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Breslin, Teresi 

take oaths 

On Thursday, Dec. 27, Albany 

County Executive Michael 

Breslin was sworn in to a fi fth 

term, and State Supreme Court 

Justice Joseph Teresi took his 

second oath of offi ce for a 14year 

term. 

See story on Page 5. 

Les Miserables 

Capital District high school 

students have been given a 

rare opportunity. Beginning 

Jan. 4, Cohoes Music Hall will be 

one of only two places where 

audiences can catch a stage 

performance of the Victor Hugo 

classic “Les Miserables.” The 

difference is the Cohoes version 

features a local teen cast. 


Looking on the 

bright side 

With all of the steroid scandals, 

player arrests and other 

bad behavior by players and 

coaches, the good things about 

sports tend to get overshadowed. 

So it’s good once in a 

while to remind ourselves what 

makes watching sports fun. 


CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK 

The year in photos 

Continued from last week’s issue 

See Page 3 

COLONIE 

Spotlight 

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Volume XX Number 1 75¢ January 2, 2008 

Part Two 

July 

Albany County Legislature Minority Leader 

Christine Benedict, R-Colonie, says a study of county 

records has uncovered a practice that puts children 

within reach of convicted sex offenders. 

Since winter, Benedict had been acquiring records 

from county and town of Colonie offi ces about 

several motels on Central Avenue. What she found 

surprised and upset many county legislators. 

Convicted sex offenders and families, both placed 

by county Social Services in the motels, were living 

side by side. Also, town records showed deplorable 

conditions within some of the motels. County offi 

cials countered that the practice had been nonexistent 

since October 2006 when county legislators 

passed residency restrictions for sex offenders. 

Siena College is denied a variance to install 

four, 90-foot light poles to illuminate its brand-new 

synthetic athletic fi eld. By a vote of 5-to-2, the Colonie 

Zoning Board of Appeals denied the poles at the 

July 5 meeting. It ended a six-month battle between 

the college and residents of Loudonville who argued 

the poles would adversely affect the character of the 

historical hamlet. 

On June 28, the Colonie Town Board approved 

an agreement with National Grid to begin replacing 

bulbs in more than 1,000 street lamps with low-cost, 

energy-effi cient bulbs. 

Tara Heffernan, 20, a Siena College junior, completes 

an inventory of the original and replica artifacts 

held by the Shaker Heritage Society as part of 

an internship through Siena. 

Republican Roger Cusick, 57, of Loudonville, 

announced July 17 that he would make a second 

attempt at public offi ce after a failed bid for county 

District Attorney in 2004. As part of his campaign, 

he questions Albany County Executive Mike Breslin 

about the use of county money; keeping young professionals 

in the county; high tax increases; and why 

county residents need to pay such a high price for a 

new downtown convention center. 

In a move to generate revenue for Siena College 

athletics, school offi cials unveiled the insignia of its 

fi rst corporate sponsor: UHY Advisors. 

The UHY logo appears at center court along both 

sides of the basketball court’s boundaries. 

August 

Colonie town board member Ulderic “UB” Boisvert 

was charged with driving while intoxicated in 

connection with a June all-terrain vehicle accident. 

The charge stems from an accident Boisvert had 

while operating an all-terrain vehicle along Park 

Road in the town of Edinburg. State police charged 

him with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated as 

well as operating his ATV without a helmet. 

Board members approved the rezoning of a 

Loudonville parcel where a burned-down pub currently 

stands, paving the way for the construction 

of the hamlet’s fi rst, and the town’s second, planned 

development district since new zoning went into effect 

last year. 

The Loudon House, an upscale two-and-a-half 

story, 24-condo unit, has been slated to replace the 

defunct Eamon’s Irish Pub and Restaurant at the corner 

of Menand and Schuyler roads. 

The Mohawk & Hudson River Humane Society 

reopened its doors to animal drop-offs and adoptions 

July 26. The shelter had stopped taking in and 

adopting animals for 48 hours when staff suspected 

■ Review Page 7 

Brizzell 

passes 

torch 

Town supervisor and 

former fl ower shop 

owner’s late-blooming 

political career comes 

to an end 

By GRAHAM S. PARKER 

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Despite her steadfast commitment 

to town government and the 

offi ce of Colonie supervisor, outgoing 

Supervisor Mary Brizzell wasn’t 

always civic-minded. 

For Brizzell, 64, her interest in 

local leadership really ignited at an 

age when most begin weighing retirement, 

in her mid-50s. 

There had always a spark of 

commitment to her community, fostered 

by a relationship between her 

late father and former Supervisor 

Fred Fields. A longtime Republican 

supervisor, Fields worked at a local 

■ Torch Page 18 

Landfi ll 

to lease 

buffer 

zone 

Town’s public records 

offi ce a likely tenant 



The Colonie Town Board voted 

Thursday, Dec. 20, to enter into an 

agreement with commercial real 

estate agency C.B. Richard Ellis to 

market for lease town properties 

abutting the Colonie landfi ll. 

The town originally purchased 

the offi ce buildings at 12 and 4 Arrowhead 

Lane last year for $1.2 million 

to keep a buffer between the 

landfi ll and other adjacent commercial 

properties south of the area. 

Eventually, the properties could 

be razed to make way for a more 

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Colonie police arrest three for drunk driving, three on felony charges 

Colonie police arrested 

three last week for driving 

while intoxicated (DWI). 

Brian J. Koehler, 30, of 12 

Deerwood Drive, Colonie, was 

arrested and charged with DWI 

on Saturday, Dec. 30. 

Police said Koehler was 

involved in a personal injury 

auto accident at Crumitie Road 

and Route 9. 

Upon investigating, police 

said they found his vehicle 

without him in it. 

Police later found Koehler 

allegedly hiding in a car off of 

Crumitie Road. 

Police said they noticed an 

odor of alcohol. 

He was arrested after failing 

field sobriety tests. 

He was transported to St. 

Peter’s Hospital for treatment, 

where he declined a blood 

alcohol content test. 

He is scheduled to appear 

in Town Court on Monday, 

Jan. 7. 

Ashley L. Keller, 19, of 14 

Kimberly St., Colonie, was 


on Saturday, Dec. 30. 

Police stopped Keller on a 

vehicle and traffic infraction. 

Upon investigating, police said 

they noticed an odor of alcohol. 

She was arrested after failing 


She is scheduled to appear 


Jan. 7. 

Kevin M. Wade, 40, of 60 

Mansion Blvd., Delmar, was 


Friday, Dec. 28. 

Police stopped Wade on a 

vehicle and traffic infraction. 

Upon investigating, police 

said they noticed an odor of 

alcohol. They said he also 

displayed glassy eyes and 

slurred speech. 

He was arrested after failing 


He is scheduled to appear 


Jan. 7. 

Felonies 

Richard G. Parker, 49, of 

60 Simmons Road, Hoosick 

Falls, was arrested on a felony 

charge of criminal possession 

of stolen property credit card 

on Friday, Dec. 28. 

Police said Parker was 

arrested on a warrant and 

picked up at the Cohoes Police 

station. 

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Court and is scheduled to 

appear again at a later date. 

Thomas F. Bulger, 55, of 

17 E. Louis Ave., Menands, 

was arrested and charged 

with criminal possession of 

stolen property credit card on 

Wednesday, Dec. 26. 

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himself in with his attorney 

present. 

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Court and is scheduled to 

appear again at a later date. 

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Spotlight Newspapers January 2, 2008 Page 3 

TOP: Jillian Hinz and Jim Slovak get a lesson in weaving from Shaker 

Heritage Society’s Anne Clothier at the annual Harvest Fest at The 

Crossings in Colonie, in September. 

ABOVE: Lamel Hubbard watches his son Cristian get a lesson in fi re 

fighting by Midway Firefighter Donald Wunsch at the Midway Fire 

Department open house in October. 

Index 

Editorial Pages .....................6 

Sports ........................... 23-24 

Obituaries .............................9 

Family Entertainment .......11 

Calendar of Events .......12, 14 

Classifi ed ...................... 16-17 

Crossword ..........................12 

Real Estate .........................17 

Weddings ............................10 

At Your Service ...................15 

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The Year 

in Pictures 

TOP: Maria DeNitto cooks fried dough during the annual Italian Festival at the Italian American Club in 

August. 

ABOVE: Sandy Oakley and Claire Bender sing carols at the annual tree lighting ceremony at the Loudon 

Green sponsored by the Greater Loudonville Association in November. 

TOP: The cast of Colonie Central’s 

“High School Musical” in 

November. 

FAR LEFT: Sarah and Erin Besancon 

run through the flowers at the 

annual Old-Fashioned Day at the 

Pruyn House in September. 

LEFT: Bridget Geraghty of 

Colonie awaits the latest Harry 

Potter novel at Barnes and Noble 

in July.


Some like it hot; some head for the slopes 

By ROBIN SHRAGER SUITOR 

news@spotlightnews.com 

When it snows, the two skiers 

in my house rejoice. 

Not that lack of snowfall has 

really prevented them from 

enjoying this sport. Lucky for 

my husband and daughter, ski 

places are kind enough to make 

snow. 

I wish there was a way to 

“make sun” so I could enjoy 

my favorite sport during the 

winter. Unfortunately, you can 

heat an outdoor pool, but it’s a 

bit trickier to make it feel warm 

enough to sit on a deck chair. 

What? Sitting on a deck chair is 

not a sport? 

I don’t ski, even though my 

husband says I might really 

like skiing if I gave it a try. This 

was the same case he made for 

bowling, but that’s a whole other 

story. 

I’m not against skiing. It’s just 

that I don’t like cold, I don’t like 

heights, and I don’t like speed. 

And I certainly don’t want to 

participate in something that 

combines all three. 

What scares me most is the 

idea of the chair lift. 

“What if I’m too scared to 

get off the chair lift? Can I just 

stay on and ride back to the 

lodge?” I ask my husband. He 

just laughs. Apparently this 

is not how it works. There’s 

no “backsies” once you get 

on the lift. 

“What if you just refuse 

to get off? Is there an eject 

button?” 

He tells me that if you don’t 

get off they would need to 

stop the chair lift and send 

the ski patrol. That sounds 

embarrassing. 

I just don’t see myself having 

the courage to get off the chair 

lift, or on, for that matter. 

So he says that I could come 

along and sit by the fireplace in 

the lodge and read a book. He 

is trying to make a ski trip into 

a family outing to the extent 

possible. But I tell him that I 

can sit in town at The Perfect 

Blend and read a book. They 

have a fireplace, plus hot 

chocolate and quiche, plus 

it’s close to home, plus I don’t 

have to spend time traveling 

in the car. 

Let skiing be a fatherdaughter 

bonding time, I tell 

him. Neither of them minds 

the cold, and they both enjoy 

the feeling of swooshing down 

a mountain. 

Jeff and Rachel often go skiing 

with our friend Steve and his 

daughters. It’s just the dads and 

the kids. 

They once went skiing on a 

super windy day. It was so cold 

that their fi ngers were freezing 

waiting for the ski lift, and the 

machine-made snow felt like ice 

pellets. At one point the strong 

winds prevented lighter skiers 

from making progress down 

the mountain. Yet they had 

fun. This does not sound like 

fun to me. 

If I tag along with them I 

will take the fun out of skiing. 

I’ll worry about bathroom 

breaks and the weather and 

“overdoing it.” I’ll be alarmed 

at the chance of danger. I’ll 

feel like I need to watch and 

then I’ll be standing outside 

in the cold instead of sitting 

inside with a book. I might 

ruin it. I’m good at that, so why 

not leave me at home? 

I’ve spoken to other moms 

about this. Some of those moms 

are braver than I am. They 

actually like skiing. And even 

if they don’t feel like skiing on 

a particular day they will go 

anyway to make sure the more 

fun spouse doesn’t allow their 

children to engage in risky 

behaviors, like going down the 

double diamond trail. 

The double diamond trail is 

the most dangerous trail. It’s 

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Sunday, January 6 71°/2007 -19°/1996 

Monday, January 7 56°/1915 -12°/1878 

Tuesday, January 8 57°/19730 -18°/1878 

21.5 inches as of Friday, December 28 th 

4.9 inches above average 

January 4, 1981 following a frigid Christmas, another 

cold snap brought temps of -13 to Albany, -27 to 

Burlington and -42 to Old Forge. 

January 6, 2007 Albany soared to 71 degrees, tying the 

all-time record for January, previously set in 1932. 

The double diamond trail is the most dangerous 

trail. It’s practically a vertical drop, my friend 

tells me. I guess at the mountain, diamonds are 

not a mom’s best friend. 

practically a vertical drop, my 

friend tells me. I guess at the 

mountain, diamonds are not a 

mom’s best friend. 

My friend’s son is eager to ski 

the double diamond, so she stays 

close by in case dad is ready to 

give approval. 

She has seen my family at 

Jiminy Peak. 

“Did you know that Jeff and 

Steve let the girls go off and ski 

by themselves?” she asked. 

“Yeah, dads do some crazy 

stuff,” I replied. “When they’re 

off skiing I just occupy my time 

so I don’t focus on what could be 

going wrong.” 

By now I’m sort of used to 

the concept, but when I first 

heard about “the girls going off 

on their own,” I reacted with, 

“You let them do what?” Plus 

I got a bit of a sickly feeling in 

my stomach. 

In the beginning, Jeff and 

Rachel cleverly didn’t mention 

much about any falls. They are 

careful not to use terms such as 

“wiped out.” 

It was three years before I 

heard about one incident. “I 

tripped and did a somersault,” 

Rachel told me casually. 

“What?” I replied. “It wasn’t 

in the air, mom,” she said, 

obviously dismissing the 

incident as no big deal. “Did 

you cry?” I asked. “No! We 

just brushed the snow off,” 

she said. 

Now Rachel gladly fills me 

in on the details. One time she 

reported, “I was skiing and 

Daddy was in front of me and it 

was kind of steep, not very steep, 

and my skis got crossed. I didn’t 

fl ip over, but I fell to the ground 

and one ski popped off. It was 

awesome, except I got snow in 

my boot.” 

The latest sunrise of 

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actually lasts for 13 

days. From 

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Venus Dawn Bright SE 

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through 

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am, EST. 

“It was awesome that your 

ski fell off?” I said, trying to stay 

calm. 

“Yeah, because if it didn’t fall 

off I would have broken my leg,” 

she explained. 

I took a deep breath. Must. 

Not. Think. About. Broken. 

Legs. 

I’m actually more proud 

than worried that my daughter 

is daring enough to be a 

skier. Jeff says she has grown 

quite independent out on the 

slopes. 

“When the regular line at 

the ski lift was extremely long, 

Rachel suggested we go to the 

single line,” he told me. 

He explained that the 

regular line is the line people 

stand in when they want to get 

on the lift with other people 

in their party. The “single” 

line is for people who don’t 

need to get on a lift with 

other people they know. After 

seating groups of skiers, the 

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Friday 7:25am 4:35pm Bromley 24" - 39" 5 38 

Saturday 7:25am 4:36pm Mt. Snow 36" - 54" 10 101 

Sunday 7:25am 4:37pm Okemo 36" - 44" 13 116 

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chair lift operator uses people 

from the “single” line to fill a 

remaining empty seat. 

“So, you didn’t get on the same 

lift,” I surmised. 

“Correct. Rachel was ahead of 

me. After she got on the lift she 

turned around and waved to me,” 

he said smiling. 

“Great!” I said, trying to 

suppress the familiar sickly 

feeling in my stomach. 

Later, Rachel confi rmed the 

story. “I got on the six-pack,” she 

told me, “It’s the chair lift that 

holds six people.” I pictured six 

people dangling in a giant version 

of those plastic rings used to bind 

cans of soda. 

“So you were with fi ve other 

people that you didn’t know?” 

I asked, trying to determine 

if the situation had made her 

nervous. 

“Well, I might have known 

them, but how could I tell with 

everyone bundled up?” she 

answered. 

I guess it didn’t bother 

her to ride a six-pack up a 

mountain with five possible 

strangers! 

I’m so glad my skiers have 

such a good time together. I 

especially like when they arrive 

home safe. Then it’s my time to 

rejoice. 

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Two longtime public servants sworn in 

State justice and county 

executive take oath 

before local leaders, 

family and friends 

By KATHERINE McCARTHY 

mccarthyk@spotlightnews.com 

In a mostly feel-good ceremony 

in the state Assembly chambers 

on Thursday, Dec. 27, Albany 

County Executive Michael 

Breslin was sworn in to a fi fth 

term, and State Supreme Court 

Justice Joseph Teresi took his 

second oath of offi ce for a 14year 

term. 

Families and friends fi lled the 

Assembly seats, while others 

stood along the walls. The 

ceremony was a Who’s Who 

of local politicians, including 

state Assemblyman Ronald 

Canestrari, D-Cohoes, who 

welcomed members on behalf 

of Assembly Speaker Sheldon 

Silver, D-Manhattan; U.S. Rep. 

Michael McNulty, D-Green 

Island; Albany County District 

Attorney David Soares; Albany 

Mayor Gerald Jennings and 

local town supervisors, including 

Democrat Jack Cunningham of 

Bethlehem, Republican Mary 

Brizzell of Colonie and Colonie’s 

Supervisor-elect Paula Mahan. 

Area police chiefs, lawyers and 

judges also fi lled the chambers. 

Judge Thomas Breslin served as 

master of ceremonies, introducing 

first the Teresi family. One of 

Teresi’s four children, Gregory 

(corporation counsel for the city 

of Cohoes), held the Bible for 

Teresi’s swearing-in, a position he 

received “by family vote,” Teresi 

said in remarks afterward. 

“ When I was elected 14 years 

ago, I said to my wife, this is 

great,” Teresi said in remarks 

on Thursday. “It will be low-key, 

and no publicity.” 

The opposite has been true; 

among Teresi’s prominent cases 

was the trial of four New York City 

police offi cers accused of fi ring 41 

bullets at taxi driver Amadou Diallo, 

hitting him 19 times. The jury found 

the defendants not guilty. 

He paid special tribute to his 

wife of 34 years, Jerry, pointing 

out that their four children were 

in middle and high school when 

his term fi rst began. 

Teresi also spoke about the 

campaign that he said began in 

October of 2006 and took him 

to a lot of different places in 

the counties he serves, Albany, 

Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, 

Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster. 

“I would like to thank 

the county chairs of the 

Democratic, Conservative, 

Republican and Independence 

parties for their endorsements 

of me,” he said. 

In a reference to the issue of 

raises for members of the state’s 

judiciary that the Assembly has 

not acted on, Teresi told the 

sergeant-at-arms of the Assembly 

that he had left a note for Silver. 

He also thanked his staff, 

and praised the dedication of 

everyone who works in the court 

system. 

Teresi’s speech also included 

TOP: County Executive Michael Breslin and his wife, Diane, in the 

state Assembly chambers after Breslin was sworn in to his fi fth term on 

Thursday, Dec. 27. 

RIGHT: Jerry and Judge Joseph Teresi in the state Assembly chambers 

after he was sworn in to a second term on the state Supreme Court on 

Thursday, Dec. 27. 

Katherine McCarthy/Spotlight 

congratulations for Michael 

Breslin. Teresi pointed out that 

like Breslin, he was a graduate of 

Albany’s now-defunct Vincentian 

Institute and Boston College. 

Judge Thomas Breslin 

introduced another of his 

brothers, state Senator Neil 

Breslin, D-Delmar, who swore 

his brother in to another term 

of office as Albany County 

Executive. Breslin’s wife, Diane, 

held the Bible for him as he took 

the oath of offi ce. 

Breslin paid tribute to his 

parents, and gave thanks to his 

family. 

“What I’ve gotten from them 

allows me to be here,” Breslin 

said. 

Breslin spoke of recent 

changes in the political landscape, 

naming Democrats elected 

in recent elections: Gov. Eliot 

Spitzer concluding his fi rst year 

in offi ce; Colonie’s Mahan; and 

eight new county legislators. 

Breslin also listed 

accomplishments of the past 13 

years, counting among them a 

professional county work force, 

stabilized fi nances, and the fi rst 

department in the nation to serve 

children, youth and families. 

“Now we look toward a new 

day,” he said. “The county must 

continue its efforts with longterm 

care, building a new nursing 

home, and providing affordable 

housing.” 

Breslin pointed out expanded 

economic efforts in Green Island, 

Cohoes, and Vista Tech Park, 

slated for Bethlehem. 

“We can, shall, and will do 

better,” he said. “Working class 

families must be able to achieve 

self-suffi ciency.” 

In addition to praising Breslin 

and Teresi, several in attendance 

had some ideas for future 

endeavors. 

“When I see these two 

public servants, I see people 

who honestly care about the 

condition of the people they’ve 

been elected to represent,” said 

state Assemblyman Tim Gordon, 

I-Slingerlands. 

Gordon said he and Teresi 

crossed paths on the campaign 

trail, and that property tax relief 

in two Albany County towns 

of his district, Bethlehem and 

Coeymans, was high on his list. 

“I’d like to make that 

happen on a state level,” he 

said. “We need to examine 

new ways to fund education.” 

Bethlehem Supervisor Jack 

Cunningham said he fi rst met Mike 

Breslin when Breslin was a law 

partner with Cunningham’s brother. 

“I also worked on Mike’s campaign 

for town judge when I was a 

teenager,” Cunningham said. 

As a former county legislator, 

Cunningham had the chance 

to work more with Breslin. 

“We brought a petition to state 

government to cap Medicare at 

the county level,” Cunningham 

said. “They did.” 

Breslin and Cunningham are 

holding a press conference on Friday, 

Jan. 4, about a rail/trail path. 

“I am also talking with the 

county about the possibility 

Around the County 

of a health-care consortium,” 

Cunningham said. 

Cunningham said he’d 

known Teresi for 10 years. 

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New year, new ways 

There’s another year behind us, and a whole new one 

stretching out ahead of us. As we transfer birthdays from 

last year’s calendar onto the ones received for Christmas 

or Hanukkah, and pencil in the already planned events 

of the coming year, we can take stock not just of what we 

have to do, but how we want to be. 

To be thinner; better 

rested and to get 

more exercise are some 

of the top resolutions Editorial 

made this week. Weight 

Watchers membership 

increases this week; lots 

of gift cards get turned in for diet books; exercise equipment 

comes out of boxes or loses its role as clothes rack 

as the New Year begins. 

Finances hit the resolution list, and from all media 

reports, it looks like we paid more attention to our wallets 

this holiday season. Hopefully we can shake the 

credit grip that chokes so many of us. It’s well worth a 

New Year daydream about what we’d do with the few 

extra dollars we’re sure could come if we only gave up 

one stop at Dunkin Donuts each week; quit smoking; 

drove a smaller car; cooked instead of getting takeout; 

and brought lunch instead of running out to get 

it every day. 

What about some resolutions that included our fellow 

man? Could we vow to make the spirit of the season last 

a little longer? 

Maybe there’s a senior on your street who could use 

a driveway shoveled; a lift to the grocery store; a dinner 

with your family. 

Are there small children on your street? Teach them 

the value of community by saying hello, by chatting with 

them, so that they feel connected to something bigger 

than themselves as they grow up. 

See teens roaming the streets in packs? Smile and say 

“hi;” they only look intimidating, but when they go home, 

they’re some mother’s children, too. 

Let a fellow driver in ahead of you; slow down in roundabouts; 

don’t rush for that parking spot at the mall; give 

pedestrians the right-of-way. 

Say “please” when you order something at the supermarket 

deli counter or from a waitress; and “thanks” 

when you get it. 

Life’s too short to be self-centered and grumpy; 

let’s try to keep a little holiday spirit as the year 

wears on. 

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Pennies can help save lives 

By REBECCA EPPELMAN 

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The writer is campaign 

coordinator for the Leukemia 

and Lymphoma Society. 

I’ve heard that kids are 

growing up faster these days. I 

don’t remember the exact pace 

at which I grew up, so it’s hard to 

compare, but I recently decided 

it must be true. I was enjoying 

Thanksgiving dessert with my 

family when my father asked 

how my job was going. When I 

replied that I was in the process of 

recruiting schools and was doing 

better than expected, my little 

brother asked where I worked. I 

told him I work at The Leukemia 

and Lymphoma Society and in that 

8-year-old, snotty but inquisitive 

tone, he asked, “Well, what does 

that mean?” 

“It means I work to raise 

money to fi nd a cure for cancer,” 

I told him. 

And with this, his demeanor 

changed from snotty to accepting. 

He understood immediately, 

saying that his music teacher had 

cancer. It’s hard for me to imagine 

the context under which he may 

have been presented with this 

information, but I also understand 

why he and his classmates would 

have been told. 

I don’t remember being told 

or expressly discussing cancer 

when I was younger, though I 

know it was around me. Both 

of my grandmothers and one 

grandfather had cancer when 

I was young and my lack of 

recollection from it means I was 

either sheltered from it, or I have 

simply chosen not to remember 

and to instead focus on happier 

times. For those in my brother’s 

generation, though, I imagine 

it will be hard to be sheltered 

or forget, especially given the 

statistics. 

In August I began working at 

The Leukemia and Lymphoma 

Society, where I’ve learned some 

staggering numbers. Every fi ve 

minutes someone is diagnosed 

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Point of View 

From left, Tanner, Teagan and 

Tyler Klingenberg. Two-year-old 

Teagan is in remission from Acute 

Myelogenous Leukemia. 

Submitted photo 

with a blood cancer and every 10 

minutes someone will die from 

one. Additionally, leukemia is 

the No. 1 killer of children and 

young adults. There are two ways 

to respond to statistics like these: 

you can try to forget and hope 

the odds get better or you can 

actively try to help the odds get 

better. My job is to help people 

with the latter. 

I work on a campaign called 

Pennies for Patients. Chances 

are if you work in a school in 

one of the counties we cover in 

Upstate New York or Vermont, 

you’ve heard my voice or 

received a fax from me. If you 

haven’t yet, you probably will. 

The premise for the campaign 

is simple enough; students are 

asked to bring in spare change 

for three weeks during their 

school’s participation. After the 

school’s campaign is over, the 

change is counted and donated 

to The Leukemia and Lymphoma 

Society and goes toward our 

mission of finding cures for 

blood cancers and improving the 

quality of life of patients and their 

families. 

This is my fi rst year working 

on the campaign, but we have 

high expectations. Last year our 

chapter, which covers 20 counties 

in Upstate New York and the 

entire state of Vermont, was able 

to raise more than $70,000 with the 

help of 107 participating schools. 

Brinckerhoff Elementary School 

in Fishkill was our top fundraising 

school, raising more than $3,000. 

Broadalbin-Perth High School 

in Broadalbin raised $2,600 after 

holding a one-night event. Last 

year alone, the program raised 

more than $16 million nationally. 

Not too shabby, considering 

most of the donations made to 

participating schools consisted 

of students’ spare change. 

Each school that signs up 

receives a coordinator kit 

fi lled with tips for a successful 

program, information to share 

with students, letters to send 

to parents and businesses and 

Honored Hero profiles. In my 

opinion, these profi les are one of 

the most important things that a 

participating school can receive. 

With just a few short paragraphs 

and a photo, students put the face 

of a peer with their participation 

in the Pennies program and even 

more importantly, realize that 

kids with cancer are still kids. 

This year, one of the Honored 

Heroes that schools will learn 

about is Teagan Klingenberg. 

Teagan, who is now 2 years old, 

was born with Down syndrome 

and was diagnosed with Acute 

Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) 

just four months shy of her 

second birthday. While this is 

a lot for anyone to handle, let 

alone a child, the youngest of the 

Klingenbergs’ three children had 

the support of her community, 

friends and family. 

When our chapter received 

Teagan’s profile in June, her 

mother, Holly, and father, 

Juergen, reported that she had 

already undergone three rounds 

of chemotherapy and were 

expecting at least three more. 

Though she is not yet completely 

cured, I am thrilled to tell you that 

she is currently in remission. 

Through all of her 

chemotherapy and doctor visits, 

Teagan remained an enthusiastic, 

energetic little girl. Like many 

other children, she loves Elmo 

and Sesame Street, playing with 

her dolls, climbing and dancing. 

Along with her parents and older 

brothers Tyler and Tanner, she 

attends soccer games and school 

functions. In other words, Teagan 

had cancer, but cancer did not 

have her. Through Pennies for 

Patients and other programs at 


Society, patients like Teagan 

who become Honored Heroes 

can become advocates for people 

they may never meet. We hope 

that someday soon there will 

no longer be a need for little 

girls like Teagan to be Honored 

Heroes. 

While speaking with Teagan’s 

mother, Holly, recently, she 

spoke passionately about how 

her daughter and two sons have 

grown up faster than they should 

have to. During her doctor visits, 

when Teagan plays with the 

children’s doctor kits in the 

waiting room, it’s less like playing 

and more an imitation of what her 

doctors and nurses have done 

since she started treatment. 

It’s become a joke around the 

offi ce, but we are very seriously 

working to try to put ourselves 

out of business. The diagnosis 

and death statistics are shocking, 

but Teagan and hundreds of 

thousands of other patients like 

her are proof that the survival 

rate is rising. In the 1960s, 

children with blood cancers had 

a 4 percent chance of survival. 

Currently, children have an 

86 percent chance of survival. 

Because of donations made to 

our chapter, we were able to aid 

over 700 patients and families in 

Upstate New York and Vermont, 

and provide valuable services such 

as support groups, educational 

programs and fi nancial aid. 

If you have any questions about 


Society, or programs and patient 

services, please contact our 

offi ce at 438-3583 or visit www. 

lls.org/unyvt. 

If you’re interested in signing 

up your school for Pennies for 

Patients, call the number above 

and ask for Rebecca. After all, 

working together to cure blood 

cancer just makes cents!


■ Review 

(From Page 1) 

canine infl uenza had stricken a 

dozen dogs under the shelter’s 

care. Blood test results returned 

negative for the disease. 

• A water main break opened 

up a hole roughly 15 feet wide 

and 6 feet deep in Sand Creek 

Road. 

Latham water crews worked 

nine hours, in temperatures exceeding 

90 degrees on Aug. 1, 

to patch the break in the 8-inch 

main responsible for the sinkhole. 

• The town approves Colonie 

Center’s request to begin 

constructing and placing more 

than $350,000 in new signs as 

redevelopment of the mall continues. 

Mall owners and tenants 

sought approval on 30 new signs 

in August. The mall and board 

reached a compromise that 

granted Colonie Center leeway 

on maximum size requirements 

on some signs. 

• The corner of Wolf and Albany 

Shaker roads took its fi rst 

steps toward restoration on Aug. 

13, as two bulldozers clawed at 

the former J.J. Naughter’s Gas 

Station. In half an hour, the cinder-block 

building came down 

to the applause of Colonie town 

and planning board members, 

and department heads. 

• Albany County legislators 

pass a resolution Aug. 13 urging 

Colonie to enforce its building 

codes on a stretch of Central 

Avenue motels. The motels are 

used by county Social Services 

to temporarily house low-income 

families and post-release 

sex offenders. 

• As part of his March 

guilty plea in Albany County 

Court, Peter Spinelli, who defrauded 

scores of clients at his 

Colonie jewelry store, has paid 

$391,117.56 in restitution to his 

victims. Spinelli, 50 of Krumkill 

Road, Guilderland, was ordered 

to sell his home to pay back as 

many as 70 victims of his jewelry 

scam. 

• Alexander A. Oouch, 24, a 

cheerleading coach, of Latham 

Village Apartments was arrested 

on Aug. 25 on felony charges 

of rape, criminal sexual act, possessing 

a sexual performance 

by a child and use of a child in a 

sexual performance. 

• Changes in the way Colonie 

Youth Bureau conducts its daily 

youth programs has cut $93,000 

from the cost of doing business. 

September 

• Husbands, wives, fathers, 

mothers, friends and family 

gathered under the shade 

of massive hemlock trees Sept. 

7 at Albany Rural Cemetery to 

remember their loved ones who 

donated their bodies to science. 

Albany Medical College faculty 

and staff held the memorial to 

remember the 247 people that 

donated their remains to the college’s 

Anatomical Gift Program. 

• A report released Sept. 5 

by the County District Attorney 

showed that, of the 30 sex offenders 

violating residency restrictions 

told to relocate, only 

eight offenders, six living in the 

city of Albany and two in Cohoes 

and Watervliet, failed to comply. 

As many as 400 convicted sex 

offenders are believed to live in 

Albany County, according to authorities. 

After the Albany County 

Legislature last year passed 

the 1,000-foot buffer requirement, 

sex offenders in violation 

of the law were told to move. 

• The masses started lining 

up at 9 p.m. Sept. 13 to be the 

fi rst into New York’s fi rst and 

only L.L. Bean store. 

More than 1,000 people 

waited outside for the sporting 

goods retailer at Colonie Center 

to open at 9 a.m. Sept. 14. 

• Farms to Restaurant Week 

ran from Monday, Sept. 10, 

through Sunday, Sept. 16, at 

eight establishments throughout 

the county. Appetizers, 

main dishes and buffets were 

all created using area produce, 

dairy and meats. 

• Colonie offi cials have come 

back with a 1-inch thick pile of 

fi nancial reports in response to 

media reports they used public 

dollars to benefi t private property. 

Neighbors of the West Albany 

Rod & Gun Club began 

asking questions late last month 

as town employees and trucks 

worked eight-hour shifts for 13 

days grading the entrance to the 

club with 2,000 cubic yards of 

soil, stone and debris. 

Several town employees, including 

Town Attorney Arnis 

Zilgme and Comptroller Ron 

Caponera, are members of the 

club. 

October 

• Authorities are called twice 

to Albany International Airport 

in one week. 

Albany County sheriff’s deputies 

fi rst responded to a call of 

a mysterious white powder Sept. 

25 at 6:45 p.m. The substance 

was discovered at one of the 

airport’s luggage carousels. Authorities 

later learned that the 

substance was only powdered 

soap. Sheriff’s deputies were 

called back two days later to arrest 

an employee on charges of 

eavesdropping on co-workers 

and superiors. 

• A proposed retail center 

at Albany Shaker and Everett 

roads drew the ire of residents 

at a Sept. 25 planning board 

meeting. 

Loudon Square, a 19,100square-foot 

offi ce, retail and restaurant 

plaza, has been slated to 

replace the existing fence company 

on the 2.3-acre site. 

The planning board adjourned 

the hearing until Nov. 

13 after scores of residents 

sounded off on possible traffi c 

and noise issues. 

• On Sept. 27, the in-house 

auditing committee set into action 

by Supervisor Mary Brizzell 

two weeks ago to look into 

the work at the West Albany Rod 

& gun Club, released its fi ndings 

on the grading of approximately 

2,600 tons of spoils or 

waste soils, at the West Albany 

Rod and Gun Club. 

• Rensselaer builders Archmont 

Inc. will pay $85,000 in 

fi nes to the state for violating 

state storm water regulations 

at the Archmont Knolls subdivision 

between Haswell and Troy 

Schenectady roads. The state 

Department of Environmental 

Conservation announced Sept. 

27 it fi ned the company for not 

adequately controlling erosion 

and sedimentation to the gorges 

and riverbed that run behind the 

Route 2 Kmart and the fourth of 

fi ve phases at the subdivision. 

• On Oct. 4, residents and 

town planners mapped out potential 

bike and walking paths 

for the town. 

• Colonie offi cials unveiled 

a new residential recycling station 

at the town landfi ll Tuesday, 

Oct. 2. 

• In a strong showing Thursday, 

Oct. 11, residents voted in 

favor of North Colonie Central 

School District’s annexation of 

Maplewood Colonie Common 

School. 

Maplewood, a kindergarten 

through eighth grade school 

will remain open for at least 

seven to 10 years before North 

Colonie offi cials will choose to 

keep open or close the school. 

• Colonie Senior Services is 

the recipient of a new regional 

resource for seniors that will 

help to protect them against 

fraud. Made possible through a 

$100,000 gift from the Citizens 

Bank Foundation to University 

at Albany’s Center for Excellence 

in Aging, the resource 

center will be a permanent fi xture 

at the Beltrone Living Center 

in Colonie. 

• Richard Gross, a Democrat 

from Loudonville, is seeking 

the seat of Republican incumbent 

William Hoblock in Albany 

County’s 26 th Legislative District. 

•Exit 3, a direct service ramp 

off Interstate 87 to the Albany 

International Airport is back 

before the public for review. 

State Department of Transportation 

and contracted engineers 

pitched fi ve alternatives the 

agency can go with to clear up 

Wolf Road congestion and simplify 

the current route to the airport 

off I-87. 

November 

• Barnes & Noble on Wolf 

Road closed its doors for good 

at 1 p.m. Nov. 13. An hour later, 

the new store, one of several fi xtures 

of the recent multi-million 

dollar upgrade to Colonie Center, 

opened. 

• Town offi cials again up 

the amount they could make 

by year’s end on the methaneto-electricity 

plant at the town 

landfi ll. The town hinted that 

the plant was approaching the 

$1 million in revenue mark after 

it hit $600,000 after being in operation 

for nine months. 

• Unoffi cial election results 

show Colonie’s political landscape 

has shifted from a longtime 

Republican stronghold to a 

burgeoning Democratic district. 

If the more than 1,000 pending 

absentee ballots follow results 

Tuesday, Nov. 6, Republicans 

stand to lose three town board 

seats and the offi ce of town supervisor. 

• Colonie Republicans have 

said they suspect that improperly 

formatted voting machines 

may have disenfranchised as 

many as 700 voters Nov. 6. 

Unoffi cial results have Democrats 

sweeping all three town 

board seats and the offi ce of the 

supervisor. 

• Blue Star Mothers and 

members of the American Legion 

served lunch on Friday, 

Nov. 9, to 75 veterans at the Beltrone 

Living Center in Colonie. 

• Offi cial results from the Albany 

County Board of Elections 

have confi rmed a Democratic 

takeover of town government. 

Out of six town seats, including 

supervisor, Democrats will 

now be the majority in Colonie, 

a longtime Republican-led town 

since last serving Democrat, Supervisor 

William E. Lothridge, 

was in offi ce from 1928 to 1931. 

• North Colonie District offi 

cials fi nalized a plan Monday, 

Nov. 19, to ask taxpayers to approve 

approximately $7 million 

in renovations for its schools. 

The projects are to be funded 

through the district fund bal- 

ance, state EXCEL grants and 

building aid that increased when 

the district annexed Maplewood-Colonie 

Common Schools 

over the summer. The $7 million 

proposal scheduled to go before 

district voters Feb 12 will cost 

taxpayers little, said school offi 

cials. 

• Robert LaDuke, Commander 

of Robert L. Weininger 

Memorial VFW Post 8692 announces 

plans to build a 2,500square-foot 

veterans memorial. 

• Colonie’s 2008 budget passes 

as proposed at $83 million, a 

4.3 percent, or $3.4 million, increase 

over last year’s $79.5 million 

budget. 

December 

• Colonie Democrats have 

pulled together an extensive 

list of people, from longtime 

union representatives to Albany 

County Sheriff’s deputies to retired 

state workers, to head the 

party’s charge as it looks to take 

control of the town in January. 

On Nov. 27, Supervisor-elect 

Paula Mahan introduced her 

fi ve-pronged transitional team 

to the press. 

• More than 200 town employees 

signed up to take part in 

a drive-through exercise, which 

mimicked emergency response 

to a biological attack or viral 

outbreak. The Nov. 28 drill was 

funded through a Department 

of Homeland Security’s Cities 

Readiness Initiative grant. 

• The Albany County Airport 

Authority is working to control 

expenditures in the 2008 airport 

operational budget. On Monday, 

Dec. 3, the authority board approved 

a $45.1 million operating 

budget for 2008, a 0.7 percent 

increase over the 2007 projected 

spending limit. 

Total airport passenger enplanements 

during 2008 are 

expected to be approximately 

1,457,000; slightly down from 

this year’s projected 1,457,638 

enplanements. 

• Colonie has acquired nearly 

57 undeveloped acres along 

the Mohawk River for $1.9 million. 

The state Offi ce of Parks 

and Recreation will contribute 

$500,000. The two parcels, 198 

Onderhonk Ave. and 503 Forts 

Ferry Road, belonged to members 

of the Vinciguerra family, 

including in-laws of Maggie 

Vinciguerra, former president 

of Mohawk River Community 

Partners of Colonie, Inc. 

• A lawsuit fi led by Colonie 

Republicans alleging voters were 

disenfranchised in November 

general elections is ruled meritless 

by state Supreme Court 

Justice Roger McDonough. 

• Animal rescue workers and 

police pulled 25 Chihuahuas out 

of a dilapidated Coeymans home 

Tuesday, Dec. 4. The next day 

that number rose to 28, with one 

mother delivering pups while 

under the care of Mohawk Hudson 

River Humane Society; and 

another expecting soon. 

• Colonie offi cials awarded a 

request for proposal for an energy 

effi ciency audit of town infrastructure 

with Johnson Controls 

on Thursday, Dec. 6. 

The request was reached between 

the town’s energy conservation 

committee and Johnson 

Controls after extensive negotiations 

secured a long-term energy 

effi ciency initiative between 

the two. 

• On Friday, Dec. 14, at 1:30 

p.m., the day after 17-year-old 

Shaker High School senior, 

Marc “Striz” Strizzi jumped to 

his death from an Interstate 787 

eastbound off ramp, 856 members 

had joined an online social 

networking site created in remembrance 

of him. 

• Sand Creek Middle School 

students are helping to change 

how physical education is taught 

as part of a national initiative. 

The school is one of 10 in the 

state to be awarded the Energy- 

Now grant, which will provide 

Sand Creek the necessary tools 

to purchase learning materials 

and equipment to implement a 

healthy lifestyle-based physical 

education curriculum. 

•Latham attorney Phillip 

G. Steck is hoping to ride the 

recent wave of Democratic success 

in local elections all the way 

to Washington. 

Steck, D-Loudonville, an Albany 

County legislator since 

1999, announced Wednesday, 

Dec. 19, on the steps of the 

James T. Foley Courthouse in 

Albany that he would be seeking 

the 21 st Congressional District 

seat left vacant by U.S. Rep. 

Mike McNulty is leaving. 

• In their last meeting of 

2007, Colonie board members 

voted to do away with an unenforceable 

public nuisance law 

created in 2003. 

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Habitat fl ap heads for appeal 

Original suit challenging 

warehouse plan 

dismissed last year 

By WILLIAM R. DEVOE 

devoew@spotlightnews.com 

A lawsuit over the Clifton 

Park habitat of the Karner blue 

butterfly will go to the state 

Appellate Division. 

An appeal has been fi led with 

the state Appellate Division in 

the dismissal of a 2006 lawsuit 

filed by Save the Pine Bush, 

Inc. and 11 individuals who 

challenged a Clifton Park 

Planning Board warehouse 

site plan approval granted that 

summer. 

The project was approved 

by the board together with 

a state Environmental 

Quality Review Act “negative 

declaration” -- a determination 

meaning the planning board 

found that the building plan 

was not likely to have a 

significant adverse impact 

on the environment. 

The Sept. 27, 2006, suit 

challenged the process used 

by the planning board to grant 

the approval. The lawsuit had 

claimed the board violated 

SEQRA by issuing the negative 

declaration despite adverse 

impacts of the project on 

the endangered Karner blue 

butterfl y and its habitat along 

Wood Road, including the project 

site, and by six other causes of 

action, including not taking 

a “hard look” at the project’s 

impact as SEQRA requires; 

failing to consider cumulative 

impacts of the project with 

others in the vicinity of Wood 

Road; conducting a “segmented” 

review of a broader plan of 

development by the applicant; 

and not requiring creation of a 

Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement. 

The plaintiffs also alleged 

that a submitted plan to 

“manage” the site falls far 

short of the town’s own 

requirements, as issued after 

a 1991 generic environmental 

study of the Wood Road area. 

The individual plaintiffs 

included four town of Clifton 

Park residents and five board 

members of Save the Pine 

Bush, a regional environmental 

protection organization. 

On Nov. 3, 2006, acting state 

Supreme Court Judge Barry 

Kramer granted motions by the 

town of Clifton Park and project 

applicant DCG Development 

Company to dismiss the case 

based on their claims that 

Save the Pine Bush and the 

citizen plaintiffs all lacked 

standing to challenge the town’s 

approvals. 

Clarksville attorney Peter 

Henner filed the appeal of 

Kramer’s dismissal on Nov. 

1, 2007. The appeal should 

be heard sometime in mid- 

February, Henner said. 

“Save the Pine Bush is the 

leading organization devoted 

to advocacy for habitats of 

the endangered Karner blue 

butterfl y in New York’s Capital 

District region, which is part 

of a geologic region known as 

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Lake Albany formed at the 

end of the last Ice Age, some 

10,000 years ago, and includes 

large portions of what is now 

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Save the Pine Bush Secretary 

Lynne Jackson said. 

The advocacy group says 

it and its members have been 

harmed by the failure of the 

town and its planning board 

to meaningfully protect and 

restore the Karner blue habitat 

at Wood Road, over many years’ 

time. The appeal notes that a 

1994 requirement to save the 

habitat established as part of 

other project approvals for 

the same applicant was never 

followed. 

Jackson said the group’s 

position is that the 2006 

site plan approval and state 

environmental determination 

issued by the planning board 

“will promote the extirpation 

of an endangered species -- the 

Karner blue butterfly.” She 

notes that because of this, 

Save the Pine Bush maintains 

it has intrinsic standing to sue, 

regardless of its members’ 

geographic proximity to the 

site. 

According to Save the 

Pine Bush member William 

Engleman, the Karner blue 

butterfly in New York only 

exists in small areas of four 

counties within the vast area 

once encompassed by Glacial 

Lake Albany – Albany, Saratoga, 

Schenectady and Warren 

counties. 

Engleman said the Clifton 

Park habitat is important 

because should the Pine Bush 

preserve see its last Karner blue 

butterfl y, it could be repopulated 

with those from Clifton Park. 

“It’s my opinion that the town 

of Clifton Park is presiding over 

an extinction-level event,” he 

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Mansion celebrates 

Twelfth Night 

On Saturday, Jan. 5, Schuyler 

Mansion will welcome visitors 

for its annual Twelfth Night 

celebration, “Salutations of the 

Season.” 

From 3 to 7 p.m., the site will 

offer special tours led by reenactors 

portraying the Schuyler 

family and their 18th-century 

guests. The tour will include 

dramatic presentations in the 

mansions period rooms as well 

as an opportunity for visitors to 

participate in English country 

dancing and sample some 

wassail. Tours will take place 

every half hour, with the last tour 

beginning at 6:30. Reservations 

are required. Admission is $6 for 

adults, $5 for students and senior 

citizens, and $2 for children. 

Twelfth Night, or “Feast of 

the Epiphany,” was one of the 

traditional holidays celebrated 

by the Dutch and English of 18thcentury 

New York. Traditionally 

falling on Jan. 6, Twelfth Night 

was the fi nal holiday of the season 

and was marked by unsurpassed 

feasting and revelry. This year, 

Schuyler Mansion’s celebration 

will be set in the year 1776, a 

critical moment at the brink of 

the American Revolution. 

For information about this or 

other site events, call Schuyler 

Mansion at 434-0834. 

Schuyler Mansion is at 32 

Catherine St., Albany. 

Bird club plans 

2008 programs 

The Hudson-Mohawk Bird 

Club has two programs scheduled 

for January and February. 

•Monday, Jan. 7: HMBC open 

house, birding the Capital Region 

and member photo night. 

The Hudson-Mohawk Bird 

Club welcomes the public and 

members new and old to this 

special evening. Club officials 

will present information about 

the bird club, including ways in 

which new members can become 

involved. 

Club members are invited 

to bring up to 10 slides, digital 

images or prints of birds or 

other natural history subjects 

to show to the group. This is a 

great opportunity for novice and 

experienced birders and nature 

photographers to connect, and for 

the public to learn about the club 

and the many opportunities to go 

birding in the Capital District and 

beyond. 

•Monday, Feb. 4: Birding 

adventures in China with Joyce 

Miller: Miller accompanied a 

group of British and American 

birders on a trip in May and June 

2007 that traveled from Beijing 

to Inner Mongolia and into the 

mountains of central China. In 

addition to the birds (and birding 

experience), Miller will touch 

on some cultural and historical 

aspects of the trip, including 

the Great Wall of China and the 

Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an. 

Miller is a professor of library 

science at Adirondack Community 

College in Queensbury. She is a 

long-time member of both the 

Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club and 

Southern Adirondack Audubon 

Society and has birded on fi ve 

continents. 

All programs are presented at 

7 p.m. at the William K. Sanford 

(Colonie) Library on Albany 

Shaker Road. Admission is 

free and the public is welcome. 

Programs will be canceled if the 

library is closed due to weather; 

people wishing to know if the 

program will be held can call 

the library to see if the library 

is open. 

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There will be a Capital Swing 

Dance on Friday, Jan. 4, at the 

Hibernian Hall, 375 Ontario St., 

Albany from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. 

Music by Jay Street. Admission 

is $12 and includes a beginner 

lesson at 7:30. Members and 

students get in for $9. 

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Vera M. Bunkoff 

Vera M. Bunkoff, 81, of 

Colonie, died Tuesday, Dec. 

25, at home. 

Born in Albany, Mrs. Bunkoff 

was co-owner with her husband 

of Bunkoff General Contractors 

that her father-in-law started in 

1920. 

The couple worked side by 

side for 40 years until their 

retirement in 1987. She was 

president of the Women’s 

Stamp Club and won several 

honors for her collection. 

Survivors include her 

husband of 64 years, 

Christopher O. Bunkoff; three 

sons, Richard (Dee) Bunkoff, 

James (Diane) Bunkoff and 

the Rev. Steven (Michelle) 

Bunkoff; a brother, Ralph 

(Barbara) Reynolds; eight 

grandchildren; and 16 greatgrandchildren. 

Services were from Our 

Saviors Lutheran Church 

and New Comer-Cannon 

Family Funeral Home, both in 

Colonie. 

Burial was in Memory’s 

Garden. 

Contributions may be made 

to Our Savior’s Lutheran 

School, 63 Mountain View Ave., 

Albany 12205 or Community 

Hospice of Schenectady, 1411 

Union St., Schenectady 12308. 

Marguerite DonVito 

Marguerite “Nanny” Carazza 

DonVito, 81, of Colonie, died 

Tuesday, Dec. 25. 

Born in Albany, Mrs. DonVito 

retired from Albany County 

Department of Social Services 

Fair Haven Unit in 1991. She 

was a communicant of Church 

of St. Mary, and a member of 

the Rosary Society. 

She was the widow of 

Michael J. DonVito Sr. 

Survivors include a son, 

Michael (Lynn) J. DonVito 

Jr.; a sister, Mary Foss; seven 

grandchildren; and 20 greatgrandchildren. 

Services were from Lasak & 

Gigliotti Funeral Home and the 

Historic Church of St. Mary on 

Capital Hill, both in Albany. 

Burial was in St. Agnes 

Cemetery in Menands. 

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Barry Lashin 

Barry Bruce Lashin, 74, of 

Colonie, died Tuesday, Dec. 

25, at St. Peter’s Hospital in 

Albany. 

Born in the Bronx, Mr. 

Lashin was an Albany resident 

most of his life. He owned and 

operated the former Regis 

Delicatessen in downtown 

Albany for many years. 

Survivors include his wife 

of 24 years, Sherry Shapiro; 

a daughter, Joanne Lashin 

of Guilderland; a son, Kenny 

(Martha) Lashin of Rotterdam; 

two stepsons, Todd (Kristin) 

Shapiro of Jamesville and 

Scott (Deanna) Shapiro of 

Latham; a sister, Iris Walen 

Paul of Colonie; and seven 

grandchildren. 

Services were from Levine 

Memorial Chapel in Albany. 

Burial was in Beth 

Abraham Jacob Cemetery in 

Guilderland. 


to the American Diabetes 

Association, 7 Washington 

Square, Albany 12203 or the St. 

Peter’s Hospital Cardiac Unit, 

315 S. Manning Blvd., Albany 

12208. 

Janis I. Puspurs 

Janis “John” I. Puspurs, 71, of 

Loudonville, died Monday, Dec. 

24, at St. Peter’s Hospital. 

Born in Jaunlaicene, Latvia, 

Mr. Puspurs and his family 

immigrated to the United States 

in 1949 after World War II. 

He served in the Army and 

the Army Reserves from 1956 

until his honorable discharge in 

1962. He became a U.S. citizen 

in 1958. For many years he was 

a member of the Construction 

and General Laborers Local 

Union 190. He later worked at 

Eden Park Nursing Home and 

Teresian House and the Picotte 

Companies for 10 years. 

Survivors include his wife of 

34 years, Mara D. Puspurs; his 

mother-in-law, Helga Hartman 

of Albany; a brother; and two 

sisters. 

Burial will be in the spring 

at the Latvian Memorial Park 

Cemetery in Elka Park. 

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to American Latvian Evangelical 

Lutheran Church, c/o T. Erglis 

16 Gauthier Drive, Clifton 

Park 12065 or to the American 

Cancer Society, 260 Osborne 

Road, Loudonville 12211. 

Anthony J. Vivenzio 

Anthony J. Vivenzio, 76, of 

Colonie, died Wednesday, Dec. 

26, at his residence. 

Born in Albany, Mr. Vivenzio 

served in the Navy from 1948 

through 1950. 

A sheet metal worker, he was 

member of Local 83 in Albany 

for more than 50 years, retiring 

in 1989. He was a member of 

the American Legion Zaloga 

Post and Voorheesville Rod & 

Gun Club. 

Survivors include his wife 

of 56 years, Gladys Thomas 

Vivenzio; four sons, Joseph 

(Karen) Vivenzio, John (Mitzy) 

Vivenzio, Anthony (Carol) 

Vivenzio Jr. and Walter (Cathy) 

Vivenzio; a daughter, Cynthia 

(Mike) Justice; a sister, Jenny 

Barretta; six grandchildren; 

and two great-grandchildren. 

Services were from New 

Comer-Cannon Family Funeral 

Home in Colonie and St. 

Margaret Mary Church in 

Albany. 

Burial was in St. Agnes 

Cemetery in Menands. 


to Thomas Patrick Morrison 

Foundation, P.O. Box 238, 

Guilderland 12084. 

Brooks F. Wood 

Brooks “Frank” F. Wood, 89, 

of Colonie, died Tuesday, Dec. 

25, at St. Peter’s Hospital. 

Born in Albany, Mr. Wood 

was educated in Dolgeville 

schools and graduated from 

Albany College of Pharmacy 

class of 1942. 

After graduation, he enlisted 

in the Navy in July 1942 and 

served with the 2nd Marine 

Division in the Pacific. He 

was co-owner, with his wife, of 

Woods Pharmacy in Dolgeville. 

The couple retired in 1980 and 

lived in Florida for several 

years, returning to the Albany 

area in 2000. 

He was a member of the 

Dolgeville Masonic Lodge 796 

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for 61 years, and was active in 

volunteer work in Albany. 

Survivors include his wife, 

Helen S. (Stallone) Wood; and 

a sister, Florence Johnson. 

Egg explores Gershwin’s music in January 

The Egg will explore the music 

and life of composer George 

Gershwin during the month of 

January as part of its “New York 

Living Legacy” program. 

George Gershwin was the 

fi rst to combine classical music 

with jazz, wrote “Porgy & Bess”, 

the first American opera, and 

along with his brother, lyricist 

Ira Gershwin, wrote many of the 

greatest songs in the history of 

popular music. 

Throughout the month of 

January, several of today’s 

foremost singers and 

instrumentalists will demonstrate 

how 90 years since his fi rst hit, 

the music of George Gershwin 

is still as fresh as the day it was 

fi rst recorded. 

The program will feature 

several concerts of Gershwin’s 

music by artists such as Marcus 

Roberts, the Albany Symphony, 

Frank Vignola, Jane Monheit, Bill 

Charlap and Sandy Stewart. 

In addition, a series of 

educational performances entitled 

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DeMarasse, Ferrucci wed 

Jaclyn L. DeMarasse, daughter 

of Raymond P. and Dorthea A. 

DeMarasse of Troy, and Frank 

P. Ferrucci Jr., son of Frank 

P. Ferrucci Sr. and Margaret 

Ferrucci of Niskayuna, were 

married Aug. 24. 

The ceremony was performed 

by the Rev. Richard Carlino at 

St. John the Evangelist Church 

in Schenectady. A reception 

followed at Glen Sanders Mansion 

in Scotia. 

The maid of honor was Michelle 

DeMarasse. Bridesmaids were 

Elizabeth DeCurtis, Melissa 

Ferrucci, Andrea Ostrander, Kim 

Brown and Michelle Gariepy. The 

fl ower girl was Emily Cimins. 

The best man was James 

Vardaro. Groomsmen were Dave 

Diagostino, Kevin Heigel, Greg 

Smith, Leo Rosenholz and Phil 

Cafaro. The ring bearer was Dan 

Brown. 

The bride is a graduate of 

Tamarac High School and Siena 

College. 

She is an accountant for 

Marvin and Company, P.C., in 

Latham. 

The groom is a graduate 

of Colonie High School and 

LeMoyne College. 

He is an accountant for 

Wojeski and Company, P.C., in 

East Greenbush. 

Following a honeymoon trip 

to Aruba, the couple resides in 

Latham. 

Jaclyn L. and Frank P. Ferrucci Jr. 

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Plowinskes celebrate 

50 years of marriage 

Thomas and Sheila (Bergin) 

Plowinske of Colonie celebrated 

their 50th wedding anniversary 

by renewing their vows during 

a Mass at St. Francis de Sales 

Church Nov. 25. Following 

Mass, a reception was held 

in their honor at the Country 

Club of Troy. 

The Plowinskes are the 

parents of five children: 

Michael and his wife, Regina, 

of Troy; Theresa and her 

husband, Bob Puzier, of 

Latham; Thomas and his wife, 

JoAnne, of Colonie; Carol 

and her husband, Michael 

DiFabio of Loudonville; and 

Robert and his wife, Sandra, 

of East Greenbush. They 

have 10 grandchildren: Anna 

and Robert Puzier; Michele, 

Thomas and William Plowinske; 

Katherine, Julia and Michael 

DiFabio and Cameron and 

Thomas and 

Sheila (Bergin) 

Plowinske, today, 

above, and in 

1957, left. 

Logan Plowinske. 

Tom and Sheila graduated 

from Vincentian Institute; 

they were married on Nov. 30, 

1957, at St. Madeline Sophie’s 

church in Guilderland. 

Tom was employed by 

the state Department of 

Transportation for 38 years. 

He retired in 1993 as manager 

of computer operations and 

enjoys golfing and classic 

cars. Sheila graduated from 

The College of Saint Rose 

with a bachelor’s degree in 

English and social studies, and 

in 1973 earned her master’s 

degree in reading. Sheila 

taught for many years in the 

South Colonie School District. 

She enjoys reading, knitting 

and crossword puzzles. They 

also enjoy attending their 

grandchildren’s various 

athletic events.


Don’t ‘Mis’ out 

Local production group puts students on the stage 

in a rare performance of Victor Hugo’s classic tale 



Capital District high school 

students have been given 

a rare opportunity. 

Beginning Jan. 

4, Cohoes Music Hall will be 

one of only two places – the 

other being Broadway – where 

audiences can catch a stage 

performance of the Victor Hugo 

classic “Les Miserables.” The 

difference is the Cohoes version 

features a local teen cast. 

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CR Productions, which puts 

on the twice-annual children’s 

productions, has gone all out 

for this one. Local teenagers 

from 20 different area high 

schools will be able to attempt 

the feat that is a full-blown 

“Les Miserables” production, 

from the mid-production 

costume changes to the revered 

turntable set. 

“We were very lucky to get 

‘Les Mis.’ We wouldn’t have 

gotten this for our professional 

in the 

Entertainment Spotlight 

production 

because it’s on 

Broadway,” said 

Jim Charles, 

CR Productions’ artistic 

director. “This is the only other 

opportunity for people to see 

‘Les Mis’ other than Broadway.” 

If October’s casting call 

turnout is any indication, 

chances are the actors and 

actresses in the show know how 

rare the opportunity is as well. 

When the call went out, 250 

children showed up at 

the music hall’s doors, only 30 

were chosen for the production, 

said Charles. Many of those 

that show up are aspiring 

professionals, who commit 

themselves 100 percent to their 

pursuit, he said. It shows when 

they set foot on stage. 

Just like their professional 

counterparts on Broadway, the 

cast does not use microphones, 

instead relying on the music 

hall’s acoustics to carry their 

voices to the audience. The 

production is as real as it gets, 

down to the set and professional 

orchestra. 

That professionalism is what 

is expected of CR Productions, 

and it’s what brings hundreds of 

children each year to try out for 

their productions. It is also the 

reason it wasn’t a surprise that 

so many turned up for casting 

call upon hearing the production 

this winter was ‘Les Mis.’ 

Because of the production’s 

costs and size, no school will go 

near it. For many high school 

age students, this is their best 

shot at performing in the show. 

“Some kids come back; 

95 percent are new to us. We 

try not to call all the same 

people for our major rolls. The 

principles this year are new to 

us. They are really talented,” 

said Charles. 

Work on the production 

began immediately after casting 

in late October. Since then, 

the 30 students have been 

rehearsing three times a week, 

Charles said. Some of the cast 

has been driving from as far as 

an hour away. 

This is the sixth year CR 

Productions has been at 

Cohoes Music Hall and has 

offered its C-R Kids after-school 

program. The staff puts on 

two productions during the 

year, once in the spring, for 

elementary and middles school 

aged children, and once in the 

winter for high school students. 

C-R Kids offers unique 

opportunities and enriching 

experiences. Participants 

learn a variety of new skills 

and are rewarded by their 

accomplishments and are also 

given the opportunity to work 

with regional and visiting artists 

and theater professionals. 

Featured in this season’s 

cast are: Shenendehowa 

seniors William Boyajian as 

Jean Valjean, Kelsey Poore 

as Fantine, Stephanie Gray 

as Mme. Thenardier, and 

Cara O’Brien as Eponine. 

Other schools represented: 

Colonie High School junior Bill 

Hennings as Inspector Javert, 

Columbia High School senior 

Taylor Collins as Enjolras, 

Academy of the Holy Names 

junior Brittany Boivin as 

Cossette, Shaker High School 

sophomore Charles Franklin as 

Marius, and St. Pius X’s seventh 

grader Christopher Flaim as 

Gavroche. 

Les Miserables will open 

Friday, Jan. 4, and run until 

Sunday, Jan. 13. 

Friday and Saturday evening 

shows begin at 7 p.m. and 

Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. 

Tickets are $15 for adults and 

$10 for students. 

For tickets or information call 

237-5858.


Arts & Entertainment 

Theater 

IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST 

Staged reading of Oscar Wilde comedy, 

presented by Schenectady Civic Players in 

celebration of its 80th anniversary season, 

Jan. 5, 2:30 p.m., Schenectady Civic Playhouse, 

12 South Church St., Schenectady, 

free. 

LES MISERABLES 

C-R Kids production of Tony Award-winning 

musical featuring 30 area high school 

students, presented by Cohoes Music 

Hall, 58 Remsen St., Cohoes, through Jan. 

13, $15 adults, $10 students. Information, 

237-5858. 

Music 

GUY DAVIS 

Bringing acoustic blues to Capital District, 

Jan. 4, 7:30 p.m., GE Theatre at Proctors, 

State Street, Schenectady, $21, presented 

by Eighth Step Productions. Information, 

346-6204. 

CHERYL WHEELER 

Singer-songwriter, with special guest 

Christine Lavin, Jan. 5, 7:30 p.m., GE Theatre 

at Proctors, State Street, Schenectady, 

$25, presented by Eighth Step Productions. 

Information, 346-6204. 

“ELVIS BIRTHDAY BASH” 

Featuring Capital District rockabilly fa- 

vorites Lustre Kings, Johnny Rabb and 

more, Jan. 5, 8 p.m., WAMC Performing 

Arts Studio, Central Avenue, Albany, $20. 

Information, 465-5233, ext. 4. 

TRACY GRAMMER 

Singer-songwriter, Jan. 4, 8 p.m., Caffe 

Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, $18. 


JOHN PRINE 

Veteran singer-songwriter, Jan. 6, 7:30 

p.m., Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, corner 

of State Street and Second Avenue, 

Troy, $41-$45. Information, 273-0038. 

MALINKY 

Scottish folk singer, Jan. 11, 8 p.m., Old 

Songs Inc., 37 South Main St., Voorhees- 

ville, $17. Information, 765-2815. 

RED MOLLY 

Bluegrass band, with special guests Wiley 

Dobbs, Jan. 11, 8 p.m., WAMC Performing 

Arts Studio, Central Avenue, Albany, 

$18. Information, 465-5233, ext. 4. 

SPIDER JOHN KOERNER 

Blues legend, Jan. 11, 8 p.m., Caffe Lena, 

47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, $18. Information, 

583-0022. 

JOHN GORKA 

Folk singer, with guest Susan Wemer, Jan. 

12, 7:30 p.m., GE Theatre at Proctors, 

State Street, Schenectady, $25, presented 

by Eighth Step Productions. Information, 

346-6204. 

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Jazz band, with special guest Jane Monheit, 

Jan. 12, 8 p.m., The Egg, Empire 

State Plaza, Albany, $24. Information, 

473-1845. 

HOWARD JONES 

1980s synth-pop singer-songwriter famous 

for hits such as “Things will Always 

get Better” and “No One is to Blame,” Jan. 

13, 7 p.m., The Egg, Empire State Plaza, 

Albany, $28. Information, 473-1845. 

RICHARD SHINDELL 

Singer-songwriter, with opening act Terence 

Martin, Jan. 13, 7 p.m., Caffe Lena, 

47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, $25. Information, 

583-0022. 

CHARLIE KING AND KAREN BRANDO 

With guests Sally Rogers and Claudia 

Schmidt, Jan. 17, 8 p.m., GE Theatre at 

Proctors, State Street, Schenectady, $21, 

presented by Eighth Step Productions. 


MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO 

Playing with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, 

Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m., The Egg, Empire 

State Plaza, Albany, $28. Information, 

473-1845. 

Comedy 

JOSH BLUE 

“Last Comic Standing” champion, Jan. 25, 

7:30 p.m., Proctors Theatre, State Street, 

Schenectady, $32. Information, 346-6204. 

Visual Arts 

NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 

“Cast Images: American Brone Sculpture 

from the Metropolitan Museum of Art,” 

through Feb. 24; “Look-Alikes: The Amazing 

World of Joan Steiner,” through March 

2; “Expressions in Blue: A Feeling, A 

Place, A Color, A Sound,” through March 

16; plus permanent collections on the 9/11 

recovery effort, New York state history and 

geography, Empire State Plaza, Madison 

Avenue. Information, 474-5877. 

ALBANY INSTITUTE OF ART 

Exhibits on Hudson River School painting, 

American sculpture and the history of 

Albany, 125 Washington Ave. Information, 

463-4478. 

SCHENECTADY MUSEUM 

“Cities @ Night,” featuring urban images 

from General Electric’s Photographic Collection, 

through April 4, plus Spirit of 

Schenectady, collection highlights and 

planetarium, Nott Terrace Heights. Information, 

382-7890. 

ALBANY AIRPORT GALLERY 

“Farsighted,” featuring photos, projections, 

sculptures and other items from 

around the world, through March 30, plus 

site-specifi c installations by Larry Kagan 

and Cara Nigro, as well as installations by 

Anthony Garner, Baris Karayazgan, Paul 

Katz, Nancy Klepsch and Victoria Palermo. 


LOCAL COLOR ART GALLERY 

“Silver Blues,” original paintings, through 

Jan. 31, 961 Troy-Schenectady Road, 

Latham. Information, 786-6557. 

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DANCE 

"Dawn of Modern Dance: Music, Myth 

and Movement," exhibit chronicling the 

careers of Ruth St. Denis and Isadora 

Duncan, plus ongoing exhibits, 99 South 

Broadway, Saratoga Springs. Information, 

584-2225. 

NEW YORK STATE 

MILITARY MUSEUM 

"Worth a Thousand Muskets: Civil War 

Field Artillery," "Battleground for Freedom: 

New York during the Revolutionary War," 

and "World War II: United for Victory," 

ongoing, 61 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs. 


SARATOGA AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM 

Ongoing exhbits including "East of Detroit" 

and New York racing, 110 Avenue of 

the Pines, Saratoga Springs. Information, 

587-1935, ext. 20. 

THE HYDE COLLECTION 

"Natura Morta: Still-Life Painting and the 

Medici Collections," through Jan. 13; 

“Elihu Vedder and Italy,” through March 

16; 161 North Warren St., Glens Falls. 


CLARK ART INSTITUTE 

“Facing the Lens: 19th-Century Portrait 

Photogrpahs,” through Jan. 13; “Consuming 

Passion: Fragonard’s Allegories 

of Love,” through Jan. 21, 225 South St., 

Williamstown, Mass. Information, (413) 

458-9545. 

Call for Artists 

TANGO FUSION DANCE COMPANY 

Auditioning professional dancers by appointment 

at Arthur Murray Dance Studio, 

75 Woodlawn Ave., Saratoga Springs. Information, 

306-4173. 

DELMAR COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA 

Openings in the string, horn and percussion 

sections. Information, 439-7749. 

COLONIE TOWN BAND 

Several openings, rehearsals on Mondays 

at 7:30 p.m. at town hall, Route 9, Newtonville. 


COLONIE CENTENNIAL 

BRASS CHOIR 

Openings for brass players, rehearsals 

on fi rst Thursday and third Tuesday of the 

month, at 7:15 p.m., town hall, Route 9, 

Newtonville. Information, 783-2760.


Palace showing 

classic movies 

The Palace Theatre’s movie 

series continues. Tickets are $5 

for adults and $3 for children. 

Season passes are $42.50. Tickets 

are on sale at the Palace Theatre 

box office, 19 Clinton Ave., 

Albany, or by calling 465-4663. 

“A Night at the Opera,” 1935, 

92 minutes, not rated. Monday, 

Jan. 7, 7 p.m. 

“The Adventures of Robin 

Hood,” 1938, 102 minutes, not 

rated. Monday, Jan. 14, 7 p.m. 

“A Raisin in the Sun,” 1961, 


Feb. 4, 7 p.m. 

“Doctor Zhivago,” 1965, 180 

minutes, not rated. Monday, Feb. 

18, 7 p.m. 

“Schindler’s List,” 1993, 195 

minutes, rated R. Monday, March 

3, 7 p.m. 

“The Philadelphia 

Story,” 1940, 112 minutes, not 

rated. Monday, March 10, 7 

p.m. 

“West Side Story,” 1961, 151 

minutes, not rated. Monday, April 

7, 7 p.m. 

“Spartacus,” 1960, 184 

minutes, not rated, Monday, 

April 21, 7p.m. 

“Lawrence of Arabia,” 1962, 


May 5, 7 p.m. 

“Jaws,” 1975, 124 minutes, 

rated PG. Monday, May 19, 7 

p.m. 

Credit Union names 

manager of telephone 

access center 

Sunmark Federal Credit 

Union, a full-service, 

community chartered credit 

union serving those who 

live and work in Albany, 


Schenectady, Montgomery, 

Saratoga, Schoharie and 

Rensselaer counties, 

announced that Antoinette 

Lebron has been named 

manager of Sunmark’s 

Telephone Access Center. 

Clearing 

their way 

ABOVE: West Albany resident Jim 

McClousky was fortunate enough 

to have a snowblower on Monday 

morning, Dec. 31. LEFT: Colonie 

resident Karen Lockwood helps 

her husband shovel snow Monday, 

Dec. 31, so he can make it to work 

on time. 

Robert Goo/Spotlight 

Planning Commission 

changes meeting dates 

The regularly scheduled 

meetings of the Village of Colonie 

Planning Commission have been 

changed from Jan. 1 and 15 to 

Jan. 8 and 22. 

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It increases your risk of coronary artery disease, stroke, vascular disease, 

cancer, and lung disease. 

Women have unique risks due to smoking. Women over 35 who smoke and 

use birth control pills have a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, and blood 

clots of the legs. Women who smoke are more likely to have a miscarriage or 

a lower birth-weight baby. Lower birth-weight can cause developmental and 

health delays. 

Smoking related illnesses and deaths are PREVENTABLE. 

Quitting smoking can reduce your risk of health issues related to this habit. 

The earlier you quit, the greater the benefi t. 

Whether it be for your New Year’s resolution, for your family, or 

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option that is right for you. 

Light dinner and refreshments will be served. 

Colonie Elks and 

Does to hold January 

square dances 

The Colonie Elks and Does 

Square Dance Club will hold two 

square dances in January. 

The first will be held on 

Wednesday, Jan. 2, at the Colonie 

Lodge No. 2192, Elks Lane, off 

Route 155 in Latham from 7:30 

to 10 p.m. Caller and cuer will be 

Walter Wall. Singles are welcome, 

and cost is $5 per person. Level 

of dancing will be alternating tips 

(mainstream, plus) and rounds. 

Another square dance will be 

held on Wednesday, Jan. 16, at 

the same location and time. Caller 

will be Sandy Corey and cuer 

will be Dolores Randall. Levels 

of dancing and cost will remain 

the same. 

Call 783-7071 with any 

questions regarding both square 

dance dates. 

Academy of the Holy 

Names to sponsor 

blood drive 

The Academy of the Holy 

Names will sponsor a blood drive 

on Friday, Jan. 11, from 10 a.m. to 

4 p.m. in the Riley Auditorium, 

Upper School, 1075 New Scotland 

Road, Albany. 

The Service Club and the 

Junior Ladies of Charity are 

sponsoring this event in answer 

to the American Red Cross’ need 

for blood donors. 

If you donated on or before 

Nov. 15, and are 17 years old (16 

with signed parental permission), 

you will be eligible to donate. 

For information, call 438- 

7895. 

Guiding Eyes 

seeks temporary 

homes for puppies 

Guiding Eyes for the Blind is 

looking for local volunteers to 

open their hearts and homes to 

a future guide dog puppy. 

All training, support and 

veterinary expenses are provided 

free of charge. 

The next series Pre-Placement 

Puppy Classes for those interested 

will begin Thursday, Jan. 3, from 

6 to 8 p.m. at the Lisha Kill 

Reformed Church, 2131 Central 

Ave. 

For information, call 372-7300, 

e-mail DutchBucky@aol.com or 

visit www.cdc.guidingeyes.org. 

Wishing You a Happy New Year! 

Call for free market analysis 

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711 Troy-Schenectady Road 

Latham, NY 12110 

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by January 4th. 

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in the 

Wednesday, Jan. 2 

COLONIE COALITION OF 

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS 

town hall, Route 9, Newtonville, 7:15 p.m. 


OSTEOPOROSIS PREVENTION CLASS 

sponsored by Colonie Senior Service 

Centers, Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners 

Circle, 9:30 to 11 a.m. Information, 

459-2857. 

TOPS CLUB 

weight loss support group, Colonie town 

hall, Route 9, 11:45 a.m. Information 

call 465-7894, 1-800-932-8677 or visit 

www.tops.org. 

LOUDONVILLE 

ARTS AND CRAFTS 

St. Francis de Sales Church hall, 1 Maria 

Drive, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Information, 

459-2237. 

SENIOR WALKING CLUB 

meet at Colonie Center at 9 a.m. in the food 

court on the second fl oor, exercise class at 

9:45. Information, 459-2857. 

SQUARE DANCE 

sponsored by the Colonie Elks and Does 

Square Dance Club, Colonie Elks Lodge, 

Elks Lane, Latham, 8 p.m. Information, 

785-9477. 

LISHAKILL SENIORS 

1653 Central Ave., 10 a.m. 

COLONIE-GUILDERLAND 

ROTARY CLUB 

Western Turnpike Golf Course, Washington 

Avenue Extension, 12:15 p.m. Information, 

869-6417. 

HART SOCIAL CENTER 

bridge, Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners 

Circle, 1 p.m. 

HERBERT B. KUHN 

SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER 

square dancing and cards at 10, lunch 

by reservation at noon, beginners’ square 

dancing at 12:30 p.m., 2 Thunder Road. 


AA MEETING 

Newtonville Methodist Church, Route 9 and 

Maxwell Road, 6 p.m. 

Thursday, Jan. 3 

ZONING BOARD 

OF APPEALS 

Public Operations Center, 347 Old 

Niskayuna Road, 7 p.m. Information, 

783-2706. 

OSTEOPOROSIS 

PREVENTION CLASS 



Circle, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Information, 

459-2857. 

BINGO 

Blessed Virgin Mary of Czestochowa Polish 

National Catholic Church, 250 Maxwell 

Road, 7:15 p.m. Call 453-2258 for more 

information. 

TOPS CLUB 

weight loss support group, Pine Grove 

United Methodist Church, 1580 Central 

Ave., and First Presbyterian Church of 

Watervliet, 819 23rd St., 7 p.m. Information, 

456-5099 and 785-9585. 

12 STEP PROGRAM 

dealing with co-dependence and addictions, 

Our Savior’s School, 63 Mountain View 

Ave., 7 p.m. Information, 459-2248. 



tai chi and cards at 9:30 a.m., German class 

at 10, sewing at 12:30 p.m., 2 Thunder Road. 


AA MEETINGS 

St. Ambrose School Library, Old Loudon 

Road, Latham, 7:30 p.m.; Siena College, 

chaplain’s offi ce, Route 9, Loudonville, 

4:30 p.m. 

Friday, Jan. 4 


meet at Colonie Center at 8:15 a.m. in the 

food court on the second fl oor, exercise 

class at 8:45. Information, 459-2857. 

MENANDS ROTARY CLUB 

Schuyler Inn, Broadway, 12:15 p.m. 



swimming at the State University at Albany, 

bus departs from 18 Wilson Ave., 1 p.m. 

BINGO 

Zaloga American Legion Post, 4 Everett 

Road Ext., 7:30 p.m. 



exercise at 9:30 a.m., cards at 10, singing 

at 10:30, line dancing at 12:30 p.m., 2 

Thunder Road. Information, 869-7172. 

AA MEETINGS 

Pine Grove United Methodist Church, 1580 

Central Ave., 9 p.m.; Clinical Services and 

Consultation, 636 New Loudon Road, 

Latham, 7 a.m.; St. Matthew’s Episcopal 

Church, 129 Old Loudon Road, Latham, 

noon. 

AL-ANON MEETING 

Community Reformed Church, Route 155 

and Sand Creek Road, 7:30 p.m. 

Saturday, Jan. 5 

AA MEETINGS 

St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 129 Old 

Loudon Road, Latham, 7:30 p.m.; Calvary 

Methodist Church, Belle Avenue and Ridge 

Place, Latham, noon. 

Sunday, Jan. 6 

AA MEETINGS 

St Peter’s Addiction Recovery Center, 

636 New Loudon Road, Latham, 9 and 

10:30 a.m.; Calvary Methodist Church, 

Belle Avenue and Ridge Place, Latham, 8 

p.m.; Siena College, Siena Hall Room 119, 

Route 9, Loudonville, 6:30 p.m.; Bethany 

Presbyterian Church, Lyons Avenue, 

Menands, 7:30 p.m. 

AL-ANON 

PARENTS MEETING 


Central Ave., 7:30 p.m. 

Monday, Jan. 7 

MENANDS VILLAGE BOARD 

village Hall, 250 Broadway, 7:30 p.m. 


LEGAL ASSISTANCE 

FOR SENIORS 

by appointment only, Beltrone Living 

Center, 6 Winners Circle, 10 a.m. to noon. 


OSTEOPOROSIS 




Circle, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Information, 

459-2857. 

PROGRESSIVE 

LINE DANCING 

Colonie Community Center, 1653 Central 

Ave., 7 to 10 p.m., beginner and new dances, 

$6. Information, 783-9399. 

ST. FRANCIS DE SALES 

SENIOR CITIZENS 

cards, bingo, crafts and line dancing, St. 

Francis de Sales Church, 1 Maria Drive, 10 

a.m. to 3 p.m. Information, 459-4272. 

BINGO 

Colonie Elks Lodge, Elks Lane, Latham, 

7:15 p.m. 

COLONIE FIRE CO. 

AUXILIARY 

Colonie fi rehouse, 1631 Central Ave., 8 

p.m. Information, 869-8289. 



bingo and cards at 9:30 a.m., yoga and 

quilting at 10, line dancing at 12:30 p.m., 2 

Thunder Road. Information, 869-7172. 

AA MEETINGS 

St. Francis de Sales Church, 15 Exchange 

St., noon; St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 

129 Old Loudon Road, Latham, 7 p.m. 

Tuesday, Jan. 8 

PLANNING BOARD 

Public Operations Center, 347 Old Niskayuna 

Road, 7 p.m. Agenda information, 

783-1511. 

LATHAM ROTARY CLUB 

Century House, Route 9, Latham, noon. 


MENANDS ROTARY CLUB 

Corner Well Pub, 698 North Pearl St., 

Menands, 12:15 p.m. Information, 

449-8711. 

T.L.C. FOR CAREGIVERS 

for those who care for a parent or spouse, 

open to the public, Beltrone Living Center, 

6 Winners Circle, 7 p.m. Information, 

459-5051. 

LEGAL ASSISTANCE 

FOR SENIORS 

By appointment only, Beltrone Living 

Center, 6 Winners Circle, 1 to 3 p.m. 



bowling at Sunset Lanes, 1 p.m. 



exercise at 9:30 a.m., cards at 10, beginners’ 

line dancing at 12:30 p.m., 2 Thunder 

Road. Information, 869-7172. 

AA MEETINGS 


Central Ave., noon; St. Pius X Church, 

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OSTEOPOROSIS 




Circle, 9:30 to 11 a.m. Information, 

459-2857. 


meet at Colonie Center at 9 a.m. in the food 

court on the second fl oor, exercise class at 

9:45. Information, 459-2857. 

TOPS CLUB 

weight loss support group, Colonie town 

hall, Route 9, 11:45 a.m. Information call 

465-7894, 1-800-932-8677 or visit www. 

tops.org. 

LISHAKILL SENIORS 

1653 Central Ave., 10 a.m. 

COLONIE-GUILDERLAND 

ROTARY CLUB 

Western Turnpike Golf Course, Washington 

Avenue Extension, 12:15 p.m. Information, 

869-6417. 


bridge, Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners 

Circle, 1 p.m. 



square dancing and cards at 10, lunch by 

reservation at noon, beginners’ square 

dancing at 12:30 p.m., 2 Thunder Road. 


AA MEETING 

Newtonville Methodist Church, Route 9 and 

Maxwell Road, 6 p.m. 

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& eldercare. Bonded & in- 

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the pair. 269-1818. 

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First Floor. $750 per month 

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January 3 to Amy Heinze, 

Fiddler’s Lane Nursery 

School, Latham, NY 12110 

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT 

$1500 + Utilities. Chadwick 

Square - Glenmont, 2 story 

2 BR + Loft (2nd fl oor), 2- 

1/2 Bath, hardwood fl oors, 

all appliances, gas Climate 

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Sec. + References. Available 

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parking. Call 439-0600 

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assistance: bathing, dressing, 

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laundry. 9-11am, 9-10pm. 

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from wheelchair to bed. 

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w/d on site, off-street parking, 

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to Angelo Santabarbara, 

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John F. Kirvin Government 

Center, 1100 Sunrise Boulevard, 

Rotterdam, New 

York 12306 no later than 

December 7, 2007. 

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steel mill with Brizzell’s father. It 

would lead her to pursue degrees 

in sociology, hoping one day to become 

a social worker. 

“That’s how I got started out in 

life as a volunteer in the North Colonie 

School system. That’s how I 

got involved with the community,” 

said Brizzell. 

Brizzell quickly fell into a juggling 

act of volunteerism, serving 

in a political offi ce and working at 

Brizzell’s Flowers, the retail shop 

she ran with her husband. Two 

years ago, the shop was sold, along 

with a portion of the Brizzell family 

farm, and this week she left her 

post as supervisor, but she will always 

continue her volunteer work. 

And maybe some retail as well. 

She said some of the best moments 

of her career involved her 

work on planning initiatives such 

as helping to protect the Albany 

Pine Bush Preserve and the 

town’s 10-mile stretch of Mohawk 

River waterfront. She recently received 

awards for her involvement 

with both. 

In 1971, Brizzell vicariously 

entered town politics through 

her husband, Bill, who sat on the 

town’s planning board. In 1983, 

she took a seat on the zoning 

board of appeals. In less than a 

year she made her way onto the 

town board. Ten years later, Fields 

asked her to follow in his footsteps 

as supervisor. 

She remembers his parting 

sentiment: “It’s more leading by 

example than by rhetoric.” 

She ran unopposed and won 

the seat in 1995. 

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Outgoing Colonie Supervisor Mary 

Brizzell. 

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This November, longtime Republican 

rule in the town came to 

an end with a strong Democratic 

showing at the polls. Brizzell’s 

seat, as well as three vacancies 

on the town board, were fi lled 

Jan. 1 with the town’s fi rst Democrats 

since Supervisor William E. 

Lothridge was in offi ce from 1928 

to 1931. It is the fi rst Democratic 

majority in the town since its formation 

in 1895. 

“There was nothing sexy about 

this election. No one showed up to 

vote,” said Brizzell. 

Republicans are still licking 

their wounds following the defeat. 

Brizzell said she has a good idea of 

what happened. 

“The Rod and Gun Club, the 

defi cit and change for the sake of 

change,” she said. 

Leading up to elections, public 

outcry was nearly deafening when 

the town came under fi re for using 

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public money and employees to 

grade and pave the parking lot of 

the privately owned West Albany 

Rod and Gun Club. Town offi cials 

defended the action as a benefi t to 

the public. The same offi cials who 

came to the town’s defense, for the 

most part, were the ones voted out 

in November. 

That incident, coupled with a 

more than fi ve-year $8.5 million 

defi cit in the town, was the last 

straw for many voters. 

Brizzell said she hopes the party 

shift will serve the best interests 

of the town. 

In her last board meeting Thursday, 

Dec. 20, Brizzell thanked the 

public for her six, two-year terms 

as supervisor. 

In return, outgoing board members 

Kevin Bronner and Ulderic 

Boisvert, Deputy Town Supervisor 

Frank Mauriello and others 

thanked Brizzell for her leadership. 

Mauriello thanked her for naming 

him her deputy and for her 

commitment to dozens of town initiatives 

including The Crossings 

of Colonie park and the 2005 townwide 

comprehensive plan. 

“It gives me a lot of satisfaction 

because I was part of a lot of 

enhancements to the town,” said 

Mauriello. 

Following those sentiments, 

Brizzell gave a fi nal thanks and 

farewell. 

“When I took offi ce in 1996, 

I promised to leave this town a 

little better than I found it. I have 

conducted myself with the utmost 

integrity and sincerity … and for 

the last time. The meeting is adjourned,” 

said a teary-eyed Brizzell. 

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Rescued dogs 

draw a crowd 

First of 28 

Chihuahuas are 

quickly adopted 



Hopeful adopters began lining 

up outside the Mohawk 

Hudson River Humane Society 

shortly after 7 a.m. Friday, Dec. 

28, to get their hands on one of 

seven Chihuahuas. 

The Menands humane society 

announced shortly after 

noon on Thursday, Dec. 24, that 

it would be putting seven of the 

28 dogs seized from a Coeymans 

home in November up for 

adoption. After the defendant in 

the animal cruelty case failed to 

post bond, the cost incurred by 

the shelter to care for the dogs 

for one month, the Chihuahuas 

became available for adoption. 

Humane society staff was 

fearful that the case would become 

tied up in the courts and 

cost them tens of thousands in 

dollars. The price is still steep, 

estimated at $22,000 to care for 

the dogs so far, but over the 

coming New Year, staff is hopeful 

the dogs will be adopted. 

“The seven dogs we had 

available for adoption are all 

gone. They’ve all been adopted. 

There were 45 other people who 

wanted to adopt,” said MHRHS 

Executive Director Brad Shear. 

Shear is confi dent that the 

remaining 21 dogs will be rescued 

judging by the turnout on 

Friday. Although the shelter 

won’t be doing a large one-time 

donation like it did, there will 

be other smaller donations at 

two to three dogs at a time in 

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than 5-acre landfi ll extension, 

but for now the town is hoping to 

make the most of its purchase. 

“Honestly, we weren’t looking 

at that (razing the properties) initially. 

We wanted to be compatible 

with our neighbors. If they made 

it all offi ce space (when the properties 

went on the market) that 

wouldn’t be good for me,” said Joe 

Stockbridge, Colonie environmental 

services director. 

Being a landfi ll, there are times 

when the site doesn’t make a good 

neighbor, he said. There is noise 

and sometimes odors, he said. 

The intent was to purchase the 

buildings to help serve as a buffer 

to the landfi ll’s daily operations, as 

well as make available space for 

other town operations. 

Several tenants remain at the 

offi ce building, including construction 

contractors and legal offi 

ces. The town hopes to move its 

public records offi ce into one of 

the three 15,000-square-foot buildings 

that make up 12 Arrowhead 

Lane. The other two buildings, 

as well as space at 4 Arrowhead 

Lane, will be leased out. 

Town offi cials have said that it 

the near future, he said. In the 

meantime, the remaining Chihuahuas 

will go to foster homes 

where they can receive further 

medical treatment and become 

acclimated to human contact, 

said Shear. 

The turnout on Friday didn’t 

surprise him, he said. The November 

seizure got a lot of 

media attention and the word 

spread quickly that the dogs as 

young as a couple of weeks to a 

few years old, would be up for 

adoption. 

“We were looking online on 

the humane society Web sites 

and found the notice that rescue 

puppies would be up for 

adoption,” said John Arellano, 

23, of Glenville. 

Arellano and his family arrived 

at the shelter at 9:30 a.m., 

an hour before the dogs were 

up for selection. He sat with 

his adoption papers in hand, a 

number, and his half Chihuahua, 

half miniature pinscher, 

Piquito. 

Arellano had been keeping 

a close eye on the happenings 

with the rescued Chihuahuas 

as he has been looking to add a 

dog to the family, he said. 

The shelter used a lottery 

system to match dogs with a 

new family. More than 50 people 

arrived, and only 20 were 

given numbers to adopt one 

of the seven dogs. Arellano 

said he had also expected the 

large turnout. A lot of people 

like small dogs, he said, and 

the thought of rescuing one 

makes the adoption that much 

sweeter. 

“A rescue is better than a 

dog from a store or a breeder 

because this way you are saving 

a life,” he said. 

makes fi nancial sense to lease the 

properties rather than let them 

stand vacant. 

“It’s enough to make it worthwhile 

to lease. We are not planning 

to break ground tomorrow on a 

landfi ll expansion. But you don’t 

want to be in the situation where 

you don’t have a plan to go. It’s just 

planning ahead,” said Town Attorney 

Arnis Zilgme. 

Contractors are nearing completion 

on the landfi ll’s sixth and 

fi nal phase under its current permit. 

The more than 8-acre site 

will carry landfi ll operations into 

2020. As work has continued on 

the phase, the town has been buying 

any properties that go on the 

market on Arrowhead Lane with 

the hopes of some day expanding 

landfi ll operation past 2020. 

The town is also hoping to 

avoid the same predicament the 

city of Albany will soon fi nd itself 

in; without landfi ll, said Zilgme. 

Town offi cials have said that 

the landfi ll is too big a part of the 

town’s revenue stream and too 

costly of an investment to lose. 

The millions in dollars it generates 

through municipal contracts and 

the addition of a methane-to-electricity 

generating plant is money 

the town can’t go without. 

The rental agreements have 

yet to be drawn up but most likely 

would include extended agreements. 

Perhaps after fi ve to 10 

years, the properties will then 

go up for annual leases when the 

time nears to consider expanding 

the landfi ll, said Zilgme.


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LEGAL NOTICE 

Notice of Formation of Brar 

Restaurants, LLC Arts. Of 

Org. fi led with NY Secy. Of 

State (SSNY) on 11/13/07. 

Offi ce location: Albany County. 

SSNY is designated agent 

of LLC upon whom process 

may be served. SSNY shall 

mail process to 11 Rafaillo 

Drive, Latham, NY 12110. 

Purpose: any lawful activity. 

LC-17642 

(January 2, 2008)) 

LEGAL NOTICE 

Notice of Formation of an 

LLC: 2105 Central Avenue, 

LLC 

Articles of Organization were 

fi led with the Secretary of 

State of New York (SSNY) 

on September 18, 2007. 

Offi ce location is in Albany 

County. The SSNY has been 

designated as agent of the 

LLC, upon whom process 

against it may be served, 

SSNY shall mail a copy of 

Process to the LLC, at 2105 

Central Avenue, Colonie, 

NY 12304. Purpose: for any 

lawful purpose. 

LC-17662 

(January 2, 2008)) 

LEGAL NOTICE 

NOTICE OF FORMATION 

OF A DOMESTIC LIMIT- 

ED LIABILITY COMPANY 

(LLC). 

Name of LLC is 1 APOLLO 

LLC. Articles of Organization 

of LLC were fi led with NY 

Secretary of State, under 

Section 203 of Limited Liability 

Law of State of New 

York, November 20, 2007. 

Purpose of LLC is to engage 

in any lawful act or activity. 

Offi ce of LLC is located in 

Albany County. Secretary 

of State designated as agent 

upon whom process against 

LLC may be served. Address 

to which Secretary 

of State shall mail copy of 

process is 6 Dorsman Drive, 

Latham, New York 12110. 

LC-17673 

(January 2, 2008)) 

LEGAL NOTICE 




(LLC). 

Name of LLC is JMC OF 

ALBANY, LLC. Articles of 

Organization of LLC were 

filed with NY Secretary of 

State, under Section 203 

of Limited Liability Law of 

State of New York, December 

7, 2007. Purpose of 

LLC is to engage in any 

lawful act or activity. Offi ce 

of LLC is located in Albany 

County. Secretary of State 

designated as agent upon 

whom process against LLC 

may be served. Address 

to which Secretary of State 

shall mail copy of process is 

9 Walker Way, Albany, New 

York 12205. 

LC-17784 

(January 2, 2008)) 

LEGAL NOTICE 




(LLC). 

Name of LLC is RAD OF 

ALBANY, LLC. Articles of 

Organization of LLC were 

filed with NY Secretary of 

State, under Section 203 of 

Limited Liability Law of State 

of New York, December 7, 

2007. Purpose of LLC is 

to engage in any lawful act 

or activity. Offi ce of LLC is 

located in Albany County. 

Secretary of State designated 

as agent upon whom 

process against LLC may be 

served. Address to which 

Secretary of State shall mail 

copy of process is 7 Washington 

Square, Albany, New 

York 12205. 

LC-17785 

(January 2, 2008)) 

LEGAL NOTICE 


OF A LIMITED PARTNER- 

SHIP (L.P.) 

Name of the L.P. is TBC IN- 

VESTORS, L.P. Certifi cate 

of Limited Partnership of 

L.P. fi led with NY Secretary 

of State, under Section 121- 

201 of Revised Limited Partnership 

Act, on December 

10, 2007. Purpose of L.P. 

- to engage in any lawful 

act or activity. Offi ce of L.P. 

- to be located in Albany 

County. Secretary of State 

designated as agent of L.P. 


L.P. may be served. Address 

to which Secretary of 

State shall mail copy of any 

process against L.P. is 7 

Washington Square, Albany, 

New York 12205. 

LC-17786 

(January 2, 2008)) 

LEGAL NOTICE 

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION 

46-48 Railroad Avenue, 

LLC 

(ALLC@) was fi led with the 

Sec. of State 

of NY (ASSNY@) on December 

4, 2007 

Office Location: Albany 

County. 

SSNY has been designated 

as agent 


the LLC 

may be served. SSNY shall 

mail a copy 

of any process to: 46-48 

Railroad Avenue, LLC 

c/o Richard M. White, Esq., 

18 Corporate Woods Blvd. 

Albany, New York 12211 

Purpose: Any lawful business 

purpose. 

LC-17796 

(January 2, 2008)) 

LEGAL NOTICE 

Notice of Formation of The 

Structure4 Companies, LLC. 

Articles of Organization fi led 

with the 

NY Dept. of State on 5/08/07. 

Office location: 11 Arch 

Street, Watervliet, New York 

12189, 

Albany County. NY Secretary 

of State has been designated 

as agent of LLC for 

service of 

process. NY Secretary of 

State shall mail process to: 

11 Arch Street, Watervliet, 

New York 

12189. Purpose: Any lawful 

activity. 

LC-17817 

(January 2, 2008)) 

LEGAL NOTICE 

Notice of Formation of I 2 M 

Construction, LLC. Articles 

of Organization fi led with the 

NY Dept. of State on 9/20/04. 

Offi ce Location: 25 Shaker 

bay road, Latham, new York 

12110, Albany County. NY 

Secretary of State has been 

designated as agent of LLC 

for service of process. NY 

Secretary of State shall mail 

process to: 25 Shaker Bay 

road, Latham, New York 

12110. Purpose: Any lawful 

activity. 

LC-17820 

(January 2, 2008)) 

LEGAL NOTICE 

TOWN PLANNING BOARD 

TOWN OF COLONIE 

ALBANY COUNTY - NEW 

YORK 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 

THAT PURSUANT TO Section 

276 of Town Law, the 

Town Planning Board of the 

Town of Colonie, Albany 

County, New York will meet 

and conduct a Public Hearing 

at the Public Operations 

Center, 347 Old Niskayuna 

Road, Latham, in said Town 

of Colonie, County of Albany, 

New York on the 8th 

day of January, 2008 at 

7:05 P.M. for the purpose 

of hearing all persons upon 

the approval, modification 

or disapproval of a certain 

residential subdivision plat in 

the Town of Colonie, County 

of Albany known as Shaker 

Bay Phase III, consisting of 

approximately 20.65 acres of 

land located at 25A Shaker 

Bay Road to be divided into 

six lots. 

DATED: January 2, 2008 

Latham, New York 

TOWN OF COLONIE PLAN- 

NING BOARD 

LC-17844 

(January 2, 2008)) 

LEGAL NOTICE 

State Environmental Quality 

Review 

Notice of Completion of Draft 

Supplemental GEIS and 

Notice of SEQR Hearing 

Lead Agency: Town of 

Colonie Planning Board man 

Public Operations Center Thomas F. With, Council- 

347 Old Niskayuna Road man 

Latham, New York ABSENT: NONE 

12110 Date: Decem- In the Matter 

ber 11, 2007 

of 

This notice is issued pur- The Establishment of Extensuant 

to Part 617 of the sion No. 156 to the Latham 

implementing regulations Water District in the Town 

pertaining to Article 8 (State of Colonie, County of Albany, 

Environmental Quality Re- State of New York, pursuant 

view Act) of the Environmen- to Article I 2A of the 

tal Conservation Law. Town Law of the State of 

A Draft Supplemental Ge- New York and Chapter 633 

neric Environmental Impact of the Laws of 1965. 

Statement has been com- WHEREAS, a map, plan and 

pleted and accepted for the report have been prepared 

proposed action described in such manner and in such 

below. Comments on the detail as has heretofore 

Draft EIS are requested and been determined by the 

will be accepted by the con- Town Board of the Town 

tact person until February of Colonie, relating to the 

1, 2008. A public hearing establishment of Extension 

on the Draft EIS will be held No. 156 to the Latham Water 

at 7:05 PM on January 22, District, in the Town of Colo- 

2008 at the Town of Colonie nie, County of Albany, State 

Public Operations Center, of New York; and 

347 Old Niskayuna Road, WHEREAS, such map, plan 

Latham, New York. and report have been duly 

Name of Action: Can- fi led in the Town Clerk’s ofterbury 

Crossing Planned fi ce in said Town; and 

Development District WHEREAS, said map, plan 

Location: 1035 Loudon and report was prepared by 

Road, Town of Colonie, Al- C. T. Male Associates, P.C., 

bany County 

competent engineers, duly 

Description of Action: licensed by the State of New 

York, showing boundaries 

Proposed rezoning from of the proposed extension 

Single-Family Residential areas, ‘A” through “H”, gen- 

to Planned Development eral plan of each extension 

District, and development of and a report showing the 

78 single family lots, 42 car- costs thereof and method of 

riage homes, 152 multi-fam- operation; and 

ily condominium units, 100 WHEREAS, said map shows 

multi-family senior citizen all facilities, including mains, 

units, 30,000 sq. ft. office hydrants and the necessary 

space, and 6,000 sq. ft. retail valves and fi ttings, together 

space. 

with the location and the 

SEQR Classifi cation: Type general description of all 

I 

public works required includ- 

Potential Environmental Iming lands and easements to 

pacts: 

be acquired; and 

The proposed project site 

is located within the Boght WHEREAS, the boundaries 

Road / Columbia Street of the proposed extension 

Area GEIS study area. The areas, “A” through “H”, are 

Draft Supplemental GEIS as described in Schedule “A” 

was prepared to address annexed hereto; and 

potential signifi cant adverse 

environmental impacts with WHEREAS, the improve- 

respect to water (impacts ments proposed consist of 

on freshwater wetlands), the construction and ac- 

aesthetic resources, historic quisition of an extension to 

and archeological resources, the Latham Water District to 

transportation, and public serve the areas described 

health that were not ad- heretofore, including water 

equately addressed in the mains, hydrants and includ- 

GEIS. 

ing all appurtenances and 

A copy of the Draft EIS may incidental equipment, and 

be obtained from: 

including the purchase of 

Planning and Economic De- necessary lands and rights of 

velopment Department way therefor, in accordance 

(contact person: Kevin De- with the map, plan and report 

Laughter, Senior Planner) now on fi le in the Offi ce of the 

347 Old Niskayuna Road Town Clerk of the said Town 

Phone No.: (518) 783- of Colonie; and 

2741 

Available on the Web at WHEREAS, the maximum 

www.colonie.org/pedd, un- amount proposed to be exder 

Planning Initiatives and pended for said improve- 

Reports 

ments and/or acquisition of 

LC-17845 

necessary lands is the sum 

(January 2, 2008)) 

of Eight Thousand Seven 

Hundred 00/100 ($8,760.00) 

Sixty Dollars; and 

LEGAL NOTICE 

WHEREAS, the annual cost 

Notice of Formation of a for a one family home for all 

Domestic Limited Liability charges including hookup 

Company (LLC) 

charges will be not more 

The name of the LLC is than $325.00, and for a two 

S.C.F., LLC. The Articles of family home will be $400.00 

Organization were fi led with for the fi rst year. 

the NY Secretary of State WHEREAS, said map, plan 

on December 18, 2007. The and report describing said 

purpose of the LLC is to improvements are on fi le in 

engage in any lawful act or the Town Clerk’s Offi ce, for 

activity. The offi ce of the LLC public inspection. 

is to be located in Albany Councilman Ulderic J. Bois- 

County. The Secretary of vert, it is hereby 

State is designated as the ORDERED, that the Town 

agent of the LLC upon whom Board of the Town of Colo- 

process against the LLC may nie, shall meet and hold a 

be served. The address of public hearing at the Town 

which the Secretary of State Hall, Newtonville, New York, 

shall mail a copy of any pro- in said Town, on the 17th day 

cess against the LLC is its of January, 2008 at 8:05 pm., 

principle business location local time, to consider said 

of 22 Gadsen Court, Albany, map, plan and report and to 

New York 12205. 

hear all persons interested 

LC-17850 

in the subject thereof as 

(January 2, 2008)) 

is required or authorized 

by law. 

The adoption of the forego- 

LEGAL NOTICE ing order was duly put to a 

vote, and upon roll call, the 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEAR- vote was as follows: 

ING 

AYES: ALL 

3313-CE 

NOES: NONE 

156th Extension 

DATED: December 6, 2007 

At a Meeting of the Town VERIFICATION OF TOWN 

Board of the Town of Colo- CLERK 

nie, held at the Town Hall in STATE OF NEW YORK 

the Town of Colonie, County )SS. 

of Albany, New York on the COUNTY OF ALBANY 

6th day of December, 2007. I, the undersigned Clerk 

PRESENT: Mary E. of the Town of Colonie, Al- 

Brizzell, Supervisor bany County, New York, DO 

Frank A. Mauriello, Deputy HEREBY 

Supervisor 

CERTIFY: 

J. Brian Hogan, Council- That I have compared the 

man 

foregoing copy of the min- 

Nicole Criscione-Szesnat, utes of the meeting of the 

Councilwoman 

Town Board of said Town, 

Ulderic J. Boisvert, Council- including the resolution conmantained 

therein, held on the 

Kevin M. Bronner, Council- 6th day of December, 2007, 

with the original thereof on Southwest and land~ of 

fi le in my offi ce, and that the said 

same is a true and correct Archmont, Inc. on the North- 

copy of said original and of east; thence along the last 

the whole of said original so mentioned division line the 

far as the same relates to CT. MALE ASSOCIATES, 

the subject matters therein P.C. 

referred to. 

DESCRIPTION 

I, FURTHER CERTIFY, that LATHAM WATER DISTRICall 

members of said Board TEXTENSIONNO. 

had due notice of said meet- Northeast; thenc~ along 

ing and that, pursuant to the last mentioned division 

§94 of the Public Officers line the following two (2) 

Law (Open Meeting Law), cou~ses: 

said meeting was open to 1) South 48 deg. 04 ~n. 17 

the general public and that I sec. East 256.60 feet to a 

duly caused a public notice point; and 2) South 61 de~, 

of the time and place of said 45 ~n. ~ sec. Past 90.35 feet 

meeting to be given to the to its point of intersection with 

following newspapers and/or the division line between~ 

news media as follows: said Lot 12 Solomon Court 

Newspapers and/or other on the Northwest and lands 

News Media D a t e of said Archmont, Inc. on the 

Given 

SOuth~ast; thence South 30 

Colonie Spotlight January deg. 55 mm. 28 sec. West 

2, 2007 

along the last mentioned 

division l~e 100.00 feet to 

and that further notice of its point of intersection with 

the time and place of such the division line between Lot 

meeting was given to the 14 Solomdp Court, Arch- 

public by posting such notice mont Knolls - Phase 4 on 

in the following places on the South and lands of said 

the following dates and by Archmont, Inc. on tile North; 

giving such other notice as thence South 75 deg. 41 

follows: 

mm. 29 sec. East along the 

Location of Other last mentioned division l4e 

method of 

175.24 feet to its point of 

posted notice giving intersection with the division 

notice Date Given line between Lot 16 Solomo~ 

Town Clerk’s 

Co~t, 4rc~ont Knolls - Phase 

January 2, 2007 

4 on the West and lands of 

Bulletin Board 

said Arch~ont, Inc. on ~he 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I East; thence along said divi- 

have hereunto set my hand sion line the following two (2) 

and affi xed the seal of said courses: 1) South 09 degL 06 

Town this 6th day of Decem- thin. 28 sec. East 133.96 feet 

ber, 2007. 

to a point; and 2) South 17 

Elizabeth DelTorto 

deg. 05 mmn. 54 sec. West 

Town Clerk 

191.O4 fee~ to its point of 

SEAL: 

intersection with the division 

G\Clients\Latham Water line between Lot 13 Solomon 

D,atrict . 42\072 - 3313 .CE\ Court, kc~ont Knolls - Phase 

NOP for agenda for 12 06 4 on the Northwest and lands 

07wpd 

of said Archmont, Inc. on the 

SCHEDULE “A” 

S~utheast; thence South 32 

C.T. MALE ASSOCIATES, deg. 11 nun. 57 sec. West 

P.C. 


Schedule A 

division line 198.74 feet to 

DESCRIPTION 

its point of intersection with 

LATHAM WATER DISTRICT the division line between Lot 

EXTENSION NO. - - 48 Verdu~n Street, Arc~ont 

ARCHMONT KNOLLS - Knolls - Phase 4 on the West 

PHASE 4 

and lands of said Arcl~ont, 

TOWN OF COLONIE, Inc. on ~he East; thence 

COUNTY OF ALBANY, South 05 deg. 27 ~n. 00 sec. 

STATE OF NEW YORk West along the last men- 

All that certain tract, piece or tioned division l~e 189J96 

parcel of land situate in the feet to its point of intersection 

Town of Colo~nie, County of with the division line between 

Albany, State of New York, Lot 51 Verdi.~n StreEt, Arch- 

lying gener~y Southeast of mont Knolls - Phase 4 on 

Archmo~t Knolls Phase 3 the Northwest and lands of 

as shown on a map entitled said Archmont, Inb. on the 

“Final Subdivision Plan Arch- Southeast; thence South 28 

mont Knolls Phase 4 Haswell deg. 00 ~n. 21 sec. West 

Road & Northern Boulevard along the last mentioned 

Archmont, Inc. c/o Elio Mi- division 

cheli,” ‘Town of Colorde, C.T. MALE ASSOCIATES, 

County of Albany, State of P.C. 

New York, prepared by CT. DESCRIPTION 

Male Assocites~ P.C., dated LATHAM WATER DISTRICT 

November 14, 2001, last re- EXTENSION NO. _____ 

vised April 15, 2002 and fi led PACE -3 

in the Albany Co4nty line 223,74 feet to its point of 

Clerk’s Offi ce on as Map intersection with the division 

No. and being more line between said Lot 51 Ver- 

paiticularly 

dun Street on the North and 

bounded and described as lands of said Archmont, Inc. 

follows: 

on the South; the~ce South 

BEGINNING at a point 89 deg. 39 mm. 31 sec. West 

on the Northeasterly road along the last mentioned 

boundary of Mame Street division line 81.45 feet to~ 

at~ its point of intersection its point of intersection with 

~th the division line be- the division line between Lot 

tween Lot 38 Marne Street, 4 Fort Vaux Lane, Archmon~ 

~c~ont~ Knol~s -Phase 4 KnOlls -Phase 4 on the West 

on the Southeast and Lot 36 and lands of said Archmont, 

Mane Street, ~c~ont Knolls Inc. on the East; thence 

- Phase 3 on the 

South 08~deg. 19 mm. 07 

Northwest and runs thence sec. East along the last 

from said point of begin- mentioned division line 200± 

ning along said division lihe feet to the cenfer o~ the Dry 

Nqrth 

River; thence Southwesterly 

63 deg. 31 mm. 45 sec. East along the centerline of the 

256.00± feet to its point of in- Dry River as it w~nds and 

tersection with the~ existing turns 168± feet to its point of 

Latham Water District Exten- intersection with the division 

sion No. 25 on the North- line between said Lot 4 Eort 

east; thence Southeasterly~ Vaux Lane on the North- 

though 

east and lands of said Arch. 

Lot 7 Northern Boulevard, mont, Inc. on the Southwe~t; 

Archmont Knolls - Phase 4 th~nce North 48 deg. 24 mfn. 

the road bed of Thorthern 01 sec. West along the last 

Boulevard and Lot 8 North- mentioned division line 419± 

ern Boulevard, Archmont ~eet to its point of intersec- 

Knolls - Phase 4 along the tion with the division line 

Southwesterly boundary of between said Lot 4 Fort Vaux 

Latham Water District Ex- Lar~e on the Southeast and 

tension No. 25, a distance lands of said Arc~ont, Inc. on 

of 871± 

the Northwest; thence North 

feet to its point of intersection 40’ deg. 16 mm. 30 sec. East 

with the division line between along the last mentioned 

~id Lot 8 ~orthern 


Boulevard on the Northwest its ~point of intersection with 

and lands now or formerly of the division )ine between 

Archmont, Inc. on the said Lot 4 Fort Vaux Lane 

on the Northeast and lands 

Southeast; thence of said ~c~ont, Inc. .on the 

South 26 deg. 51 ~n. 53 Southwest; thence North 52 

sec. West along the last deg. 02 mi~. 17 sec. West 

menhoned~division along the last mentioned 

line 155± feet to its point of division line 178.53 feet to its 

intersection with the divi- point of intersecdon with the 

sion line between Lots 6, Southeasterly road boundary 

~, 10 and 

of Fort Vaux Lane; thence 

12 Solomon Court, ~c~ont along said Sout~easterly 

Knolls - Phase 4 on the road boundary South 45 deg. 

50 mmn. 43 sec. West 11.77 

feet to its point of intersection 

with the division line 

between the Southwesterly 

terminus of Fort Vaux Lang 


of said Archmont, Inc. on the 

Southwest; thence North 4-4 

deg. 09 mm. 18 sec. West 



its point tf 

CT. MALE ASSOCIATES, 

P.C. 

DESCRIPTION 

L4THAM WATER DISTRICT 

EXTENSION NO. 

PACE-4 

intersection witI~ the division 

line between Lots 41, 39, 37, 

35 and 33 Verdun ~tre~t the 

Southwesterly terminus of 

Champagne Court and Lots 

31 and 29 Verdufr~ Street, 

Archntont Knolls - Phase 4 


of said Archmont Ir~. ott the 

Southwest the following fi ve 

(5) courses: 1) North 57 deg. 

38 mm. 22 sec. West 125.74 

feet to a point; 2~ North 66 

deg. 14 mm. 57 sec. West 

267.83 feet to a point; 3) 

~orth 57 deg. 26 mm. 05 sec. 

West 220.18 feet to a point; 

4) North 33 deg. 27 mm. 37 

dec. West 140.51 feet to a 

point; and 5) North 63 deg. 

47 min. 38 sec. West 66.40 

feet to it~ point of intersection 

with th.e division line 

between said tot 29 Verdun 

Street on the qoutheast and 

lands now !or formerly of 

the Town of Colonie on the 

Northwest; thence $Jorth 28 

deg. 04 nuin. 08 sec. East 



it~ point of intersection with 

th~9 division line between 

said Lot 29 Verdun Street 

on the SHutheast and Lot 

27 Verdun St1~eet, Archmont 

Knolls - Phase 3 on 

the Northwest, also masking 

the Southeasterly limits 

of existing Latham Water 

District Extension No. 14~ 

thence North 51 deg. 09 

mm. 02 sec. East along the 

last mentioned division line 

153.84~feet to a point on the 

Southwesterly road boundary 

of Verdun Street; thence 

alc~ng said Southwesterly 

road boundary and along the 

Southwesterly limits of existing~ 

Latham Water District 

Extension No. 149 South 4-4 

deg. 26 mm. 29 sec. East 

37.09 feet to’ a point; thence 

through and across Verdun 

Street and along the division 

line betwee~ Lot ~0 Verdun 

Street, Archmont Knolls - 

Phase 4 on the Southeast 

and Lot 28 Verdun Street, 

Archxnont Knolls - Phase 

3 on-the Northwest and 

along the Southeasterly limits 


District Extension No. 149 

North 45 deg. 33 mm. 31 

sec. East 

C.T. MALE ASSOCIATES, 

P.C. 

DESCRIPTION 

L.ATHAM WATER DISTRICT 

EXTENSION NO. ____ 

PACE-s 


intersection with the division 

line between lands nOw 

or formerly of the Town of 

Colonie (existing stormwater 

detention basin) on the 

~’Jortheast and Lots 28, 26, 

24 and 22 Verdun Street, 

Archmont Knolls - Phase 3 

on the S~iuthwest and marking 

the Northeasterly limits 


District ExteIfi siori No. 149 

the following two (2) courses: 

1) North 44 deg. 26 mm. 29 

sec. West 300.0(j) feet to a 

point; and 2) North 57 deg. 

33 mm. 55 sec. West 80.79 

feet to its point of intersethon 

with the division line 

between the lands of said 

Town of Colonie (stormwater 

~ieter~tion basin) on the 

Southeast and Lots 6, 4 and 

2 Cambrai Drive, Archrnont 

Knolls ~- Ph~se 3 on the 

Northwest and marking the 

Southeaste±ly limits of existing 

Lathahi Water District 

Extension No. 149 North 51 

deg. 51 atm. 10 sec. East 

272.19 feet to a~point on the 

Southwesterly road boundary 

of Marne Street and 

marking the Northeaste~ly 

limits of existing Latham 

Water District Extension 

No. 149; thence along said 

Soutilwesterly road boundary 

of Marr~e Street in a 

Northwesterly direction along 

a curve to the right 

having a radiu~ of 480.00 

feet, an arc len~h of 156.39 

feet and a chord bearing of 

North



36 deg. 44 ~. 35 sec. West 


intersection with the Southeasterly 



No. 149; thence through 

ar~d across Marne Street 

and along said Southeasterly 


Water District Extension No. 

149 North 62 deg. 35 mm, 

26 sec. East 50.00 feet to 

a poin~ on th’e Northeasterly 

road boundary of Marne 

Street; thence along said 

Northeastdrly road boundary 

of Marne Street and marking 

the Northeasterly limits 

of existing’ Lathajrn Water 


the following two (2) courses: 

1) in a North~esteriy 


P.C. 

C ESCRIPTI ON 

LATHAM WATER DISTRICT 

EXTENSION NO. _____ 

PACE-6 

the right having a radius of 

430.00 feet; ark arc length of 

19.39 feet and North 26 deg. 

07 mm. 04 sec. West 19.39 

feet to a point of reverse 

a chord ~earing of 

curvatur~ an,d 2) 

continuing in a Northwesterly 

direction along a curve to 

the left having a radius of 

1,050.00 feet, am arc length 

of 30.15 feet and a chord 

bearing of North 25 deg. 

3~ min. 54 sec. West 30.14 

feet to the point or place of 

beginning. 

May 6, 2002 

Revised August 5, 2004 

WJN/cc/wjn/kl 

CT. MAL 

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C. 

L;:~, ~ 

CT. Male Project No. 

Q~O.6442 

Xin Thou; P.E. 

16 Cavalier Way 

Latham,N.Y. 12110 

MRD/Bouchard-EngWater 

Sthedule B 

ENG~EER’S ~PORT 

: -, ~ - 

BOUCHARD SUBDIVI- 

SION /Y ~ ‘~, 

~ ~ 

EXPANSION OF 

WATER DISTRIBUTION 

SYSTEM 

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Town of Colonie 

Albany County, NY 

March 28, 2006 

February 14, 2005 

Revised February 8, 2006 

SITE LOCATION MAP 1” 

= 2000 


SION 

WATER IMPROVEMENT 

SDO4 -009 - 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Page 

1. Project Summary 

1 

2. Location 

3. Zoning 

4. Topography and Soil 

1 

5. Water Demand .2 

6. Water Distribution System 

2 

7. Fire Protection 3 

8. Wastewater Collection 

and Treatment 3 

9. Financing 3 

10. Estimate of Cost 4 

Owner & Developer: Melissa 

C. Bouchard 243 Boght 

Road 

Watervliet, NY 

12189 

Attorney: Michael 

G. Bouchard 

4 Atrium Dr. Suite 

250 

Executive Woods 

Albany, N.Y. 

12205 


SION 

EXPANSION OF WATER 

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM 

TOWN OF COLONIE, AL- 

BANY COUTY, NEW YORK 

1. PROJECT SUMMARY 

Bouchard Subdivision Water 

Improvement is being 

proposed to provide water 

services for three (3) single 

family homes to be constructed 

along the proposed 

extension of Town Highway 

known as Misty Morning 

Lane. There currently is one 

(1) single family home that is 

tied into the water line along 

boght road. 

The work will involve the installation 

of 300 L.F. of 8-inch 

diameter ductile iron pipe, 

I fi re hydrant with a 6-inch 

gate valve, 1 8-inch by 8-inch 

by 6-inch Tee, 2 8-inch gate 

valve and will also include 

all the necessary testing, 

cleanup and restoration of 

the existing site status. 

2. LOCATION 

The proposed Bouchard 

Subdivision Water Improvement 

area is located east 

of Boght.Road and South 

of Fielding Lane, as shown 

on the enclosed site location 

map. 

3. ZONING 

The proposed Bouchard 

Subdivision lies in an area 

presently zoned A-2 Residential. 

4. TOPOGRAPHY AND 

SOIL 

The Water Improvement 

area slopes gently to the 

south and east across the 

entire parcel, and the soil is 

mostly clay. 

5. WATER DEMAND 

Projected Population: 

3 homes @3.6 Capita/ 

Home = 10.8 

People 

Water Demand: 

10.8 people x 100 GPD 

= 1,080 GPD 

Peak Daily Flow = 2 x 

1,080 = 2,160 

GPD 

The Latham Water District 

has a pemtitted raw water 

supply from the following 

sources: 

31.5 MOD from the 

Mohawk River 

6 MOD from the Stoney 

Creek Reservoir 

7 MCD from the Mohawk 

View Well Complex 

Therefore, the Town has 

permission to supply up to a 

total of 28 MOD of water. 

The water treatment plant 

has a capacity of 30 MOD 

and the average daily fl ow 

for 2005 was 10.7 MOD and 

maximum daily demands of 

20.4 MOD. 

The proposed project has 

an average daily demand of 

1,080 GPD which is negligible 

to the overall water supply 

system. The Bouchard 

Subdivision service area 

currently has a projected 

population oflO.8 people. 

This proposed expansion 

will conclude the water supply 

demand of this service 

area. 

6. WATER DISTRIBUTION 

SYSTEM 

The proposed subdivision 

lies partially within the 

Latham Water District and 

water services will be provided 

to the area by the proposed 

8-inch diameter water 

main along Misty Morning 

Lane, a Town Highway. 

The construction will consist 

of the installation of 300 L.F. 

of 8-inch diameter ductile 

iron pipe, 1 fi re hydrant with a 

6-inch gate valve, 1 8-inch by 

8-inch by 6-inch tee, 2 8-inch 

gate valve and other appurtenances 

as necessary. Also, 

approximately 65 L.F. of %inch 

copper service line, 3 

curbstops and 3 corporations 

are to be installed. 

This water distribution system 

has a total project cost 

of$ 9,785.75, which will be 

borne entirely by the developer. 

7. FIRE PROTECTION 

One (1) fi re hydrant will be 

installed within this proposed 

subdivision and will 

be ~apab1e 

of providing suffi cient quantities 

of water to meet the 

standards of the National 

Board of Fire 

Underwriters, as indicated 

on the enclosed static and 

residual pressure analysis. 

Also, the 

System Analysis shows the 

proposed system meets the 

Insurance Services Office 

(ISO) Fire 

Flow Requirements. 

8. WASTEWATER COL- 

LECTION AND TREAT- 

MENT 

The sanitary sewer wastes 

generated in the proposed 

sewer area will fl ow by gravity 

into the existing 8-inch 

Town of Colonie Pure Waters 

Department Sewer Line located 

in Fielding Lane which 

fl ows to the Hudson River interceptor 

and Albany County 

North Treatment Plant. 

9. FINANC~G - 

The attached estimate refl 

ects the cost of the project 

which will be entirely borne 

by; the developer. Once 

constructed, the installation 

will be turned over to the 

Town of Colonie. 

Prepared by Sang Y. Kim, 

P.L.S 

ESTIMATE OF COST 

BOUCHARD SUBDIVISION 

SDO4 - 009 

WATER DISTRIBUTION 

SYSTEM 

TOWN OF COLONIE, ALBA- 

NY COUNTY, NEW YORK 

1. 8” Diameter Ductile Iron 

Pipe 

300 L.F. @ $I3.OOIL.F. 

$3,900.00 

2. Hydrant with Gate Valve 

1 @$ 1,200.00 each 

1,200.00 

3. 8” Gate Valves 

2 @ $500.00 each 

1,000.00 

5. Connection to Existing 

Water Main 

1 Connection @ $600.00 

each 600.00 

6. _-inch Copper Service 

Line 

65 L.F. @ $4.50/L.F. 

292.50 

7. _-inch Curbstops 

3 @ $40.00 each 

120.00 

8. _-inch Corporations 

3 @ $45.00 each 

135.00 

9. Pipe Zone Backfi ll with 

Compaction 

30 C.Y. @ $6.00/C.Y. 

. 180.00 

10. Crushed Stone 

Bedding 

lUCY. @ $10.00/ 

C.Y. 100.00 

TOTAL CONSTRUCTION 

$7,527.50 

Contingency 10% of Subtotal 

$ 752.75 

Technical Services 20% of 

Cost $1,505.50 

TOTAL PROJECT COST 

$9,785.75 

4 

PLOT PLAN FOR 

LfrSTHAM WATER 

DISTRICT EXTENSION 


SION 

VI 

z 

0 

~ T O W N 

OF cOLONIE ALBA- 

NY COUNTY, N.Y. 

I scALE : 1” 

= 2O~ DATE: FEBEUAEY 

14, 2005 

J O B 

NO. t2-tO97-O~ 

fl 0UCll-WATERD1ST.D~ 

(11~TT 

592 NEWI..OQDON ROAD. 

~ArakM, N.Y. 12110 

PHoNE: (518) 735.3%9 

FAX: (518) 285.1608 

SY. KIM LAND SURVEYOR, 

P.C. 

592 New Loudon Road, 

Latharn, NY 12110 

(518) 785-3969 F A X 

(516) 785-1608 

Description of Latham Water 

District Extension 

City 

all that certain tract, piece or 

parcel of land situate, lying 

and being in the Village 

Town 

of Colonie County 

of.. Albany a n d 

State of New York, and being 

more particularly bounded 

and described as follows: 

Beginning at a point in the 

easterly line of Lath.am Water 


where the same intersects 

the southerly line of Latham 


No. 153; running from said 

point of beginning along 

the southerly line of Latharn 


153 North 84°38’05” East, 

953 feet ± to a point; thence 

along the lands now or formerly 

of Daniel Howansky, 

Sr. and Anna C. Howansky 

the following four (4) 

courses; 

1. South 05°21’SS” East, 

195.92 feet to a point; 

2. South 84°38’05” West, 


3. North 25°5l’55” West, 


4 South 50013 ‘40” West, 

83 feet ± to a point in the 

easterly line of said Latham 


115; thence northery along 

the same 198 feet ± to the 

point or place of beginning. 

FEBRUARY I~, 2005 

FEBRUARY 7. 2006 

WERO .c/BOUCHA.RDL- 

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SION 

EXPANSION OF WATER 

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM 

TOWN OF COLONIE, ALBA- 

NY COUNTY, NEW YORK 

SYSTEM ANALYSIS 

An analysis was made to 

determine the impact of the 

proposed Misty Morning lane 

would have on the existing 

water distribution system. 

The analysis and results are 

as shown below. 

The static pressure at Fielding 

Lane and Misty Morning 

Lane, proposed Town 

Hi~way, (Point A) was acquired 

at 104 psi and 92 

psi for static and residual 

pressure and 1,560 Gal./Min. 

on July 26, 2005 measured 

by Latham Water District 

personnel. Based on this 

information, static and residual 

pressure for Point B, 

as shown on the attached 

diagram, has been calculated 

as follows: 

[~]fl Static Pressure 1fl sidual 

Pressure~]~ 

[i~tk][~ 104+ psi j[. 

92 psi 

~tBfl 104+psi ~ 

91 psi 

Therefore, based upon the 

calculations the range from 

104 psi for static pressure 

and 91 psi for residual pressure 

is well above the 20 psi 

minimum requirement for 

residential distribution. 

PLOT PLAN FOR 

LATIIAM WATER 


BOUCHARD SUBDiVI- 

SION 


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SCAlE : 1” = 200’ DATE: 

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P.C. 

592 New Loudon Road, 

Latham, NY 12110 

(518) 785-3969 FAX (518) 

785-1608 

Description of Lathaw Water 

District Extension 

City 

all that certain tract, piece or 


and being in the Village 

Town 

of Colonie , County 

of ...Albany a n d 

State of New York, and being 



Beginning at a point in. the 

easterly line of Latham Water 


where the same intersects 

the southerly line of Latham 

Water District Eictension 

No. 153; running from said 

point of beginning along the 

southerly line of Lat.ham 


153 North 84°38’O5” East, 

953 feet ± to a point; thence 

along the lands now or fotmerly 

of Daniel Howausky, 

Sr. and Anna C. Howansky 

the following four (4) 

courses; 

1. South 05°21’SS” East, 

195.92 feet to a point, 

2. South 84°38’OS” West, 


3. North 25°51’55” West, 

61.00 feet to a point, 

4 South 50013 ‘40” West, 

83 feet ± to a point in the 

easterly line of said Latham 


115; thence northeiy along 

the same 198 feet ± to the 

point or place of beginning. 

FEBRUARY 4,2005 

FEBRUARY 7, 2006 

WFRO:c/BCUCHARJJLW- 

DEUD.LWP 

Schedule C 

The Latham Water District 

~



- Apply to ALL Authorized 

Permits: 

1. Facility Inspection by 

The Department The permitted 

site or facility, including 

relevant records, is subject 

to inspection--at reasonable 

hours and intervals by an 

authorized representative of 

the Department - 

of Environmental Conservation 

(the Department) 

to determine whether-the 

permittee is complying with 

this permit and the ECL Such 

representative may order the 

work suspended pursuant 

to ECL 71- 0301 and -SAPA 

40 1(3). 

The permittee shall provide 

a person to accompany the 

Departments representative 

during an inspection to the 

permit area when requested 

by the Department. 

A copy of this permit, including 

all referenced maps, 

drawings and special conditions, 

must be available for 

inspection by the Department 

at all times at the project 

site or facility. Failure to 

produce a copy of the permit 

upon request by a Department 

representative is a 

violation of this permit. 

2. Relationship of this Permit 

to Other Department Orders 

and Determinations Unless 

expressly provided for by 

the Department, issuance of 

this permit does not modi~’, 

supersede or rescind any 

order or determination previously 

issued by the Department 

or any of the terms, 

conditions or requirements 

contained in such order or 

determination. 

3. Applications For Permit 

Renewals, Modifications 

or Transfers The permittee 

must submit a separate 

written application to the Department 

for permit renewal, 

modification or transfer of 

this - permit. Such application 

must include any forms 

or supplemental information 

the Department requires. 

Any renewal, modification 

or transfer granted by the 

Department n~ust~be in 

writing. Submission of appli- 

Cations for pertnit jCnewal, 

modifi cation or transfer are 

to be submitted to: 

Regional Permit Administrator 

- - 

NYSDEC REGION 4 

HEADQUARTERS 

1150 NORTH WESTCOTT 

RD 

- SCHENECTADY, 

NY12306 -2014 - - 

4. Permit Modifications, 

Suspensions and Revocations 

by the Department 

The Department reserves 

the right to modify, suspend 

or revoke this permit. The 

grounds for modification, 

suspension or revocation 

include: 

a materially false or inaccurate 

statements in the permit 

application or supporting 

papers; 

Page3 of4 

- 4EW- YORK STATE DE- 

PARTMENT OF ENVIRON- 

MENTAL CONSERVATION 

Facility DEC ID 4-9904- 

00084 

b. failure by the permittee 

to comply with any terms or 

conditions of the permit; 

c. exceeding the scope of 

the project as described in 

the permit application; 

d.--- newly discovered 

material information or a 

material change in env onmental 

conditions, relevant 

technology or applicable law 

or regulations since the issuance 

of the existing permit; 

- 

e. noncompliance with previously 

issued permit conditions, 

orders of the commissioner, 

any provisions of the 

Environmental Conservation 

Law or regulations of the 

Department related to the 

permitted activity. 

5. Permit Transfer Permits 

are transferable unless specifi 

cally prohibited by statute, 

regulation or another permit 

condition. Applications for 

permit transfer should be 

submitted prior to actual 

transfer of 

- - owiférsiip. - - - - 

r -- NOTIFICATION OF 

OTHER PERMITTEE OB- 

LIGATIONS 

Item A: Permittee Accepts 

Legal Responsibility and 

Agrees to Indemnifi cation 

.The permittee expressly 

agrees to indemnif5’ and hold 

harmless the Department of 

Environmental Coristrvation 

of the State of New York; its 

representatives, employees, 

and agents (~DEC”) for all 

claims, suits, actions, and 

damages, to the extent attributable 

to the permittee’s 

acts or omissions in connection 

with the permittee’s 

undertaking of activities in 

connection with, or operation 

and maintenance of, the 

facility or facilities authorized 

by the permit whether in 

compliance or not in compliance 

with the terms and 

conditions of the permit. 

This indeiiiriificaiion doe~ 

not e~dend to any - -claims, 

suits, actions, -or damages 

to the extent attributable 

to DEO’s own negligent or 

intentional acts or omissions, 

or to any claims, suits, or 

actions naming the DEC and 

arising under Article 78 of the 

New York Civil Practice Laws 

and Rules or any citizen suit 

or civil rights provision under 

federal or state laws. 

Item B: Permittee’s Contractors 

to Comply with Permit 

The permittee is responsible 

for informing its independent 

contractors, employees, 

agents and assigns of 

- - ~ w ith this permit, including 

all special-conditions 

whik acting as the 

- - - permittees agent 

with respect to the perthitted 

activities, and such persons 

shall be subject to the same 

sanctions for violations of the 

Environmental Conservation 

Law as those prescribed for 

the permittee. 

Item C: Permittee Responsible 

for Obtaining Other 

Required Permits 

The permittee is responsible 

for obtaining any other permits, 

approvals, lands, easements 

and rights-of-way that 

may be required to carry out 

the activities that are authorized 

by this permit. 

Item D: No Right to Trespass 

or Interfere with Riparian 

Rights 

This permit does not convey 

to the permittee any right to 

trespass upon the lands or 

interfere with the riparian 

rights of others in order to 

perform the permitted work 

nor does it authorize the impairment 

of any rig1it~ title, 

or interest in real or personal 

property held or vested in 

a person not a party to the 

permit. 

SCHENECTADY COUNTY 

PUBLIC HEALTH SER- 

VICES 

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 

UNIT 

~TA. ~ - - - 107 Nott terrace, 

Suite 306--- - - -- - 

. Schenectady, New 

York 12308-3170 - 

- (518)386-2818 

- Fax: 386-2822 

Russell A. Fr/eke, M.D., 

Ph.D., Commissioner 

- - 

- - C, Jack Paris!, Director - 

Carolyn K. Cal/nor, Deputy 

Commissioner 

Environmental 

Health Unit 

- April -1, 2004 

Christopher & Gregg Meyer 

O.J.Meyer&Son -- 

. - 

4VLY Road - 

Albany N.Y. 12205 

R~:C~dãf Hills Pràjib~bd 22 

Lot Subdivision substhntialiy 

Jocatedjn’the to~ of 

- Niskayuna, Distribution 

Main; Plan Review bySchenectadycounty; 

Dear Gentlemen: - 

We have reviewed the Proposed 

Distribution Main 

submission serving above’ 

referenced 

- project, Plan last dated 

March 30, 2004, and conclude 

said plan being in 

substantial accordance with 

County Requirements; apptoval 

contingent upon: - 

Permit / Approvals from the 

New York State Department 

of Environmental Conservation 

[NYSDEC] 

Water Supply Permit for 

District Formation or Extension. 

a New York State Departmehi 

of HealtkBiifeai,j 

6fPublii~Watef Supply 

Protection [NYSDOH-BWsp] 

review and approval of the 

water supply. 

Please fi nd attached contingent 

Certifi cate of Approvai 

of Realty Subdivision and 

contingent Approval of Plans 

for Public Water Supply. - - 

If you have any questions, 

or comments, please do not 

hesitate to contact meat 356- 

5340, ext. 232. 

Very Truly Yours, - . - 

- - - - -SCHENECTADY 

COUNTY: DEPARTMENT 

OF ENGINEERING 

tAPE 

356-5340 ext232 - 

SCHENECTADY COUNTY - 

Dèpartrnénts of Engineering 

& Publid Wotk~ 

80 Keller Avenue, Schenectady 

New York 12306-I 

26 - 

Fax [5181 356-5340 Phn: 

[518] 356-5340 ext 232 

of Niskayuna. - - 

Cc: --Richard Pollock, PR 

Superintendent of Water, 

Sewer, & Engineering-Town 

- Kevin Delaughter: Planning 

Department, Town of 

Colonie. 

Mark Wykes: Public Health 

Engineer, Department of 

Health, Albany County. 

Schenectady County Public 

Health Services 

Environmental Health Unit 

Appoval of Pians for Public 

Water Supply - - - 

- - Improvement - 

- This-Approval is issued 

under the provisions of 10 

NYCRR, Part 5: 

1. Applicant - 2. Location 

of Works 3 . 

County - 4. Water District 

(C,V,T) (Specifi 

c Area 

Town of Sen’ëd) 

- 

- Niskayim - Town 

of Niskaynna - Schenectady 

Water Extension 

150 

5. Type of Project - . - 

1 Source 4 Chlorination 

X 7 Distribution 

2 Transmission - 5 Fluoridation 

8 Storage 

- 3 Pumping Units 

- 6 Other Treatment 9 Other 

- REMARKS: 

Schenectady County approval 

is contingent upon 

- - -- • - New-York 

State Department- of Environmental 

Conservation 

[NYSDEC] - - 

-- - -- Water, Supply- Permit 

for District Formation or Extension. 

- • New York State Department 

of Health Bureau of 

Public Water Supply Protection 

[NYSDOH-BWSP] 

review and approval of the 

water supply. 

By initiating improvement of 

the approved supply, the applicant 

accepts and agrees 

to abide by and conform with 

the following: - 

a. TRAP the proposed 

works be constructed 

in complete confonnity with 

the plans 

- -- - 

àñd’Sp~cificâfiôñs approved 

thi~ day or approved 

amen~ênts thiièto: 

b. THAT the proposed works 

not be placed into operation 

until such time as a 

Completed Works Approval 

is issued in accordance with 

Part 5 of the New York State 

Sanitary Code. 

ISSUED FOR THE COUN- 

TY PUBLIC HEALTh SER- 

VICES 

DATE: 4/2/2004 

‘Designated Representative 

James-V. Gabriel -Junior- 

Civil Engineer 

Name and Title (print) 

Schenectady C unty Public 

Health Services 

- Environmental 

Health Unit - - - - - 

- 

CERTIFICATE OF APPROV- 

AL OF -REALTY 

- - , - SUBDiVISION-s - - - 

-To: Richard C. Pollock, 

Superintendent of Water, 

Sewer, & Engineering in the 

Town of Niskayuna, also to 

- Greg Meyer O.J. Meyer 

& Son, 4 Vly Road, Albany 

NY. - This certifi cate is issued 

under the provisions of the 

Public Health Law in 

- -- connection with the approval 

of plans on 03/26/04 

for your realty subdivision, to 

be known 

- as Cedar Hills. 

The following data was furnished 

in connection with the 

submission of the plans. 

- -. Location: - Towns 

of.Colonie &.Niskayuna, 

Counties of Albany and 

Schenectady. 

- 

Acres (approx~ total) 

10.2 No. of lots 22 Size 

(approx.) .46 acre. - 

Owner Intends to: -Sell 

the residential lots. - 

Topography: Sloping 

from the east tà the west. 

Depth to Ground Water: 

Not encountered 

When: Sept. 21, 2002 

Soil: Sand, Silty Loam, 

Clay, see site plans for soil 

~ësi pit logs. - - 

Grading (cut or fill): 

Appears to balance. - 

- - 

Drainage: Positive site grading 

to natural drainage ways 

& existing municipal storm 

sewers. 

Water Supply: Proposed 

Water District 150 - 

Sewage Disposal: Proposed 

Sewer District Extension 

to become Sewer District 

#105. Approval of this 

subdivision is granted on 

condition: - 

- -- - I. That the 

proposed facilities for water 

supply and sewage disposal 

are installed i0 conformity 

with 

- said plans. 

- - - 

-- - 2. That the 

construction of the facilities 

shall-be under!he supervision 

of a personor fi rm qualifi 

ed to 

- practice 

professional engineering in 

the State of New York who 

must certify to the County 

and the 

- -- Owner, within IS days of 

the completion of the works, 

that the systems have been 

built in accordance with the 

approved plans. - - - 

3. - That if groundwater is encountered 

during foundation 

construction, an appropriate 

mechanism for dewatering 

of the affected area shall be 

installed as ordered by the 

engineer, 

ISSUED FOR THE COUNTY 

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVIC- 

ES DATE: 4/2/2004 

Designated Representative 

- 

James V. Gabriel PE Junior 

Civil Engineer 

NQme and Title (print) 

Schedule P 

SUGGESTED DESCRIP- 

TION 

MANCHESTER HEIGHTS 

PHASE 11 

Latham Water District Extension 

All that parcel of land situate 

in the Town of Colonie, 

County of Albany, and State 

of New York, being more 

particularly bounded and 

described as follows: 

BEGINNIING at a point located 

on the division line between 

lands now or formerly 

of Alpy on the northeast and 

lands now or formerly of 

Manchester Associates on 

the southwest at its intersection 

with the existing Latham 


No. 115 boundary; thence 

southeasterly along the existing 


Extension No. 115 boundary 

a distance of 1,440± feet to 

a point located at its intersection 

with the northerly 

boundary of Latham Water 

District Extension No. 141; 

thence along the division 

line between Windrose Hills 

Subdivision on the south 

and lands herein described 

on the north and continuing 

along said existing Latham 


No. 141 boundary the following 

three (3) courses and 

distances: 

1.) Westerly, a distance 

of 619± feet to a 

point; 

2.) Northerly, a distance 


point; 


of 800± to a point 

located at its intersection 

with the 

division line between 


of Valley View LLC on the 

west and lands 

herein described on the east, 

also being the easterly 

boundary of 

Latham Water District Extension 

No. 127; thence along 

said division line and along 

said existing Latham Water 


boundary the following two 

(2) courses and distances: 

1.) Northerly, a distance 


point; 


of 218± feet to a point 

located at its intersection 

with 

the division line 

between lands now or formerly 

of Cerone on the west 

and 

lands herein described 

on the east; thence 

along said division line and 

continuing along said existing 


Extension No: 127 boundary 

the following two (2) courses 

and distances: 

- 1.) Northerly, a distance 


point; 

I Manchester 

Heights Phase II 

ABDEngineerS&sUrIevors 


Extension 

2.) Northwesterly, a distance 

of 23 7± feet to a point located 

at its intersection with the 

division line between lands 

now or formerly of Andrulonis 

on the west and lands 

herein described on the east, 

also being the southeasterly 

boundary of Latham Water 

District Extension No. 147; 

thence Northeasterly along 

said division line and along 

said Latham Water District 

Extension No. 147 boundary, 

a distance of 548± feet to a 

point located at its intersection 

with the division line between 


of Sestito on the north and 

lands herein described on 

the south; thence along said 

division line and lands now 

or formerly of Feltt, lands 

now or formerly of Herman, 

and lands now or formerly of 

Veino, all on the north, the 

following two (2) courses and 

distances: 

1.) Easterly a distance of 

642± feet to a point; 

2.) Northerly a distance of 

85± feet to a point on the 

southwesterly boundary of 

said Latham Water District 

Extension No. 115; 

thence southeasterly along 

said boundary and through 

said lands now or formerly 

of Alpy, a distance of 150± 

feet to the POINT OF BE- 

GINNING, containing 27.1± 

acres. 

Subject to any easements, 

restrictions and/or covenants 

of record, if any. 

ADD Engineers&SUr weYors 

2 LathamWaterDistrictE.XtetiSiOfl 

0.1. MALE ASSOCI- 

ATES, P.C. 

Schedule ~E 

DESCRIPTION 


EXTENSION 156 

EASTERN AND WESTERN 

AVENUE EXTENSION 

TOWN OF COLONIE, 

COUNTY OF ALBANY, 

STATE OF NEW YORK 

All that certain tract, piece or 


and being in~the Town of 

Colonie, County of Albany, 

State of New York, lying 

along the extension ~f Eastern 

and Western Avenue, 

and being more particularly 

bounded and described as 

follows: 

BEGINNING at a point at 

the intersection of the Northerly 

boundary of the existing 

Latham Water District Troy 

Road Extension No. 7 with 

the Westerly boundary of 

the County of Albany, Town 

of Colonie Tax Map Parcel 

No, 32.01-3-37.1 and rims 

thence from said point of 

beginning in a Northerly 

direction along the Westerly 

boundary of said Tax 

Map Parcel No. 32.01-3- 

37.1, a distance of 70± feet 

to its intersection with the 

Southerly boundary of Tax 

Map Parcel No. 32.01-3-38; 

thence along the above last 

mentioned Tax Map Parcel 

No. 32.01-3-38 the following 

three (3) course$: 1) in 

a Westerly direction 120± 

feet to a point; 2) in a Northerly 

direction 70± feet to a 

point; and 3) in an Easterly 

direction 120± feet to its intersection 

with the Westerly 

boundary of Tax Map Parcel 

No. 32.01-3-39; thence in 

a Northerly direction along 


said tax map parcel 50± 

feet to its intersection with 

the Northerly boundary of 

said Tax Map Parcel No. 

3201-3-39; thence in an 

Easterly direction! along 





Western Avenue; thence in 

a Northerly direction along 


Western Avenue 80±feet 


Southerly boundary of Tax 

Map Parcel No. 32.01-3-42 

lands of the City of Watervliet; 

thence in a generally 

Easterly direction along the 

Southerly boundary of said 

tax map parcel 619± 

QI 


P.C. 

DESCRIPTION 


EXTENSION 156- EAST- 

ERN AND V’/ESTERNAV- 

ENUE 


the Southeasterly bound- 

ary of Tax Map Parcel No. 

32.01-3-39; thence in a 

generally Southwesterly 

direction along the Southeasterly 

boundary of said 

tax map parcel 70± feet 


Northerly boundary of Alice 

Avenue; thence in a generally 

Westerly direction along 


Alice Avenue 170± feet to its 

intersection with the Northerly 

extension of the Easterly 


No. 32.01-3-40; thence in a 

generally Southerly direction 

along said extension 

crossing Alice Avenue and 

along the Easterly boundary 

of Tax Map Parcel Nos. 

32.01-3-40 and 32.01-3-41, 

a distance of 184± feet to its 

intersection with the above 

mentioned Northerly boundary 

of the existing Latham 

Water District Troy Road 

Extension No. 7; thence in a 

generally Westerly direction 

along the Northerly boundary 

of said existing Latham 

Water District Troy Road 

Extension No. 7, a distance 

of 510± feet to the point or 

place of beginning. 

October 31, 2007 

Eastern and ~ 

Western Ave. 

Extension 

S2A 


ATES, P.C. 

EXTENSION PART F: 8 

COUNTY VIEW ROAD 

Extension F is located in the 

north central portion of the 

Town of Colonie, northeast 

of the intersection of Alpine 

Drive and County View 

Road, The extension consists 

of one vacant parcel. 

Present water service is 

provided by existing Latham 

Water Districts Mains. The 

construction of new mains 

to provide service is not 

proposed. 

The customer status of each 

parcel is shown in Table 

6 and the total assessed 

valuation of the Extension is 

shown in Table 7. 


P.C. 

Schedule F 

DESCRIPTION 


EXTENSION 156 

8 COUNTY VIEW ROAD 




All that certain tract, piece 

or parcel of land situate, lying 

and being in the Town of 



Northwesterly of County 

View Road and Northeasterly 

of Alpine Drive, and being 



BEGINNING at a point at 

the intersection of the Northwesterly 

boundary of the 

existing Latham Water District 

Pollack Road Extension 

No. 123 with the Northeasterly 


Latham Water District Pollack 

Road Extension No. 123, 

said point being the most 

Southerly corner of County 

of Albany, Town of Colonie 

Tax Map Parcel No. 09.03- 

1-29.1 and runs thence from 

said point of beginning in 

a Northwesterly direction 

along the Southwesterly 

boundary of said tax map 

parcel and along the Northeasterly 

boundary of the 



No. 123, a distance of 490± 


the Northwesterly boundary 

of said Tax Map Parcel 

No. 09.03-1-29.1; thence 

in a generally Northeasterly 

direction along the Northwesterly 

boundary of said 

tax map parcel in part along 

the Southeasterly boundary 

of the existing Latham Water 

District Forts Ferry Road 

Extension 132, a distance 

of 500± feet to its intersection 

with the Northeasterly 

boundary of said Tax Map 

Parcel No. 09.03-1-29,1; 

thence in a generally Southeasterly 

direction along the 

Northeasterly boundary of 



the above first mentioned 

Northwesterly boundary of 

the existing Latham Water 

District Pollack Road Extension 

No. 123; thence in 

a generally Southwesterly 

direction along the above 

mentioned existing N- orthwesterly 

boundary 


ATES, PC. 

DESCRIPTION 


EXTENSION 156-8 COUN- 

TY ‘/IEWROAD 

of Latham Water District 


No, 123, a distance of 500± 


beginning. 



ATES, P.C. 

EXTENSION PART C: 

85 FONDA ROAD 

Extension G is located in the 

northeastern portion of the 

Town of Colonie, generally 

north of the Town of Colonie- 

City of Cohoes line, on the 

south side of Fonda Road. 

The extension consists of 

one residential parcel. 






proposed. 



6 and the total assessed 

valuation 

of the Extension is shown 

in Table 7. 


P.C. 

Schedule G 

DESCRIPTION 


EXTENSION 156 

85 FONDA ROAD 




All that certain tract, piece 

or parcel of land situate, lying 

and being in the Town of 



Southerly of Fonda Road, 

and being more particularly 

bounded and described as 

follows: 

BEGINNING at a point at the 

intersection of the Southerly 


Latham Water District Fonda 

Road Extension No. 48 with 

the Easterly boundary of the 

County of Albany, Town of 

Colonie Tax Map Parcel No. 

05.03-2-53.2; thence along 

the Easterly and Southeasterly 

boundary of said tax 

map parcel the following two 

(2) courses: 1) in a Southerly 

direction 166± feet to a point; 

and 2) in a Southwesterly direction 

and along the Northwesterly 



Winding Creek Subdivision 

Extension 152, a distance 

of 372± feet to its intersection 

with the Northeasterly 

boundary of the lands now or 

formerly of Consolidated Rail 

Corporation, Tax Map Parcel 

No. 05.03-2-64; thence in a 

generally Northwesterly direction 

along the Northeasterly 

boundary of said lands 

now or formerly of Consolidated 

Rail Corporation 

635± feet to its intersection 

with the above mentioned 

Southerly boundary of the 


Fonda Road Extension 

No. 48; thence in a generally 

Easterly direction along the 

Southerly boundary of said 


Fonda Road Extension 



beginning. 



P.C. Schedule H 

EXTENSION PART H: 

100 TERESA STREET 

Extension H is located in the 

central portion of the Town of 

Colonie, west of the intersection 

of Nicholby Court and 

Anna May Lane. The extension 

consists of three vacant 

residential parcels. 






proposed. 



6 and the total assessed: 

valuation of the Extension is 

shown in Table 7, 


P.C. 

DESCRIPTION 


EXTENSION 156 

NICHOLBY COURT 




All that certain tract, piece or 


and being in the Town of Colonie, 

County of Albany, State 

of New York, lying Easterly of 

Old Loudon Road, Southerly 

of Eva Street and Westerly of 

Anna May Lane, and being





BEGINNING at a point at the 

intersection of the Southerly 


Latham Water District Eva 

Street Extension No. 79 with 


the existing Latham Water 

District Theresa Street Extension 

No. 136, said point 

being the Northeasterly corner 

of the County of Albany, 

Town of Colonie Tax Map 

Parcel No. 31.07-4-20.3 and 

runs thence from said point 

of beginning in a Southerly 

direction along the Westerly 

boundary of said existing 

Latham Water District Theresa 

Street Extension No. 136 

along the Easterly boundary 

of Tax Map Parcel No. 31.07- 

4-20.3 through said tax map 

parcel and through Tax Map 

Parcel No. 31.07-4-20.2 in 

part and Tax Map Parcel No, 

31.07-4-20.1 and along the 

Easterly boundary of said 

Tax Map Parcel No. 31.07- 

4-20.1, a distance of 444± 


the Southwesterly boundary 

of said Tax Map Parcel 

No. 31.07-4-20.1; thence 

in a Northwesterly direction 

along the Southwesterly 

boundary of said Tax Map 

Parcel No. 31.07-4-20.1 and 

Tax Map Parcel No. 31.07-4- 

20.2 in part along the Northeasterly 



Theresa Street Extension 




of the original Latham Water 

District; thence in a generally 

Northeasterly direction along 


of the said original Latham 

Water District 280± feet to its 

intersection with the above 

fi rst mentioned Southerly 


P.C. 

DESCRIPTION 


EXTENSION 156- NICH- 

OLBY COURT 


Latham Water District Eva 

Street Extension No. 79; 

thence in an Easterly direction 

along the Southerly 

boundary of the said existing 


Eva Street Extension No. 

79 and along the Northerly 


No. 31.07-4-20.2 and 31.07- 

4-20.3, a distance of 360± 


beginning. 

November 2, 2007 

LC-17853 

(January 2, 2008)) 

LEGAL NOTICE 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, 

that the following Resolution 

has been adopted by the 

Town Board of the Town of 

Colonie, and that a Public 

Hearing will be held upon 

PROJECT 2006-001 at the 

Town Hall, Newtonville, New 

York on the 17th day of January, 

2008, at 8:00 o’clock 

p.m. Local Time. 

2006-001 

At a Meeting of the Town 

Board of The Town of Colonie, 

Albany County, New 

York, held at the Town Hall, 

Newtonville, New York on 

the 20th day of December, 

2007. 

The meeting was called to 

order by Supervisor Mary E. 

Brizzell, and upon roll being 

called, there were: 

PRESENT: Mary E. 

Brizzell, Supervisor 

Frank A. 

Mauriello, Deputy Supervisor 

J. Brian 

Hogan, Councilman 

Nicole 

Criscione-Szesnat, Councilwoman 

Ulderic 

J. Boisvert, Councilman 

Kevin 

M. Bronner, Councilman 

Thomas 

F. With, Councilman 

ABSENT: None 

The following resolution 

was offered by, Councilman 

J. Brian Hogan who 

moved for its adoption, and 

seconded by Councilwoman 

Nicole Criscione-Szesnat, to 

wit: 

RESOLUTION DATED DE- 

CEMBER 20, 2007 

A RESOLUTION CALLING 

A PUBLIC HEARING 

PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 

950 OF THE LAWS OF 

1972 AND SECTION 202c 

OF THE TOWN LAW IN 

RELATION TO PROJECT 

2006-001 OF 

THE COLONIE SEWER 

DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT 

AREA AND DELETING 

SAID AREA FROM THE 

IMPROVEMENT AREA 

WHEREAS, the Colonie 

Sewer Improvement Area 

has heretofore been created 

by the Town Board of 

the Town of Colonie, Albany, 

County, New York pursuant 

to the provisions of Chapter 

950 of the Laws of 1972; 

and 

WHEREAS, a report, 

map, plan and estimate of 

cost has been prepared by 

Greenman-Pedersen, Inc 

engineers duly licensed by 

the State of New York, in 

relation to the proposed 

construction of sanitary sewers 

in proposed Breakell 

Property; and 

WHEREAS, said report, 

map, plan and estimate of 

cost are on fi le in the Town 

Clerk’s Offi ce for public inspection; 

and 

WHEREAS, the Town 

Board of the Town of Colonie 

has heretofore on or about 

the 5th day of October, 2007 

following a Public Hearing 

approved the construction of 

said Project 2006-001; and 

WHEREAS, all costs of 

said Project, were to be paid 

by the Developer for said 

Project from funds escrowed 

with the Town; and 


Board has received a petition 

from said Developer 

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requesting a dissolution and 

diminishing of the area of the 

Colonie Sewer Improvement 

Area by deleting the area 

of Project 2006-001 and 

refunding of unused escrow 

funds to the Developer; and 

WHEREAS, it is now desired 

to call a public hearing 

pursuant to the provisions 

of paragraph b of §8 of such 

Chapter 950 of the Laws of 

1972, and Section 202c the 

Town Law of the State of 

New York. 

NOW, THEREFORE, 

IT IS RESOLVED, by the 


Colonie, Albany County, New 

York, as follows: 

Section 1. A meeting 

of the Town Board of the 


County, New York shall be 

held at the Town Hall, Newtonville, 

New York on the 

17th day of January, 2008 

at 8:00 o’clock p.m., Local 

Time, for the purpose of 

conducting a public hearing 

on the aforesaid request to 

repeal the aforesaid Resolution 

approving Project 2006- 

001 and refunding unused 

portions of the escrow monies 

heretofore deposited 

for construction of Project 

2006-001. 

Section 2. T h e 

Town Clerk is hereby authorized 

and directed to cause 

a notice 

of said public hearing to be 

given by publishing and posting 

a copy of this resolution 

in the manner provided by §3 

of Chapter 950 of the Laws of 

1972, and the Town Law of 

the State of New York. 

Section 3. T his 

resolution shall take effect 

immediately. 

The question of the adoption 

of the foregoing resolution 

was duly put to vote on 

roll call, which resulted as 

follows: 

AYES: ALL 

NOES: NONE 

DATED: December 

20, 2007 


) 

) ss: 

COUNTY OF ALBANY 

) 

I, the undersigned Clerk 

of the Town of Colonie, Albany 

County, New York, DO 

HEREBY CERTIFY: 

That I have compared the 

foregoing copy of the minutes 

of the meeting of the Town 

Board of said Town, including 

the resolution contained 

therein, held on the 20th day 

of December 2007, with the 

original thereof on fi le in my 

offi ce, and that the same is a 

true and correct copy of said 

original and of the whole of 

said original so far as the 

same relates to the subject 

matters therein referred to. 

I FURTHER CERTIFY, 

that all members of said 

Board had due notice of said 

meeting and that, pursuant 

to §94 of the Public Offi cers 

Law (Open Meeting Law), 

said meeting was open to 

• 

the general public and that I 

duly caused a public notice 

of the time and place of said 

meeting to be given to the 

following newspapers and/or 

news media as follows: 

Newspapers and/or other 

News Media 

Date Given 

Colonie Spotlight 


and that further notice of 

the time and place of such 

meeting was given to the 

public by posting such notice 

in the following places on 

the following dates and by 

giving such other notice as 

follows: 

Location of 

Other Method of 

Posted Notice 

Giving Notice 

Date Given 



January 

2, 2008 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I 

have hereunto set my hand 

and affi xed the seal of said 

Town this 20th day of September, 

2007. 

TOWN CLERK 

(S E A L): 

G:\Clients\Colonie, Town of 

- 26\256 - 2006- 001\ORDER 

NOP 1201707.wpd 

LC-17854 

(January 2, 2008)) 

LEGAL NOTICE 

At a regular meeting of the 

Town 

Board of the Town of 

Colonie, held at the Town 

Hall, Newtonville, New York 

on the 20th day of December, 

2007. 

The meeting was called to 

order by Supervisor Mary 

E. Brizzell, and upon roll being 

called, there were: 

PRESENT: Mary E. 

Brizzell, Supervisor 

Frank A. 

Mauriello, Deputy Supervisor 

J. Brian 

Hogan, Councilman 

Nicole 

Criscione-Szesnat, Councilwoman 

Ulderic 

J. Boisvert, Councilman 

Kevin 

M. Bronner, Councilman 

Thomas 

F. With, Councilman 

ABSENT: NONE 

n the Matter 

of 

the Increase and Improvement 

of Facilities of the 


in the Town of Colonie, 

County of Albany, New York, 

pursuant to §202-b 

of the Town Law of the State 

of New York. 

WHEREAS, the Town Board 

of the Town of Colonie has 

heretofore established the 

Latham Water District lying 

within the said Town; and 


Board of the said Town of 

Colonie is desirous of increasing 

and improving the 

facilities of the Latham Water 

District as follows: 1) construction 

of 12,600 lineal 

feet of 36 inch transmission 

main from Mohawk View 

Water Treatment Plant to 

the intersection of Sparrowbush 

Road and Wade 

Road extension; 2) construction 

of 3,800 lineal feet of 

24 inch transmission main 

from upper Loudon Road 

along Crumtie and Farrow 

Road to Sandersen-Heath 

Park; 3) construction of 300 

lineal feet of 12 inch water 

main construction on Pollock 

Road; 4) construction 

of 200 lineal feet of 8 inch 

water main on Grandview 

Drive; 5) construction of 

2,500,000.00 gallon storage 

tank at Sandersen-Heath 

Site with pumping station; 

6) removal of Latham Water 

District Tanks at Utica 

Avenue; 7) rehabilitation of 

Latham pumping station; 8) 

remediation of the Latham 

Tank Site; 9) Demolition of 

Ross Court Tank; 10) remediation 

of the Ross Court 

Tank Site 


Board has caused a report 

and an Addendum thereto 

of the aforesaid proposed 

additions and improvements 

to be prepared by C.T. Male 

Associates, P.C., competent 

engineers, duly licensed by 

the State of New York; and 

revised report, map, plan and 

estimate of cost has been fi led 

in the Town Clerk’s Offi ce, for 

public inspection, estimated 

maximum cost for said project 

to the sum of Eleven 

Million One Hundred Ten 

Thousand ($11,110,000.00) 

Dollars; and 

WHEREAS, it is anticipated 

all costs in the 

amount Ten Million Four 

Hundred Eighty Thousand 

($10,480,000.00) Dollars 

will be funded by payments 

received from the Albany 

County Airport Authority; 

and 

WHEREAS, all additional 

costs of said Project estimated 

to be Six Hundred Thirty 

Thousand ($630,000.00) 

Dollars including all principal 

and interest on any bonds 

or other obligations of said 

Town authorized to be issued 

therefor, shall be borne by 

local assessment upon the 

several lots and parcels of 

lands which the Town Board 

shall determine and specify 

to be especially benefited 

by said Project in just proportions 

to the amount of 

benefit which said Project 

shall confer upon the same; 

and 

WHEREAS, it is now 

desired to call a public hearing 

upon said Project to the 

provisions of the Town Law 

of the State of New York; 

NOW, THEREFORE, on 

motion of J. Brian Hogan, 

Councilman and seconded 

by Ulderic J. Boisvert, Councilman 

it is hereby 

RESOLVED: by the 


Colonie, Albany County, New 

York, 

• 

as follows: 

Section 1. A meeting 

of the Town Board of the 


County, New York shall be 

held at the Town Hall, Newtonville, 

New York on the 

17th day of January, 2008 

at 8:00 o’clock p.m., Local 

Time, for the purpose of 

conducting a public hearing 

on the proposed project, at 

which time and place said 

Town Board will hear all persons 

interested in the subject 

matter thereof. 

Section 2. The 

Town Clerk is hereby authorized 

and directed to cause a 

notice of said public hearing 

to be given by publishing and 

posting a copy of this resolution 

in the manner provided 

by the Town Law of the State 

of New York. 

Section 3. Annual 

charges within the Water 

District will be increased 

by 1.1 cents per $1,000.00 

of assessed valuation to 

fi nance construction of this 

Project. 

Section 4. This 

resolution shall take effect 

immediately. 

The question of the adoption 

of the foregoing resolution 

was duly put to vote on 

roll call, which resulted as 

follows: 

AYES: ALL 

NOES: NONE 

DATE: December 

20, 2007 

G:\Clients\Latham Water 

District - 42\073 - 3313 - CF\ 

resolution for NOP 120307. 

wpd 


) 

) ss: 

COUNTY OF ALBANY 

) 

I, the undersigned Clerk 

of the Town of Colonie, Albany 

County, New York, DO 

HEREBY CERTIFY: 

That I have compared 

the foregoing copy of the 

minutes of the meeting of 

the Town Board of said Town, 

including the resolution contained 

therein, held on the 

20th day of December 2007, 

with the original thereof on 

fi le in my offi ce, and that the 

same is a true and correct 

copy of said original and of 

the whole of said original so 

far as the same relates to 

the subject matters therein 

referred to. 

I FURTHER CERTIFY, 

that all members of said 

Board had due notice of said 

meeting and that, pursuant 

to §94 of the Public Offi cers 

Law (Open Meeting Law), 

said meeting was open to 

the general public and that I 

duly caused a public notice 

of the time and place of said 

meeting to be given to the 

following newspapers and/or 

news media as follows: 

Newspapers and/or other 

News Media 

Date Given 

Colonie Spotlight 


and that further notice of 

the time and place of such 

meeting was given to the 

public by posting such notice 

in the following places on 

the following dates and by 

giving such other notice as 

follows: 

Location of 

Other 

Method of 

Posted Notice 

Giving 

Notice 

Date Given 



January 

17, 2008 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 

I have hereunto set my 

hand and affixed the seal 

of said Town this 20th day 

of, 2007. 

TOWN CLERK 

(S E A L): 

LC-17855 

(January 2, 2008)) 

LEGAL NOTICE 

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS 


ALBANY COUNTY, NY 

Warrant Date - December 

31, 2007 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE 

that the tax roll and warrant 

of the County Legislature 

of Albany was delivered to 

the undersigned Receiver 

of Taxes and Assessments 

of the Town of Colonie by 

December 31, 2007. ALSO 

TAKE NOTICE that the undersigned 

Receiver of Taxes 

and Assessments will attend 

for at least thirty days 

from December 31, 2007 

from 8:30 AM until 4:30 PM 

of each weekday, Monday 

through Friday, at the Town 

Hall of the Town of Colonie, 

for the purpose of receiving 

taxes assessed under such 

roll. Offi ce hours will be extended 

from Friday, January 

25, 2008 and Monday, January 

28 to Thursday, January 

31, 2008 from 8:30 AM until 

6:00 PM. Additionally, the 

Tax offi ce will be open Saturday, 

January 26, 2008, from 

8:30 AM until 12:00 PM. 

ALSO TAKE NOTICE that 

taxes may be paid before 

February 1, 2008 without 

charge or interest. On all 

such taxes remaining unpaid 

as of February 1, 2008, a 

1.0% penalty will be added 

for the period of February 1, 

2008 to February 29, 2008. 

On all such taxes remaining 

unpaid as of March 1, 2008, 

a 2.0% penalty will be added 

for the period of March 1, 

2007 until March 31, 2007. 

Thereafter, the Receiver will 

return to the Albany County 

Director of Finance all unpaid 

taxes pursuant to law, 

and in accordance with the 

provisions of § 924 of the 

Real Property Tax Law. 

DATED: January 2, 2008 


C. MICHELE ZILGME 

Receiver of Taxes and 

Assessments. 

LC-17852 

(January 2, 2008)) 

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Kansas City, Tampa Bay, Florida, 

Pittsburgh and Washington). And 

once those spring training games 

start, fans start looking for those 

rookies and diamonds in the 

rough who will be our next batch 

of baseball heroes. 

March Madness. The only 

thing that can take our attention 

away from spring training is 

65 college basketball teams 

competing for the NCAA title. 

The first two rounds usually 

provide fans with at least a couple 

of upsets we didn’t see coming 

and three times that amount of 

nail-biting fi nishes. By the time 

we reach the Final Four, though, 

the cream has risen to the top, 

and we start debating who is good 

enough to earn their “One Shining 

Moment.” Still, it’s the journey to 

the national championship that 

intrigues us. 

The Stanley Cup fi nals. The 

only time you see athletes act 

like men possessed and act like 

gentlemen afterward. Hockey 

players pursue Lord Stanley’s 

chalice as if it were the Holy 

Grail. They push themselves to 

the limit every night and don’t so 

much as take a minute to keep up 

with their personal grooming. But 

when it’s all said and done, they 

take a moment to congratulate the 

opposing team for a job well done 

before they hoist the trophy over 

their heads one by one, often with 

tears of joy streaming down their 

faces. You won’t see that with any 

other team-based sport in North 

America. 

The World Series. No 

matter which baseball teams 

are involved, it’s always a good 

show. Every pitch, every swing 

of the bat, every play in the 

fi eld is important. Inches could 

separate a team from a rally that 

puts it over the top. And given 

how late into the fall the World 

Series takes place now, snow 

– yes, snow – sometimes has to 

be factored in. The intrigue grips 

us, even if the series ends in four 

games like it has in three of the 

last four years. 

The Daytona 500. It took 

me a long time to warm up to 

this event, but now I understand 

why it’s lapped the Indianapolis 

500 in terms of importance to the 

American racing fan. In any given 

year, there are at least a dozen 

drivers who have a legitimate shot 

at winning NASCAR’s biggest 

race, and it isn’t until the last 25 

laps that we have any idea who 

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and try to avoid a major pile up. 

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the joy on the winning driver’s 

face is unparalleled at any other 

NASCAR race. It’s great drama. 

Wimbledon. I’m not a big 

tennis fan, but I always watch the 

men’s and women’s singles fi nals. 

You see the players bow to the 

Royal Box before engaging in a 

grueling match which usually 

ends with the winner crumpling 

to the ground in joy. Then they 

get to do a victory lap with the 

trophy, stopping several times to 

let the fans – many of whom sit 

close to the court – snap pictures 

of them. 

Al Michaels and John 

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announcing team in any sport. 

Michaels describes the action 

on the football field simply 

and matter-of-factly, leaving 

all the colorful commentary 

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What’s better, they interact well 

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sound like they truly like being 

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NBC made a great move by 

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Dick Vitale. His loud voice 

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but in short bursts, Dickie V is 

wonderful to listen to. Behind all 

of his catch phrases such as “he’s 

a PTPer (prime time player)” 

and “get a TO (time out), baby,” 

his insights into the college 

basketball game are usually 

dead on. But beyond that, he’s 

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Analysts who state the 

obvious. I’ll admit that this can 

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gives as much voice to what the 

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this as a sign that the sports 

landscape is no longer as good as 

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because it means more sports 

fans can be optimistic about their 

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the Cleveland Browns can rise 

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of every last place team. 

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gives you a team to root against. 

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against the New York Yankees, 

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championships. It’s the same 

logic behind rooting against the 

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good rivalry. We all watch when 

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then somehow the underdog 

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was it when Siena knocked off 

Stanford in 1989? How insane 

was it when the U.S. hockey team 

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These are all etched in our brains 

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college days far behind us, but 

we still feel a connection when 

we see them play. I was so hyped 

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and cap for the occasion. 

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midcourt. The two-run home run 

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ninth inning. The 55-yard fi eld 

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Varsity 

schedule 

Thursday, Jan. 3 

GIRLS BASKETBALL 

Berlin at Loudonville Christian, 

5:30 p.m. 

BOYS BOWLING 

Ballston Spa at Shaker, 4 p.m. 

Mohonasen at Colonie, 4 p.m. 

GIRLS BOWLING 

Mohonasen at Colonie, 4 p.m. 

BOYS SWIMMING 

Mohonasen/Schalmont at 

Shaker, 4:30 p.m. 

WRESTLING 

Shaker at Rutland (Vt.), 5 p.m. 

Ballston Spa at Colonie, 6 p.m. 

Friday, Jan. 4 

BOYS BASKETBALL 

Heatly at Loudonville Christian, 

7 p.m. 

Bethlehem at Colonie, 7:30 p.m. 

Shaker at CBA, 7:30 p.m. 


Colonie at Bethlehem, 7:30 p.m. 

Shaker at Ballston Spa, 7:30 p.m. 

HOCKEY 

CBA at Canton, 7 p.m. 

Shaker/Colonie at Auburn 

Tournament, TBA 

Saturday, Jan. 5 

GYMNASTICS 

Saratoga at Shaker, 10 a.m. 

HOCKEY 

CBA at Potsdam, 1 p.m. 

Shaker/Colonie at Auburn 

Tournament, TBA 

INDOOR TRACK 

Colonie at Hispanic Games, 

9 a.m. 

Shaker at Southern Tier Classic, 

TBA 

BOYS SWIMMING 

Shaker at Amsterdam diving 

meet, 9 a.m. 

WRESTLING 

Colonie at Ilion Tournament, 

TBA 

Shaker at Cohoes, 10 .am. 

Sunday, Jan. 6 

INDOOR TRACK 

Colonie, Shaker at Williams 

College, 8:30 a.m. 

Monday, Jan. 7 


Doane Stuart at Loudonville 

Christian, 5:30 p.m. 


Loudonville Christian at 

Germantown, 5:30 p.m. 

Tuesday, Jan. 8 


Amsterdam at CBA, 7:30 p.m. 

Averill Park at Colonie, 7:30 p.m. 

Mohonasen at Shaker, 7:30 p.m. 


Colonie at Averill Park, 7:30 p.m. 

Shaker at Mohonasen, 7:30 p.m. 


Sports Spotlight 

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25 things I still like about sports 

With all of the steroid scandals, 

player arrests and other bad 

behavior by players and coaches, 

the good things about sports 

tend to get overshadowed. So it’s 

good once in a while to remind 

ourselves what makes watching 

sports fun. 

I sat down at the computer and 

came up with a list of the 25 things 

that are still good about sports. 

Granted, this is not a defi nitive 

list, and your choices may be 

different. But I think these are 

things we should all keep in mind 

the next time a baseball star is 

accused of using human growth 

hormones or a young NBA player 

is arrested for an altercation in 

front of a club at 2 a.m. 

In no particular order … 

The fi rst day of high school 

fall team practices. There is an 

optimism on every field and 

the anticipation of crisp autumn 

evening games when these 

squads start practicing that make 

the dog days of August feel a 

little less hot and humid. You 

don’t get that when winter teams 

start practicing because the fall 

season is still going on, and you 

don’t get that when spring teams 

start practicing because they’re 

often inside gymnasiums while 

the fi elds thaw from a late-winter 

snowstorm. Plus, it jolts me back 

into action after taking it easy for 

10 weeks. 

Friday night football games. 

Yes, there are far more games 

played on Friday night than 

Saturday afternoon around 

Section II. But there’s still 

something about playing under 

the lights that brings out the 

best in both the players and the 

fans. Perhaps it’s the “spotlight 

effect” (no pun intended) – which 

states that a high school athlete 

must get more psyched up when 

a light shines on him or her in 

the dark – that creates such 

an atmosphere. Or maybe it’s 

knowing that you’re playing in 

front of family, friends and a 

good chunk of your community 

From the 

S Desk 

ports 

Rob Jonas 

that does it. Either way, it’s an 

electric evening (again, no pun 

intended). 

Sectional/state championship 

games. This correlates to the 

atmosphere of a Friday night 

football game, except that the 

stakes are much higher and 

everyone’s emotions are ratcheted 

up 10 levels. The players push 

themselves to performances 

that can sometimes border on 

legendary status. Coaches can 

become so demonstrative that 

you actually fear their heads will 

explode if one more call goes 

against their teams. Fans react 

to every play like the fate of their 

world hinges on what happens 

next. You just can’t beat that, at 

least at the local level. 

Saratoga Race Course. 

Honestly, is there a better place 

to be in the Capital District on 

an August afternoon than the 

oldest thoroughbred track in the 

United States? Great racing, great 

weather (usually) and a great 

atmosphere. And you don’t even 

have to be trackside to have a 

good time. Just pack a cooler and 

hang out in the picnic area behind 

the grandstand all day. You’ll get 

a better view of the horses as 

they’re led through the paddock 

than if you stood in the pack along 

the rail near the fi nish line, and 

you might make some friends 

with the group next to you. 

Seeing a local player/team 

make it on the national stage. 

In other regions of the United 

States, this wouldn’t be a big deal 

because so many athletes and/or 

teams from their cities and towns 

play on the national stage. But 

when Niskayuna’s André Davis 

returns a kickoff 97 yards for a 

Houston Texans touchdown or 

the University at Albany men’s 

basketball team beats Vermont 

for the America East title on 

national television (two years in 

a row, I might add), it’s a big deal 

around here. Seriously, is there 

a Capital District resident who 

doesn’t remember where they 

were the day Siena upset Stanford 

at the 1989 NCAA Tournament? I 

remember where I was — in the 

family room of my parents’ house 

thinking this was the greatest 

thing to ever happen to the town 

of Colonie. 

Mid-major college teams. 

Other people like following major 

NCAA Division I teams like 

Duke, North Carolina, Michigan, 

Southern California and so on. But 

growing up in the Capital District, 

I have more of an affection toward 

the mid majors like Siena and 

UAlbany. There’s something 

about watching a mid-major 

team play a major program that 

makes me automatically pull for 

the smaller school. Heck, I’ll root 

for Gonzaga (which is bordering 

on becoming a major basketball 

program) if it’s playing against 

someone like Florida or Syracuse. 

It’s just fun to pull for the smaller 

school in that battle. 

Nutty student cheering 

sections. Nothing adds fl avor to 

a sporting event like a creative 

cheering section. Look at what 

the Cameron Crazies do for the 

Duke men’s basketball team at 

home games. Besides creating 

a near-constant soundscape, 

they get inside the heads of 

the opposing players by fi nding 

one little thing about them or 

their school and chanting it at 

them. A little mean spirited? 

Perhaps. But it’s still better than 

seeing people sit on their hands. 

Locally, we’re starting to catch 

on with such student sections 

as Bethlehem’s BC Hooligans 

(the only known soccer-specifi c 

section I’ve seen), Guilderland’s 

Red Sea and Mohonasen’s Black 

Hole. 

Mascots. I know they can 

be an annoyance to the serious 

sports fan. But a good mascot 

can add something to the live 

sporting experience. How can 

anyone hate the Philly Phanatic? 

I mean, he’s goofy looking, and he 

can sometimes block your view 

of the fi eld with his big, green 

body. But he also pokes fun at 

the umpires, the visiting players 

and the opposing team’s coaches 

in that good-natured, wouldn’treally-harm-a-fly 

sort of way. 

Also, it’s fun to see a mascot get 

a come-uppance once in a while. 

Anytime Syracuse’s Otto the 

Orange gets pummeled on a “This 

is SportsCenter” commercial, 

I can’t help but laugh. Maybe I 

secretly hate walking oranges. I 

don’t know. 

The Super Bowl. This is 

simply the greatest American 

sports spectacle. First, there’s 

the two weeks of hype leading up 

to the game. Then, there is the 

four-hour pregame show where 

every aspect of the match-up is 

analyzed to the fi nest point – that 

is, if there is time between the 

player profi les, the tear-jerking 

feature on the struggles of an 

athlete’s family and the guest 

appearances from celebrities paid 

by the network to come on to the 

set and yap about their upcoming 

projects and a little about football. 

Follow that up with an overthe-top 

national anthem and a 

halftime concert by a legendary 

(or washed up) music act, and 

there you have it. Oh yeah, there’s 

also a game involved somewhere 

in all of that. 

Spring training. Nothing 

gives us Northeasterners hope 

that spring is around the corner 

quite like the day when pitchers 

and catchers report to their 

Florida and Arizona training 

facilities. The hot stove can cool 

off as baseball fans start analyzing 

their teams’ chances to win the 

World Series (unless you root 

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