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In W 00 HOT CIRCULATE; GU1LDEFCAND WBUC UBRARY W* DO NOT CLIP ANYTHING from newspapers. This is defacing library property, and anyone found doing this will be held responsible for the cost of the items defaced ********************************************** 75e£ ,No. Bi'^i^^'iim^^'^'. , v .< ;>, jtM&'^^iV'.ai' For 121 years Albany County's independent newspaper it--'. If; |*»\ t •fi? I ,l Under construction Will Berne and county merge? By Saranac Hale Spencer BERNE — Some> Hilltown highways might come under new stewardship m as^move that would be the first of its kind in the state The town of Berne is developing a plan to consolidate its highway department with Al- bany County's department of public works amid concerns from Berne highway workers and residents The plan, proposed by Berne, ( was developed after the first In-,] teriniunicipal, Cooperation ForQuiiJi heldj:j6y pouhty jlxedutive M*y$ chael -Breslin in April- After ai^|' tending#||e forum, \Ray tod. IJ star|||Oooking at snowplo^M rout^r^said Supervisor Kevin f Crosier at a meeting last TTiursrJI day with Highway SjupeHhtgSsl! '\•Shft nisi, Public Works Cbn}m^Vptt^';| Mi<:|jiel Franchini/and.iR^'Srt^ 1 terpr^se., '• .. . •• \ », ' - '. ;; The pair found that current: snowplow routes are inefficient JJ due to the network of town andjjs county/sate roads in Berne, saiq}i| Crosier. Albany County has ha$;>i an agreement with New .York, .toSI clear the state roads along with^i the county roads since the lateij 1970's> Franchini said. In some, areas, there is no way to get from one town road to another without using county roads-*, which is problematic forsnowr plows that have to clear just the* town roads, Crosier said. \We don't drive over a county : i road without plowing it,\ Bernei, Highway Department worker' Joe Welsh told The Enterprise ' „ after Wednesday's Berne Town Board meeting. If it's danger- ous, \of course we ? re going to drop our plow.\ Forty-seven percent of the miles driven by town trucks on the snowplow routes are on county roads, ^according to a re- port* on the consolidation put to- gether by -the town of Berne and the-county of Albany/; A portion of the expected sav- ings'detailed in the report re- flects this, estimating fuel sav- ings bf $14,100 annually. Given that ^Be'rne ticuckj?' are already driving eji these rjbads, Council- man James Hamilton suggested at Wedhe^^s town meeting that an agreement could be made between the town and the county such that Albany would contract with Berne to have the town do the plowing. \The savings they say that they can get,\ Welsh told The Enterprise, \they can look at other avenues to get the same thing \ (Continued on S»agefc3) & , The Enterprise — Saranac Hale Spencer Fun and games weren't hard to find at ike Altamont fairgrounds on Saturday during the Countryfest. This boy gets strapped into a safety halter before climbing a rock watt in the family section at the event. Cotiiitryfest gets Mi and cold response By Saranac Hale Spencer ALTAMONT — WGNA's 13 th annual Countryfest was a hot- ticket Saturday at the Altamont fairgrounds, with fans pouring in from all over the Capital^Kfegiofy some tit Whoi$, got: burned by counterfeit tickets Qolonie Police arrested Mi- chael Pfau, of Schenectady, on May 17 for selling tickets he had stolen from Printing Services of New York Inc, where he works, said John Banalstyne of'the Colome Police Department this w6ek, Banalstyne told The J3n- terpnse that printers make plenty of extra tickets to events in advance and seal them in plastic, in case something hap- pens to the primary batch. \He took a whole wrap of 2,000,\ tfsM Banalstyne, adding that police recovered nicst of.the illegal tickets He said that po- hce got a call from someone who had bought a/legitimate ticket and compared it to, a ticket that her friend had bought without knowing it was counterfeit Po- lice charged Pfau with forgery, a felony. Both Banalstyne and Selena Dutcher, marketing director for WGNA, said that this wasn't a common problem, \This is, the first time I've run into some- thing like this,\ said Banalstyne. Dutcher told The Enterprise that this was the first tnte that this had happened at Countryfest. WGNA considered! thei; event a \huge success,\ said lecher. She said that it was also, good for Altamont \Stewart's and Ketchum's were- selling out^ of beverages by 10 in the morning,\ she said, , , . ''••»•. - Estimates of the size of the crowd wentjifbrn ;2$^0„0,0,' ac- (ContinuedonPage22) No charg Civil suits pending for McCartney, Marturano By Melissa Hale-Spencer \ VOpR^EF^j^LE^hThe Al- bany County District Attorney has found iio basis to prosecute two retired Vbbicheesville school administrators whom the state comptroller' had' accused of \in- appropriately\ paying them- selves $516,000. After months of investigation, District Attorney P. David Soares wrote in a June 22 letter to the school's attorney that his office had concluded \.. theft of federal funds \Occurred and that criminal liability cannot be assessed against Drs: McCartney - and Marturanb.\ ' Afa jjire^Ss conferences on Jan. 24, Cdmptrolter. ; Alah Hevesi had accused forniSr Superintendent Alan McCartney and former As- sistant* Supenhtendent for Busi- ness- Anthpny Marturano of authorizing'payments to them- selves without the school board's knowledge or approval. Joseph Pbfit,' the school board president at the time who lost his reelec- tion bid in May, said at the con- ference that the board was \out- raged\ the former officials would purposefully manipulate people and internal controls to enrich , themselves. Soares says that the school district's \weak internal con- trols\ are what likely led to the problems. The Enterprise obtained a copy of the June 22 letter from the district attorney's office on Wednesday; It is addressed to Norma Meacham of Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna, LLP, an Albany law firm. Voorheesville Superintendent Linda Langevin told The Enter- prise last night that the district is stijl pursuing its civil suits against McCartney and Mar- turano, She said the board spoke with Meacham in executive ses- sion Monday night and all of the board members agreed to con- tinue with the suits. Soares's letter states, \We de- termined that the contracts be- tween the Board- of Education and Drs. McCartney and Mar- turano likely violated New York State contract and education law and , contained impermissible provisions; however, they did not violate New York. State penal law. The contracts were hegoti- .atedpui good faith and we believe they properly reflect the intent o|.the$krti.ess\' • - .'••'•• SbfirWs letter goes on to say, \Dr. MeCartne^ submitted a ihued on page 11) IttUde this week's edition darting on page.. Opinion \?mi\ News l^'l Community Calendar N> e16 l Classifieds E^H Sports T ****. OfSiiSigfaiaitv&s^ *^\^r. ?.\.•?.''''!•
