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OTLDEkAND PUBLIC r-.l....i.i , Victims center revamped? ******NOTICE****** ^r m ^ ATVTHING from newspapers. 1 nu. DO NOT CLIP ANYT ^ d anyon e found doing this is defacing library P^'X cost of the items defaced. wi ll be held responsek to J« £„„„„•«*•«•* ',;; ; SPORTS McConaghy heads lax : ;;' page 30 , tuMmmmmmmhmmm^mmmmilimMdidmmmuim **************** Albany County's Independent Newspaper For 120 Years Number 19 • Thursday, December 2, 2004 The Enterprise — Matt Cook A Victorian bathroom: The upstairs bathroom in the home of Keith Lee and Jim Gaughan features a footed tub artd a stained-glass window. The Gaughan I Lee Home will be on the house tour of the Altamont Victorian Holiday this Sunday. Brabant new principal of Altamont Elementary By Melissa Hale-Spencer ALTAMONT — The newly - named principal of Altamont El - ementary School uses the word \fun\ more than any other as he describes his own education and his work as a teacher and admin- istrator. Peter Brabant is currently the principal of the Glebe Elemen- tary School in Johnstown, which he says is similar in size and close-knit like Altamont. \I'm fond of the school; I have amazing kids and very support- ive parents; it's a fun place to be,\ he said. At 37, Brabant is trim and moves with purpose. He has short-cropped brown hair and beard. He speaks with intensity, focusing his hazel eyes on his lis - tener, often answering questions with unusual candor. Brabant has been principal at Glebe Elementary for three-and- a-half years, after moving from a huge district in Virginia to be closer to family. He hadn't thought about leaving his current tenured post, he said, until the Al- tamont position opened. Tuesday, after the Guilderland School Board unanimously awarded Brabant a three-year probationary appointment to the $85,000 Altamont job, he told the board, \I look forward to serving (Continued on Page 12) Albany College of Pharmacy students 4 nabbed for possession of pot, painkillers By Holly Grosch NEW SCOTLAND — Four students from the Albany College of Pharmacy were arrested in New Scotland on Nov. 29 on a ' series of drug charges, and one of them, Ryan P. Benway, is ac- cused of taking drugs from a pharmacy where he worked as an intern. Albany County Sheriffs De- partment deputies stopped the men at about 11:50 p.m. while they were driving, after their ve- hicle crossed over the yellow line several times, police say. Benway, 19, . of 545 Notre Dame Drive, Albany, was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a con- Mclntosh, long-time supervisor, dies 'He ran the town like his house' By Holly Grosch NEW SCOTLAND — Willis. Mcintosh was the supervisor of New Scotland from 1958 to 1973. \He loved his town; he ran it as if it was his house,\ said Robert Smith, Mr. Mcintosh's son-in- law. The town was \so much dif- ferent then,\ Mr. Smith said, and he \ran it with a tight hand.\ Mr. Mcintosh, 82, died Monday, Nov., 22, 2004, sur- rounded by his family. He was a life-long resident of Clarksville. He was deputy supervisor un- der his father's administration in 1957, and then went on to serve as supervisor for 15 years. Back then, the town govern- ment consisted of a supervisor, a clerk and a highway superinten- dent, and that was it, Mr. Smith said. Mr. Mcintosh did the books himself, which he was quite proud of;, the state audit never found any discrepancies, Mr. Smith said. (Continued on Page 23) ' •\ trolled substance, a felony; fourth-degree criminal posses- sion of a controlled substance, also a felony; and unlawful pos- session of marijuana, a violation. He was also arrested for criminal possession of a forged instru- ment, a felony. Shawn M. Dean, 18, of 18 Morning Side Circle, Queens- bury; Kyle J. Kent, 18, of 8236 Chiffon Path, Liverpool,; and Chad W. Morgan, 18, of 624 Ganesvoort Road, South Glens Falls, were all charged with un- lawful possession of marijuana, a violation. When the men were stopped, the deputies said they smelled marijuana coming from the car. When Benway handed the deputies his driver's license, they discovered it was altered, the po- lice said. After deputies and investiga- tors searched Benway's vehicle, they discovered marijuana along with several marijuana pipes strewn throughout the car, the police said. In a duffel bag, there (Continued on Page 10) 'It's kind of a shock' Altamont attorney resigns By Bill Sherman ALTAMONT - The village attorney, Mario Cometti, an- nounced his resignation in a letter to the Enterprise editor this week before informing Mayor Paul DeSarbo or any of the current village trustees. \The mayor did not know I wrote that letter,\ Cometti said when contacted on Tuesday. He added, \The only person who knew was Village Clerk Jean La Crosse.\ \It's kind of a shock,\ DeSarbo said, \I don't even know the reasons.\ As of late Wednesday after- noon Cometti and DeSarbo still had not discussed the let- ter or Cometti's resignation. Cometti's letter is written in response to the Enterprise's lead story on Nov. 18, \Four run for Altamont mayor.\ Cometti strongly backs in- cumbent DeSarbo for the March election and praises his accomplishments as mayor while criticizing com- ments made by two other candidates—Harvey Vlahos and Jim Gaughan. He does not refer to the fourth candi - date, Jerry Oliver. DeSarbo said Wednesday that Cometti has always been supportive and had done a \superb job.\ He said Cometti decided on his own to resign and that they never have dis - cussed Cometti re signing. Trustee Bill Aylward, when told about Cometti's resigna- tion, told The Enterprise \I'm very surprised, I thought he liked the job.\ When questioned about Cometti's method of resign- ing, Aylward said, \It is a little unusual. I would think he would tell the mayor first.\ Aylward, a former mayor himself continued, \It sounds strange. Maybe he [Cometti] (Continued on Page 11)
