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The Altamont Enterprise - Thursday, April 13, 2006 Judges praise 'dogged effort' and 'diverse approaches' (Continued from previous page) violence and to prevent teenag- ers and young adults from join- ing gangs. Fay Barr wrote the story after police said gangs were rioting in Crossgates Mall. Her in-depth reporting led to our editorial that urged residents not to judge peo- ple by their appearance but rather by their actions, and fur- ther to get involved in solving the problem. r \Good job of getting diverse approaches to the gang story,\ the judges said. The edition also highlighted a timely and well-researched story by the Enterprise's long-time sportswriter, Tim Matteson, \X- C coach's pleas hit the wall.\ Matteson described the re- sponse of Ken Kirik, Voor- heesville's cross-country coach, on being ousted from a program he began more than 30 years ago. Matteson quoted runners who opposed the ouster, as well as including the views of parents and administrators. The May edition also included pages of in-depth, issues-based interviews of school board can- didates — in Voorheesville by Grosch and in Guilderland by Hale-Spencer — which gave voters the information they needed to make informed deci- sions in the upcoming elections. Additionally, Cook wrote about BKW graduates taking the frugal route and attending two- year colleges, and Hale-Spencer wrote about an awards program for physical-education students where a former Olympian spoke. Coverage of Local Government Continuing a strong tradition of good local-government cover- age, The Enterprise won a third- place award in its division this year, based on the Jan. 13 and Aug. 11 issues. The judges wrote that the En - terprise's government coverage is \more than just covering meet- ings.\ They praised our \good follow-up and sourcing, clear explanation of issues and situa- tions, and good use of back- ground and history on stories.\ In reference to our coverage of town reorganizational meet- ings, the judges termed our list- ing of appointees a \good public service.\ The Jan. 13, 2005 issue led with an in-depth story by Fay Barr on a controversy over the Guilderland animal shelter, which the judges termed \very strong.\ An editorial urged the village of Altamont to develop a fair and open system for awarding out- of-village water to those who seek it. Jo E. Prout, the Enterprise's most senior reporter, currently covering Guilderland's planning board, wrote a story profiling that board's newest member, Linda Clark. Cook had two stories in the January edition — one about a Congressional bill that could revitalize properties for com- mercial uses in places like Altamont; and the other about Robert Price being belatedly re- appointed as chair of the Knox Planning board. Reporter Bill Sherman, who covered Altamont for about a year, had two stories in the January issue — one giving an overview of a proposed senior- housing complex, and the other detailing controversy and confu- sion over the project's access to village water. Grosch wrote about New Scot- land's reorganizational meeting and Fay, Barr wrote about Guild- erland residents pleading igno- rance on zoning violations. 11 i , ; c..-| [ ( | '••) 1 ] I I. I IflSWS Wtnt* 1!) 3 . *•*» •• Mlw Enterprise Albany County's Independent Newspaper For 121 Years Number 21 • Thursday, December 15, 3005 Stalled Thomas holds up water settlement By NlcoU Fay BMT GUILDERLAND - Both tha lYutaplara and tht villaf* of At- tamocl lay ttwy ara ready to drop lhair lawtulu agaJnal aath axhtt ant tba viQap'a contract te puttbua laad IVon tha cauplt avar. tba third party ID tha lav *uil triaatla. fa boldiof uj> tha aatUamaot proeaaa. Ihamaa erifltialty laid ha wa* tuinf Mlchaal and Nancy Tram- littter 111 million to**t Ihim u> drop thati anil agaiiut Uw vOIarr, *a tha walrr pwthaaa amid bt tlnnlitad and hi* plannad acnlnr- ho uairif tempi a could baliulll. No». Thorrul «oy» hr uron't >imp hi> nut — the only Mifiuln- HiMt Mapping Ihi- T Firefighter breaks leg Mdntyre won't sue, frets sorry for driver By NlcoU Fay Barr ALTAMONT — Although hu bo.v* «ix biokan aiu] hia miutlaa .10 torn, Timothy Mclntyra dntin'l pity hlmMtf. but ruthrr hnt fympolhy for Ihr wnmao who cauud hia acndtfll -It VII » !HA« accld*nt and 1 (rtl tony for h«r,' ha told Thr EnJtrpritr \I'm aorry aha hod te Iractnr trailer at Ih* Northaanlrm Induainil Pitrk 1*at Thuriulii* na ; Mclntyia, ariEaai Barnatlremnn i mho YOlunteart day) for tha AI mmont Pin Dapaitmtnl, wat [tttini ftady to baltla a blaia «l a Mclntyra w»i hoakitif a ho»» In a hrdrnnt whan Iht \foruan drova War tha hoi.. Mclntyra didn't *c* any of thw. ha laid, ha only fall what happtntd next Tha hoia wtappad around thi whMl tl ih* truck and around Mclnlyna laf, h» Mid It (lipptd him upudt down and fUmnwd Waste Is Waiting The Aug. 11 front page was dominated with a picture, which the judges called \great and a story, both by Cook, profiling Price as a \Weed Warrior\ lead- ing a charge in Knox to stop the spread of invasive purple loosestrife. The page's lead story was also by Cook — a prescient look at the Dump in wetlands DEC hopeful Galat wltl clean up Dy Mall n Unit-So««r aUII.DBHI.ANI >. • Tl* iM •pnrlncnt sf KriiTinwinmtu] Toxic Army waste trucked out !§gp »t«l hixh for •„ IConiinuad on Pa|a 2C1 •n Tutartm Sh f aa tnodcpublK thi* ip \Ijiuttlunk tUtynml to It. Community Leadership: The Enterprise was again awarded for its leadership, this time with a second-place prize recognizing years of coverage on toxic wastes buried by the Army, resulting this past year in cleanup of Joan Burn's property. sroitra - ••} lite .Enterprise Albany County's Independent Newspaper For 121 Years Number 3 ' Thursday, August 11. 2005 \We were bored\ 30 to SO curs trashed £= ~S Weed'Warrior Tech *£.; i Va,Ie y I. y* ] County head '•i wants town funds :; ^H- ; -^ ; ^^ Birds trapped A risk to human health By Nicola Fay Barr OUII.DI:KI.ANI> - Bird. irappad in Horn ind malll with \• i',V</ •A >%; itunty ipoksapctHn -Whal Mika Uiailin .^(ttim i rioinnahU.* IUMI Curl R*ph. I, thoqfh no«> haw DralH la lootnlrift! Rabin P'iri, of Knox, putU purpti /ootrttrtA aul of a rootUitt* dtlc\ m Xam Prut annuaUr worm ihi lovn board abtwl Iht invading wtrd. and (»(1 im' tfcf htnrri fmuril n Tfo/tiliwl faourofinf I(J it It rue I ton Town declares war on plant By Matt Cook KNOX-Erary yaar. Robart Pncs wami tha Knoa Town Board o.' tht tarn* thin* and •>- try ytnr hu warnini ii palitaly ootad Thit yaar, howanr. Iht board took action inf Tutu)ay nlfhl. manly apraad dtlibanUly. I Joiaph Goldan a it'l a |obi program for ^opl* who waar auili\ and |u (mm ahuut vhara Uxy'ri foinf u thau • Knoa iiisl (CcmUouadonPafalW town hifhway dapartmint to ramoYinf tht plant from aloni tuwn rnadt, and ancourajtt rai- pnvnti pnrpart)' 'Kit ivUlo OUT wttland, wa'ra net [«nt In fat it out' Pnca laid tha hoard ft ha atkad It to 'dtclara war* on th* plant. Tha invuiva plant ha* orarrun Cuildtrland, ha laid, traatirul 'tu t purpla flaldi of purple Pnotaaid. It alraady appaan in palchtr •looI town rtudi DtcnHis i blodivcralty Purplt loaaattnft it-ythrum nJicarta) u a tail tnct pcnnntal Its laaraa him imoeth ad(t« and vary in lanfth from thrta tn 111 cmtlmoteri. Th* plant! hart loni aplkai of dantaly-duittrad pink ta purpla (lo**r). in bloom from lata Juna to *a/1y Stpumbar Larja planta hova a buihy appaaraaca Araordta( to Hillary Olaa, co- ordinator of tha Adirondack Parh In*atlva Plnnl Profram, purplt teoaaatnta eama to Amanca from Europt In tha lOOOl. Darima af Ita attractrra looka. It waa pri- -W» ire u lot ttthaaa hoitir.ul tural planla aacapinf tht (ardtn and wt dont know that Ihty art |0 .n , to b. « »*->-. * »l « Spraadln; quickly n porplt k>o»>»trift') forta According tn tha larailra Plan Council o( &•\ York Suit, a lihjla ttaU may produco •* auay aa 3DO.OO0 •tidi, awh \I which can Uni x for «»«ral yean In tht (oil. and op la 20 monlht iubt»<rt*d in vetatativilv froro ittmol IO itgmcnta. Dan)itita of up i 80.000 atalka par icra hart ox Purplt looanlnft haa bacon th* molt wall-known and rinb Invanv* plant in tW county. Oli •aid It u tha bia*>t prabltto i (LontlntMd on Pap tl) July town board merlin* Kannalh Hunion, luprrviior ot •uburhin Ouildtrlind. isid hi* lawn it nut likely te contnbuta w tht (uod lit qnuuonad how II •nuld htlp Cuildtrland Tha Trwh Vnllry vltion Tach Valley it t mOTtmtnt prop«ll*d larfaly by local bun- Naw York'at an inurnilionat ctntar for huh-ttth bunnrii AlbanT'Coloni* flerion\! Chambir of Commix* laid araa ai ilraUdilnf «lon( tht uui trn boHtr of thr itat* from Orant* County to Caudt \But dtaily the tpKontfl u tht Capital rUfwri.' Tartar Mid Althoufh Adiancloi T*ch ICondnuad on Pajt 101 Continuing a long tradition of superior local-government coverage, The Enterprise won a third-place prize this year. The Aug. 11 frontpage was dominated with a picture, which the judges called \great and a story, both by Matt Cook, profiling Robert Price as a \Weed Warrior\ leading a charge in Knox to stop the spread of invasive purple loosestrife. The page's lead story was also by Cook — a prescient look at the Albany County executive's drive for Tech Valley, which left some local leaders with doubts and concerns. The front page of the Dec. 15 issue featured three local stories on environmental issues. The lead story, by Hale- Spencer, broke the news on a long-standing dump in wetlands located in the Northeastern In- dustrial Park; dumping in wet- lands is illegal. This wetlands is of concern because it is next to 'Good aggressive news reporting.' Albany County executive's drive for Tech Valley, which has left some local leaders with doubts and concerns. Cook has covered the Hilltowns for two years and also taken on a variety of other assignments — ranging from play reviews to creative features. That issue's editorial — \When it comes to Tech Valley, planning is as important as promotion\ — was based on Cook's researc h. The August issue also included a story by Grosch on a New Scot- land race for judge. Coverage of the Enviro nment In a competition without divi- sions, including newspapers of all' circulation sizes, The Enter- prise took third place for Cover- age of the Environment, based on the April 14 and Dec. 15 edi - tions for 2005. The judges termed the Enter- prise's stories \important and called the coverage \good ag- gressive news reporting.\ The April 14 front page fea- tured a picture and story by Melissa Hale-Spencer on plans for a new playground at Altamont Elementary School, covering concerns about arsenic in the pressure-treated lumber used to build the current play- ground. The front page also features a story by Fay Barr on plans by Watervliet to increase the level of . its reservoir, which is located in Guilderland and supplies most of Guilderland's drinking water. Fay Barr detailed the concerns of local environmentalists, that the rising reservoir would raise con- taminants. the Black Creek, which feeds the Watervliet Reservoir. The story was based on infor- mation obtained through a free- dom-of-information request to the state's Department of Envi- ronmental Conservation, which was in the process of trying to get the Galesi Group to remove the construction and demolition debris. Cook pursued further con- cerns on the reservoir expansion with responses from Watervliet. The December front page was dominated by a picture of the snow-covered grounds on Joan Burns's property where winter weather had stilled a massive $650,000 cleanup project of toxic waste buried by the Army dec- ades ago. The accompanying story by Hale-Spencer documented in detail the progress that had been made and the hurdles that yet remain in the cleanup The editorial praised the local citizens on the Restoration Advi- sory Board, particularly co- chairs Charles Reilly and Thadeus Ausfeld, who had pushed for the cleanup, and urged them to keep on pushing. \Large state and federal bu- reaucracies, as well as protected private companies often need goading,\ we wrote. \Because of such prodding, Joan Burns may at last have peace of mirid, know- ing threats to her health have been removed. If we, as citizens 'wake up' and 'get involved' as \Ausfeld and Reilly have urged, we may well ensure the health and peace of mind for future generations.\ lite MLnterprtse Published continuously since July 26. 1884 \We seek the truth and print it\ JAMES E. GARDNER MELISSA HALE-SPENCER Publisher Editor §? NEWS OFFICE — 861-5005 or 861-5008 Stall\ Writers Advertising Director. .. Advertising Sales Office Manager . . .. 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