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THEilLTAMONT ^yjyDE^^ \ .D0;NQTi3RQywaf, K/..;: *, ****** jyQnrjfjp ****** Z)0 7V07 CZ/P ANYTHING from newspapers This is defacing library property, and anyone found doing this will be held responsible for the cost of the items defaced. For 122 years Albany County's independent newspaper .DAY, SEPTEMBER 28,2006 4*». ..«.»••!«« ««i-A-V.v-.' :&!! S^-Mi^M:^^ !l •ML ^W~^llfl^?^^ I\ I P Mr 1 P 4 ' m II' I i' I •g 1 *#• .1 IIIN&HI N 0 11 jS*^ IP t >^ i * ' L A w r ~ & i 'J ' % ^ P tf » ~... ^ | '/%.,-. 1 1) ffl ^r n jA< ^ 1. X» m 1 fi is H , <, ^ -^ > 1 fU Landfill plans to &§ By Saranac Hale Spencer ALBANY COUNTY — The Rapp Road landfill is set to ex- pand, after the-third incarnation of a plan to add acreage to the site. The proposal is expected to add eight years to the life of the landfill, which serves 11 munici- palities in Albany County. The plan, is the result of what Al- bany's mayor, Jerry Jennings, introduced last November, said. \Michael O'Brien, an Albany .Common Council member who chairs the General Services Committee. Original plans to expand to the west were scrapped in favor of the east, even though the price tag for moving the facilities currently located there is esti- mated- at $2 million, planners said\* at a Common Council meeting on Sept. 19. The city owns 10 acres of land on the western side of the landfill, al- though it is pristine Pine.Bush, which had been part of the ear- lier proposal. Adding to the landfill from the ea^t means moving the transfer facility, and possibly the recycling facility, which are currently located in the area. \Even though this alternative would cost millions more, we think it's worth theihvestment,\ said Bill Bruce, comiliissiorifer of the Albany Department of Gen- eral Services. There are twb options to the east, Bruce said. One would take 2.75 additional acres and the other would take six - the difference being whether or not Fred Simon would sell his prop- erty, a four-acre parcel that he lives on near the entrance to the landfill, said Bruce. Simon could not be reached for comment. Adding land to the north, where a trailer park, Fox Run Estates, is located, had also been discussed. Yesterday, though, Bruce said, \That's off the table.\ The.city of ^b^ny bought the trailer.park, which sits on one section of a '60-acre parcel of the (Continued on Page 22) New development leads old guard to query trustees The Enterprise - Rachel Dutil Holding apinwheel for peace, this man takes a stroll through Altamont's Orsini Park, while JoAnn Mulligan and Sarah Forman hold their hearts and find their inner peace. It was a beautiful fall day, last Thursday, Sept. 21, International Day of Peace, when children and parents gathered along with organizer, Christine Carpenter, and placed their decorated pinwheels in the park, and enjoyed some yoga in the refreshing sunshine. Giles all smiles after conquering cancer By Tyler Schilling ALTAMONf — Though the sun is not shining and rain has been falling ceaselessly, Kessler Giles smiles. Giles, a cancer survivor, sits on the board of advisors for the American Cancer Society. He has lived in Altamont for the past i8 years with his wife and two daughters, and said he got involved with the- society be- cause there wasn't a history of cancer in his family. Last week, Giles represented the 21 Bt District as & Celebration Ambassadbr at the society's Celebration on the Hill, in Washington, D.d. As an anibas- saabr, GileS met wi£h others who have survived the disease. He also spoke with senators and delegates about ways the gov- ernment can aid in the fight against cancer. Ambassadors reiterated their need for the government to con- tinue funding. \It's a terrible thing if [some- one] finds they have cancer, and they can't have the services,\ Giles said. Giles, who at age 52 was diag- nosed with colon cancer in No- vember of 2003, considers him- self lucky. Leading up to his diagnosis, he said, he'ctjiad\ symptoms. The symptoms, however, were subtle. \I'd had rectal bleeding,\ he said, \but only in spurts. It's hard to describe, but the best way to put it, is to say that I didn't feel like myself...I didn't have as much energy, but I at- tributed that to getting older,\ he said. Before his diagnosis, Giles said, he had scheduled and re- scheduled appointments many times to undergo a colonoscopy — a minimally invasive endo- scopic examination of the lafge colon and the distal part of the small bowel with a fiber optic Camera . But he didn't make it to the appointments. ' He missed the first appoint- ment, he said, because he was (Continued on Page 23) By Saranac Hale Spencer VOORHEESVILLE — On the east side last month and in the south end this month, village residents have been bringing questions about development before the board of trustees. Last month, Locust Drive resident Michael Canfora sug- gested that the village use water as a bargaining chip to keep the proposed Colonie Country Club development at least 50 feet away from houses on his road in Scotch Pine, the decades-old de- velopment that abuts the coun- try club. Amedore Homes devel- opment company has proposed building 37 houses on the golf course at the country club; the houses will start at $400,000. Canfora presented the board with a petition signed by his neighbors supporting his posi- tion. Canfora presented another pe- tition, also signed by his neigh- bors, asking the board to pre- serve the cul-de-sac at the end of Locust Drive. David Moreau, a developer, owns land on the other side of the cul-de-sac and has a variance that allows him to drive from his property through the cul-de-sac and onto Locust Drive. At September's meeting on Tuesday night, residents of Mpss Road, at the other end of the ' village, were concerned about their access to a sewer line that would come through their area if Eric King builds on six plots of land as h e has proposed. The planning board has not yet granted approval for King's subdivision, but the village board has granted \conceptual verbal approval,\ said Trustee David Cardpna, for King to con- nect those six properties to sewer district one, which is the Salem Hills sewer district. Michael Fluster, Eileen Draves, and Thomas O'Connor wanted to know if, as residents of Moss Road, they would be able to connect their homes to the sewer system when it comes through for the new houses. \Somewhere someone's going to have to do a study,\ said Dep- uty Mayor William Hotaling, referring to the capacity of the sewer system. \Somewhere someone's going to have to pay for a study.\ Trustee John Stevens esti- mated that the cost of. such a study would be $7,500. King may not get approval for his major subdivision, though. Long-time Conservation Advi- sory Commission member Robert Mudge said that the commission (Continued on Page 20) m I 1 i m 1 „ f ! i i Is!.' Opinion Page 2 News Page 9 Community Calendar Page 18 Classifieds Page 30 Sports Page 33 .'.i.M.a'.i.i.'.'.'.M.M.i.t,M.i.t.<:'.t.'-riniTnni»»7««>'>'
