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^^^Fni£Sg^5SP?^p \ wT<*\r ' .IV if? •'I iii-vfi-r No. 23 - THURSDAY, 28,2006 & ... ^mfe For 122 years Albany County's independent newspaper ^ •S*---! Altamont election i _ ..,,, . .:i'!?fftr;.. The Enterprise' — Saranac Hale Spencer Wowing kids of all ages at the Voorheesville Public Library, Eric Geoffery juggles for an audience yesterday afternoon. Geoffery used to perform as a trapeze clown with the Ringling Brothers; he now juggles for the High Peaks Juggling Show. r 2006 in review Water, development shape New Scotland future By Rachel Data NEW SCOTLAND - Much of the town's attention in 2006 was focused on planning for New Scotland's future. A sis-month moratorium on building in the northeast quad- rant has minimized the devel- opment pressure in thai area of town; negotiations between the towns of New Scotland and Bethlehem are ongoing, with hopes an intermunicipal water agreement may be reached in the near future; and the com- prehensive land-use plan has been reviewed by a town- ap- pointed committee, and may be updated if state aid and town- board approval are granted. Moratorium Late in 2005, the board was presented a petition, sponsored by the Northeast Neighborhood Association, requesting..that the area be re-zoned to a residential conservation (R2) district,^ which would require residential lots be a minimum of two acres. Some residents said this would pre- serve the character of the area. Some diher large property owners from the medium-density residential (MDR) zone submit- ted a petition opposing a re-zone (Continued on page 9) as running mate By Saranac Hale Spencer ALTAMONT — Two seats on the village board are up for grabs come March, and long- time incumbent William Ayl- ward is not only running for re- election — he has chosen a run- ning mate who is new to politics. Trustee Harvey Vlahos holds the other seat. He did not re- turn calls this week. Vlahos, who runs a marketing communi- cations firm and operates Altamont Manor, waged an un- successful run for mayor in a four-way race two years ago but returned to his seat as trustee. He has often been at odds with other board members. Mayor James Gaughan paired Aylward with Chris Marshall to run together on the Concerned Citizens ticket, Aylward said. \He let the both of us know that we might be approachable to j§a£h; 6ther,\;Marshallsaid. 2006 in review 'Aylward, who is currently an Albany County: Legislator as well as a village trustee, )ias held elected posts since he was ejected as mayor of Altamont in 1971. A retired .Guilderiarid social studies teacher, he's served as Guilderland's supervi- sor, Altamont's mayor, and trus- tee. While village candidates do not run on traditional party lines, Aylward was elected to the legislature and as Guilderland's supervisor on the Democratic ticket. If elected, Marshall would be the first person to serve on the board ffom the suburban Ku- shaqua development. She would represent the interests of the whole village, she said, not just the developments, but \being from there might add a different viewpoint,\ she said. One of the things,She wouid'mpst like to see (Cohtinue#on\£age\25) Plans for continued growth in Guilderland By Jarrett Carroll GUILDERLAND — The town has grown according to plan in 2006. Although several public hear- ings were held throughout the year and some spot-zoning changes were granted, Guilder- land has abided by its compre- hensive plans as the expanding suburban town continues to cope with growth. A massive $100 million devel- opment project named Glass Works Village is being proposed for a 52-acre wooded plot along Route 20 and Winding Brook Drive, and, further down the road, local developer Jeff Tho- mas has proposed construction of a large 72-unit senior housing project at the old Bavarian Chalet. Town Historian Alice Begley worked with developers on the name Glass Works Village in honor of Guilderland's glass- making history. Thomas do- nated roughly 4,000. square feet of his proposed project to the town for a community senior citizen center, in exchange for £he town board re-zoning the area for the project. As the town moves forward, Supervisor Kenneth Runion said, \new urbanism\ designs of mixed-use residential and com- mercial projects like Glass Works appear to be the \future trend\ when it comes to devel- opment in the area. The concept of new urbanism created a \village-like\ atmos- phere where there is less de- pendence on automobiles and more walkable communities mixed with green space and de- velopment. The town also saw its share of high-profile legal cases this year Which garnered local, statewide, and even national attention. A Chinese scientist living in Westmere was charged by the federal government with inter- national arms trading, but the government later withdrew the charges; illegal immigrants were detained from a pallet company in the Northeastern Industrial Park during a nationwide raid; Hashim Burnell was tried and re-tried for the shooting death of Todd Pianowski and found guilty before being sentenced to life in prison without parole; and three University at Albany freshmen football players were arrested for an alleged gang rape that took place on-campus — an incident which school administrators de- scribed as \unacceptable.'' Also, Guilderland was at the center of a city-versus-suburbs struggle when it came to state and county Democratic represen- tation. . (Continued on Page 22) -• 4^*M i -9 Opinion Page 2 News Page 8 Community Calendar Page 18 Classifieds Page 28 Sports Page 31
