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L ae • nLEnEM PUBLIC LIBRARY DO.NOT CIRCULA.TE WMl on hold Am~rican Impressionists ·' '\11ville girls ~-- for I ZtOt-tSOZt AN ~YK13Q Museum stumble in finale ~M! :iill'ltH!1·:iiQ Ht 0 Xl!Yll1!11 :l111!0d R4H31H;L31! 0 See Page 14 dL9 ZO-t0-60 61191 the Towns of Bethlehem & New Scotland Cops seek suspect Simon says in bank heist By JOSEPH A. PHILLIPS An unidentified male walked into the Glenmont branch of Pioneer Savings Bank last Friday afternoon and walked out with an undisclosed amount of stolen cash. The incident is under investigation by Bethlehem police and the FBI. "He.just went out the door and disappeared," said Bethlehem police spokes man Sgt. Tho mas Heffernan .. "We don't know if he left in a vehicle or on foot." man ma What they do Christa LeMay, left, and Kristina Howard enjoy playing with Simon, who is up lor adoption from Lovin' Care Pet Adoptions, at a clinic at with an undetermined know is precisely amount of cash from what he looked L.C. Smith in Delmar last Saturday. Jim Franco Pioneer Savings Bank like, thanks to in Glenmont last images provided Friday. by a bank security camera and the description of eyewitnesses. Owner, developer seek IDA PILOTS The white male was described as approximately 6 feet tall, 180 pounds, clean-shaven, with dark hair and a prominent nose, dressed in blue jeans, By JOSEPH A. PHILLIPS a dark jacket with a light, thin stripe on ~----"""""-'«««««<,~.-> Texas-based Daisytek International is D HEIST/page 12 well on the way to completing nego tiations to locate a computer and office supply distribution center in Selkirk, said corporate spokesman Craig McDaniel Monday. The company's decision to locate in a vacant warehouse on West Yard Road in the Selkirk industrial district is a major employment coup for the Capital District, bringing as many as 300 jobs to the area within five years. Gov. George Pataki was scheduled to announce yesterday that the Empire Development Corporation would provide job-development loans in support of the project, which Daisytek hopes to have up and running by the end The Galesi Group and Daisytek hope to operate a warehouse project at this site in Selkirk. of the year. Joseph A. Phillips "We certainly welcome the company payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) "inducement resolution" to accept that here, with 300 jobs, over the next five agreement with Selkirk Ventures. application at a similar session last Friday. school year bwdgE;t/aiPp•ointm•ints years," said Bethlehem Supervisor A PILOT would partially remove from Sheila Fuller. 'The town has been out The IDA's lease agreement-taking title and resig!j,~po~s. the town tax rolls for as much as 15 years to the property and leasing it back to ·The budget amountadopted "is there marketing our community to bring a property currently assessed at more business and jobs to Bethlehem." Selkirk Ventures-includes exemptions for $52.8million which will result than $6 million, a move not expected to on mortgage-recording taxes and sales The developer, Rotter_dam-based in an increase in the school tax rate have a major tax revenue impact on the tax on materials purchased for Galesi Group, and Daisytek are both of only 4.4· percent" said Steve town. But the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk renovations. O'Shea, assistant ·superintendent seeking tax incentives through the town school district would likely bear the brunt for business. Industrial Development Agency (IDA), of the revenue hit District representatives D PILOT/page 13 What this means. for the which has already given fast-track attended a meeting on March 19 outlining Bethlehem homeowner assessed approval to Galesi's initial application, the project in the IDA's third meeting on at S145,000 is a $99 ~entper under the name Selkirk Ventures LLC. the project in a week. -The IDA agency On Thursday, March 28, Daisytek will approved a "straight-lease" agreement BUDGET/page 28 D submit a similar application to the IDA, with Selkirk Ventures, after adopting an which will also consider a proposed THE SPOniGHT$. 75 PAGE 2- March 27, 2002-" THE SPOTLIGHT Police arrest two on OWl charges Delmar woman arrested Two local residents were Town Court on April 2. Michael Everett Pickett, 39, of charged with driving while 604 Caitlin Court, arrested on on felony assault count An arrest on Wednesday, intoxicated (DWI) by Bethlehem March 20, took place shortly Aug" 12 -less than a week after police last week, and three pleading guilty to DWAI in an altercation. before 1:30 a.m., after officer By JOSEPH A" PHILLIPS pending DWI cases were earlier Bethlehem incident - James Rexford observed a west Collins was arraigned before resolved in Town Court. pleaded guilty to DWl as a result A Delmar woman "(as arrested Town Justice Theresa Egan and bound vehicle weaving on for the felony assault of a About 2 a.m. on March 17, Delaware Avenue in Delmar. of the prior conviction" Pickett charged with felony assault and was $500 and assessed a $125 Bethlehem police officer last resisting arrest. Egan ordered according to a police report, week - the third such officer officer Adam Hornick observed He stopped the vehicle near state-mandated surcharge" His her held without bail at Albany Maple Terrace and administered assault case heard in Town Court a westbound vehicle on the license was also revoked for six County jail, where she remains field sobriety tests on Eric this year. Slingerlands bypass, operating months. following a preliminary hearing Eugene Swett, of 33 Dum barton below the speed limit and weaving In another case dating back to Maryann B. Collins, 41, of27B on her case Monday. Drive, De1mar. across roadside hazard markings. a DWI arrest in September 2000, Cherry Ave. was charged on A Slingerlands woman pleaded Swett was charged with DWl Sherri Ann Finkel, 4 7, of 44 Tuesday, March 19, after police guilty to similar charges in town He stopped the vehicle and attempted at about 3:20 p.m. to administered field sobriety tests and ticketed for crossing hazard Elsmere Ave., Delmar, pleaded court on March 6. markings, and ordered to appear serve her with a bench warrant and a preliminary screening on guilty to DWAI, and was fined · Appearing before Town Justice in Town Court Aprill6. $300 and a $35 surcharge. Her for aggravated harassment issued Carol Myers Schaffer, 51, of 333 in Guilderland Town Court. Frank Milano, Patricia Ann Cass Hill Road, Voorheesville. In Town Court on March 19, a license .was suspended for 90 Desmond, 56, of 101 Meadow days. According to police, ·collins Schaffer was charged with Delmar resident pleaded guilty to brook Drive, pleaded guilty to· a DWl charge- and two others Also pleading guilty to DWAI became combative when placed third-degree assault in· satis DWl, crossing hazard markings in custody, and struck and and impeding traffic. to lesser charges of driving while was Mark Edward Seavey, 37, of faction of various charges stem ability impaired (DWAI). 172 Schoolhouse Road, Albany, scratched officer James Mosca. ming from her arrest last July 19, She was ordered to appear in arrested on Nov. 28. He was fined Subdued with pepper spray and was sentenced to time ,--.,.-----------------------, $300 and a$35 surcharge and had and handcuffed, Collins was served. -~ his license suspended 90 days. arrested and transported to The arrest resulted from an 'Vanni's Too Restaurant All three defendants were Albany Medical Center Hospital. incident in which Desmond Coeyman's Landing Marina 756-7033 ordered to undergo drinking Mosca was also treated at Albany allegedly assaulted officer Robert Open Wed.- Sunday from II a.m. driver remediation and to face a Med for cuts and lacerations and Hilligras with a hockey stick as he Ril'elfront Dining· Live Elltertaiumel~t victim impact panel. a strained neck suffered in the attempted to serve her with probation-violation warrants Join usfora issued by the Bethlehem and Grand Easter Buffet Out? Guilderland town courts. 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