Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from October 2008:
FAMILY MAN.(Life Solutions)
Oct 01, 2008 ... When Michael Santarcangelo travels for business -- sometimes as many as 100 days a year -- the family goes along. His kids jump on the bed while the Cheetah Girls perform on the TV in the master bedroom. His wife, Tricia, throws a load of laundry in the machine, sits down to pay ...
ANSWER SHEET.(Life Solutions)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Concealing cracks Butt cleavage or "coin slots" are not a pretty sight, yet women everywhere have them on display. The days of exposing butt-cracks and muffin tops are over, thanks to Miss Oops. The newest development in this line of beauty-saving, problem-solving products is ...
KEEP YOUR WASTE OUT OF TRASH.(Life Solutions)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Each water bottle you recycle may seem like a drop in the bucket, but don't undervalue your efforts. America is recycling nearly 33 percent of its waste -- almost twice as much as 15 years ago. But sometimes it can be tough to tell what can go in the bin, what can't and what your local ...
PALIN IS MCCAIN'S TROPHY OFFICE-WIFE.(Opinion)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Why am I angry with John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin? She's bright, articulate, and funny, she combined motherhood with a career, and she's the star of Alaska. What's not to like? What upsets me is that this choice is a blatant example of age-old male sexism. Sen. McCain has ...
PLAN SHOWS CONCERNS FOR CLIENTS, NEIGHBORS.(Opinion)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Your Aug. 27 article on the revised plans of St. Joseph's House for housing for the homeless demonstrated that the agency not only cares for its clients but also for the concerns voiced by local residents. Their plan to construct a new building in Troy's Little Italy with 18 ...
FLOAT PLANE PLAN MAY COMPROMISE CANOE ROUTE.(Opinion)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Regarding the allowing of float planes on Lows Lake, I am a member of the Adirondack Mountain Club and an avid paddler. I am appalled that the Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing to amend the current Unit Management Plan. According to the Adirondack Park State ...
SUE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS.(Opinion)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Since the announced bailout of the credit crisis, I have asked myself, "Who will the government hold responsible?" Apparently, financially responsible Americans who pay their bills and control their debt are the ones. At $700B, that is $2,300 for every man, woman and child. ...
HELP OUT PEOPLE, NOT GREEDY EXECUTIVES.(Opinion)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The bailouts of Wall Street companies, Fannie Mae and others should only be approved by Congress with the stipulation that all senior executive officers be fired. These companies' executives made poor decisions and these officers should be held accountable. The politicians in ...
METROPLEX BACKS SCHENECTADY CONDO PLAN.(Capital Region)
Oct 01, 2008 ... SCHENECTADY -- A $5 million upscale 16-unit condo complex has been proposed for downtown -- the first such housing project driven by the Schenectady County's Metroplex Development Authority. The four-story building, which would have retail space on the first floor, would be ...
FOUR HOMES AVAILABLE IN TROY LOTTERY.(Capital Region)
Oct 01, 2008 ... TROY -- The city is building four new affordable homes for $596,000 that it will sell to homebuyers through a lottery in early November. Before they can get a shot at the lottery, the potential homeowners have to go through an application process to see if they qualify. It ...
SAFETY PATROL CREATES RESPONSIBILITY SAFETY PATROL CREATES RESPONSIBILITY.(Capital Region)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ALBANY -- Tamir Ford bullied other students. He talked back to teachers. He was a "frequent flier" to the principal's office at the Delaware Community School. That was the old Tamir. These days, the 10-year-old fifth-grader helps kindergartners tie their shoelaces. He makes sure ...
ONLY RAIN SLOWS PATRY'S SCORING.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... It took a torrential rainstorm to slow down Vanessa Patry. The senior forward from Delmar (Bethlehem High) and her Massachusetts women's soccer team battled Atlantic-10 foe Temple to a 0-0 tie on a wet, sloppy field Sunday. There were just seven total shots taken in the game. ...
ARTS AND SCIENCE MEET AT EMPAC.(Main)
Oct 01, 2008 ... TROY-- On Friday, the nation's oldest technological university will unveil the most expensive building in its history. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, historically known for engineering, is betting $200 million on an arts-science hybrid not quite like anything else around. ...
THE HEAT'S ON...YOUR BUDGET.(Main)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Home heating rates are nearly double what they were this time last year, thanks to global unease, damaging hurricanes and demand weighing on supply. Right now, oil for your home costs about $4.29 per gallon, compared with $2.74 in September 2007. Natural gas also has jumped in ...
THERE'S SOME HOPE FOR THE UGLY KNICKS.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The New York Knicks are training in town, but you won't be seeing them much; practices are closed. It's better that way for everyone. This will be ugly. This is a Knicks team better off trying to right itself out of the public eye. Not ...
A $450,000 MISTAKE.(Opinion)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The very day after Rep. Mike McNulty presided over a controversial vote last year in the House of Representatives, he publicly admitted he messed up his handling of the roll call and apologized. Scarce as the word sorry may be in political discourse, though, it apparently wasn't ...
PROVING SMALL CAN BE BETTER.(Business)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ROTTERDAM -- The Home Depot in Schenectady has nothing on Joe Lapczenski. Lapczenski, a longtime wholesaler to hardware stores across upstate New York, opened his own retail shop in Rotterdam in May. The store, called Carman Hardware, is on East Campbell Road off ...
NOT ALL HOCKEY MOMS ARE LIKE PALIN.(Opinion)
Oct 01, 2008 ... For 13 years I was a stick-carrying hockey mom -- overtired, hoarse and cold for 10 months of the year -- but now that my puckhog has hung up his skates and I no longer live at the rink, hockey moms are -- go figure -- hot. Yes, ever since Republican VP wannabe Sarah Palin ...
EXPLAINING 'PEAK OIL' THEORY.(Business)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ALBANY -- Stephen Leeb, an author and editor who in 2006 predicted economic collapse and $200-a-barrel oil, will talk about the peak oil theory tonight. Leeb, editor of The Complete Investor, a financial newsletter, will speak at an energy symposium at The College of Saint Rose ...
NO JAIL TIME FOR STEROIDS SHIPPER.(Capital Region)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ALBANY - The owner of a now-defunct Florida wellness center who shipped steroids to Capital Region residents and top sport stars was spared jail time at his sentencing Tuesday. But Glenn Stephanos will forfeit $350,000 and can never sell prescription drugs in New York. ...
A CURFEW FOR ALBANY YOUTH?(Opinion)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Is a curfew for young people in the city of Albany a good idea? Will it help deter juvenile delinquency? Is it unfair to youths? Glen Casey, a member of the Albany Common Council, has proposed a curfew that would keep most young people under 17 inside from ...
DRUG PROSECUTION ADVANCES.(Capital Region)
Oct 01, 2008 ... SCHENECTADY -- One of the defendants indicted for her role in a large scale drug operation was sentenced Tuesday and another pleaded guilty Monday in Schenectady County court. That leaves just five unresolved cases out of an original 24 defendants. Gregory and Lisa Kaczmarek and ...
TOWN TAB TO BOARD DOG NEARS $8,000.(Capital Region)
Oct 01, 2008 ... NORTH GREENBUSH -- A nearly year-long legal battle over the future of a dangerous dog has cost the town nearly $8,000 in boarding fees. Town officials declared Max , a Rottweiler, dangerous and ordered it destroyed after it mauled its owner's niece in December 2007. But the ...
RABBI'S COURT DATE SET.(Capital Region)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ALBANY -- The rabbi accused of having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old boy has been released on his own recognizance and will appear in court on Oct. 7. Yaakov Weiss, 28, of Loudonville, who founded the Chabad of Colonie in 2004, allegedly had sexual contact with the ...
RIVAL TROY CHARTER PROPOSALS SHARE PROPOSITION WORDING.(Capital Region)
Oct 01, 2008 ... TROY -- The city's two rival charter revisions differ in many ways but have hit a snag on the one point in which they are exactly alike word for word. The phrase the Mayor's Charter Commission and the Troy City Council Charter Review Commission share is in the language that is ...
AUDIT: 3 AREA DISTRICTS LOST MEDICAID FUNDS.(State)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Three Capital Region school districts missed out on government aid because they did not claim Medicaid funds for services the schools provided to eligible students, according to a report released Tuesday by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Shenendehowa, Amsterdam and ...
UNION AIDE ALLEGEDLY SPAT ON COP.(Capital Region)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ALBANY -- An irked Albany cop is calling for the ouster of a top police union official he says "spat in the face" of a fellow officer during a dispute over shots of Jagermeister alcohol last month. Officer Daniel Condon wrote a Sept. 25 letter urging fellow union members to ...
CITY EYES TRASH FEE, STRICT RECYCLING.(Main)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ALBANY -- The days of free garbage pickup in the city of Albany may be coming to an end. Faced with a rapidly filling Rapp Road dump and a state demand to look at new ways of managing garbage, the city is eyeing a possible new future. It includes a "pay-as-you-throw" ...
CAVOSIE PURSUES DREAM WITH RIVER RATS.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ALBANY -- Any athlete who laces up hockey skates carries the dream of someday playing in the National Hockey League. Marc Cavosie had it in his days growing up in Cohoes and kept it through a three-year career at RPI and six professional seasons. It also served as a prime ...
ALBANY PAL GETS U.S. FUNDS, FUNDING.(Capital Region)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ALBANY -- The city's Police Athletic League will get federal funds to help steer youths away from violence. The U.S. Department of Justice is providing $156,511 for the program's PAL PROMISE Project. Lenny Ricchiuti, the retired police sergeant who leads the program, ...
CONQUEST MAY BE PLAYING IN ALBANY AFTER ALL.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ALBANY -- The general manager of the Albany Conquest said Tuesday the chances have improved of the arenafootball2 team returning to Times Union Center next season. "There's nothing finalized right now, but there's a bit of hope on the horizon," the Conquest's Garen Szablewski ...
PARENTS OF CRIME VICTIMS TO BE COMPENSATED.(Capital Region)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Up until now, individuals had to be considered crime victims, under state law, to seek reimbursement for lost wages if they were out of work to cope with what had befallen them. Now, under a new law, parents and guardians who miss work while their child is hospitalized as a ...
GROUP WIDENS CLEAN POLITICS PLEDGE EFFORT.(Capital Region)
Oct 01, 2008 ... For nearly a decade, local candidates for political office have pledged to play nice -- disavowing misleading statements and unfair attacks to help voters tell truth from fiction and make informed choices. It hasn't always worked, but candidates who signed the pledge and then ...
SARATOGA LANDMARK EXPANDS DINING SPACE.(Capital Region)
Oct 01, 2008 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS -- A late-night landmark is making room so more customers can enjoy its popular doughboys. Esperanto, a pizza shop at 6 Caroline St., known for grub beloved by bar-hoppers, will move into a new dining room by early December that will double its eating space, ...
CATSKILL CONDOS GO ON THE BLOCK.(Business)
Oct 01, 2008 ... CATSKILL -- An auctioneer's cadence is not what the owner of The Catskill Creek townhouse project imagined when the condos were put on the market in March. But an auction is exactly what Tower Management has scheduled, deciding on the move when the units failed to sell. ...
KNICKS ARE TIRED OF LOSER IMAGE.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS -- There is no team in New York that has been as bad as the Knicks. That's what the players have heard for most of this decade. The once-proud National Basketball Association franchise has floundered through the last eight winters, piling up one losing season ...
AMATEUR GAME HAS ANOTHER STRONG YEAR.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A record 181 players received points this year in the seventh-year Capital Region amateur point standings, and that's with one tournament still on the schedule. Amateur golf still seems to have a strong foothold in the area. It was a transitional year among the amateurs. The ...
RENSSELAER TRAIN STATION GETS FEDERAL GRANT.(Business)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The federal government will contribute half the cost of design and engineering for a fourth track at Rensselaer Rail Station and an overhaul of a decades-old switching system to reduce delays and speed passenger service, the U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday. The ...
REJECTION OF A ROTTEN DEAL WAS DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.(Capital Region)
Oct 01, 2008 ... It's easy to get deeply irritated with a number of congressmen who voted against the negotiated $700 billion bailout package for Wall Street because they were trying to curry favor with voters over an unpopular plan. Especially since the stunning and unexpected defeat of the ...
MORE PEOPLE BURIED IN DEBT.(Business)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ALBANY -- Filings in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Albany are up nearly 22 percent through September from the same period a year ago, according to preliminary figures released Tuesday. The surge comes as tighter credit, higher energy costs, weakening real estate prices and rising ...
NISKAYUNA TAXES COULD RISE 5%.(Main)
Oct 01, 2008 ... NISKAYUNA -- Residents in this suburban community could face a 5 percent tax levy hike under a tentative $12.6 million budget released Tuesday afternoon by the town supervisor. The tax levy, or amount to be raised by taxes, is estimated to be $6.05 million next year. In 2008, it ...
EVENING ATTIRE RETIRED.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Trainer Pat Kelly knew this day was coming. He just didn't think it would get here so soon. Evening Attire, the 10-year-old war horse, will run no more. The gray gelding was retired earlier this week when a minor ankle injury was found. Evening Attire had missed his ...
GROUP: DEM AD 'DISTORTS' TRUTH.(Main)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A non-partisan campaign watchdog group has determined that a Democratic advertisement unfairly twists the words of incumbent Assemblyman George Amedore, and that Amedore erred by allowing a counterattack campaign mailing. The rulings Tuesday by Fair Campaign Practices for the ...
TAMARAC SHOT DEFEATS CAMBRIDGE.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Winslow Murdoch scored the lone goal of the game as Tamarac edged Cambridge, 1-0, in a Wasaren boys' soccer contest Tuesday at Tamarac. Murdoch scored his eighth goal of the season with eight minutes left in the game. Tyler Shaw provided the assist. D.J. Goyer ...
HOLY NAMES' LONE GOAL HOLDS UP.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ALBANY -- Sarah Agan delivered two things Tuesday afternoon: the game-winning goal and the proper post-game message. "Way to play together," is what Agan told her Holy Names girls' soccer teammates after posting a 1-0 victory over Mechanicville in Colonial Council action. ...
Warner, Lisa.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... WARNER Lisa May 17, 1975 - October 1, 2004 I lie awake each night in bed, thoughts of you crowding my head, trying to sort out the how and why, losing my daughter without a goodbye, each beat of my heart, each breath that I take carries a memory of you, thought after thought keeps ...
Braden, Julia.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BRADEN Julia Happy ...
Lasch, Vivian.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ALBANY Vivian (Berce) Lasch died Monday, September 29, 2008 in the Hospice Inn at St. Peter's Hospital after a short illness. Born in Newark, N.J., daughter of the late William and Mercedes Berce, she was educated in East Orange, N.J. Mrs. Lasch was a homemaker and also worked as a ...
Razzano (Dion), Noreen.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... RAZZANO (Dion), Noreen Remembering you on ...
Haggerty, Adelina D.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... SLINGERLANDS Adelina D. Haggerty of Slingerlands, died Sunday, September 28, 2008. She was predeceased by her husband, Cecil W. Haggerty; her parents, Louis and Olga Bevilacqua; her sisters, Josephine Cotugno and Anna Rossini and her brother, John Bevilacqua. Survivors include two ...
Stone, Betty B.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... SLINGERLANDS Betty B. (Bonnie) Stone passed away September 27, 2008 at the Community Hospice in St. Peter's Hospital, after a day with her husband, daughters, and several grandchildren. Bonnie was born March 1, 1923 in Des Moines, Iowa to Lowell and Mary Bonnewell. Following her marriage ...
Gresen, Lois M.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ALBANY Lois M. Gresen, 88, died Monday, September 29, 2008 at St. Peter's Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a long illness. Born in Albany on June 26, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Alma (Dascher) Mortensen. She was married to Arthur Gresen who died in 2005. She is ...
Martin, George.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ALTAMONT George Emile Martin, 77, passed away on September 28, 2008 at St. Peter's Hospice Inn surrounded by his family. He was born January 8, 1931 in Grand Isle, Maine, the son of the late Henry and Leona Martin. After graduating from William Hall High School in Hartford, Conn. in 1949, ...
Robichaud, Albert J. Jr.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... NASSAU Albert J. Robichaud Jr., 71, of Nassau, passed away at his residence on Monday, September 29, 2008 after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Fort Kent, Maine and he had been a resident of the Capital Region for many years. Al was a self -employed roofing contractor for 50 ...
Mayer, Norman L.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... WEST SAND LAKE Norman L. Mayer, affectionately known as "Gunner", age, 88 years, of Best Road, passed away Sunday, September 28, 2008 at Albany Medical Center. He was born in Boston, Mass. and has been a resident of West Sand Lake since 1980. Mr. Mayer was a professional fire fighter, ...
Van Amburgh, John F.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... VAN AMBURGH In loving memory of my Father, John F. Van Amburgh who passed away 51 years ago today, October 1, 1957. Memories are a keepsake on which ...
Petrovits, Stephen.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... COMMACK, N.Y. Stephen Petrovits, 86, died on Sunday, September 28, 2008. Born in NYC and was a graduate of RPI with his aeronautical engineering degree. He retired from Grumman Inc. at Beth Page on Long Island. Husband ...
Bove, Mary.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... COHOES Mrs. Mary Scerbo Bove, 93, of Our Lady of Hope Residence/Little Sisters of the Poor in Latham, died Monday, September 29, 2008, following a long illness. Born January 27, 1915 in Colabria, Italy, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Maria Trapasao Scerbo. Mary owned and ...
Pignatelli, Vincent M.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... POWELL, Tenn. Vincent M. Pignatelli, age 55, passed away suddenly Sunday, September 28, 2008 at St. Mary's North Hospital. Vince was originally from Mechanicville, N.Y., and moved to Morristown, Tenn. as a young man and currently resided in Powell. He graduated from Morristown East High ...
Oppenheim, Mary.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... SARATOGA Mary Oppenheim, 78, of Clifton Park, died Monday, September 29, 2008, at Mary's Haven in Saratoga. Mary was born in Albany, the daughter of the late Louis and Anna Oppenheim. She was a graduate of Doane Stuart School, Albany and Endicott College, Beverly, Mass. Mary was an ...
Katsky, Margaret.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... TROY Margaret Bailey Katsky, 85, of Troy, died Monday, September 29, 2008 at the Samaritan Hospital in Troy, surrounded by her loving family. She was wife of the late Gifford Mertens, Leo Gageway and Ernest Katsky. Born in Watervliet, daughter of the late James and Margaret Anderson ...
Marafioti, Joseph James.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... CATSKILL Joseph J. Marafioti Sr., age 84, of Catskill, died Monday, September 29, 2008 at Columbia Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since Saturday. Mr. Marafioti was born in Catskill on April 24, 1924 to the late Carmello Harry Marafioti and Carmela Yannone Marafioti. Upon ...
MacDougall, Dorotha.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... GUILDERLAND Dorotha "Dot" MacDougall, 98, at rest Tuesday, September 30, 2008. Formerly of Elmira, N.Y., Dot resided in Guilderland for the past 17 years. She is survived by a daughter, Mary (Al) Coats of Gillett, Pa.; a granddaughter, Sharon (William) Herbert of Guilderland; a great- ...
Smith, Melvin Weaver Sr.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... MALTA Melvin, a loving husband and father, died on September 27, 2008 at his home in Mechanicville surrounded by family after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 68. Born, December 15, 1940, he was the son of the late Nathaniel Weaver and Christine Duker. He was predeceased by his son, ...
Rieth, Theodore A.(Obituaries)
Oct 01, 2008 ... NEW BALTIMORE On September 29, 2008, Dad succumbed to pancreatic cancer. He fought bravely and without complaint since his diagnosis in early March. Born on June 13, 1930 in Manhattan, N.Y., Dad grew up the son of the late Erna Remmers Rieth and August G. Rieth who owned a candy store in ...