb 01, 2005 ... ALBANY - The lightest and most abundant element in the universe needs a boost in its quest to supplant the fossil fuels powering today's economy, advocates say. So New York state and alternative energy proponents are starting a series of public hearings today, as they work to ...
NOSLUG.(Main)
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