BETHLEHEM PUBLIC lI8RARY DO NOT CIRCULATE www.spotlightnews.com McCartney . South Pacific salls into Pinebush triathlon .... ; retires " . kee.ps growing oSee Page 3 ttot-tSOtt AN HYK~~a # ~AY ~HYMy~~a tSt, AHYHaI~ ~I~and K~H~~H~~a, StZ d09 Mt so-eo-ot ttOt tSOZt H~IJ¥¥¥¥.¥¥.¥ ••••••••••••••• ! the Towns of Bethlehem & New Scotland Residents: Comp plan hearing set too soon Holiday light another revised draft, to be posted on . the Web site, prompting the residents regulations withdrawn in attendance to do some quick math. By LIBBY SCHIRMER Many of the residents said that nine days - or possibly seven days by the The town board faced criticism from time another draft could have been a group of concernedresidents about its posted - to review the newest, 144-page decision to move the continuation of the code was not sufficient public hearing on the proposed zoning "This is affecting us for years to regulations up a week, to tonight, July come," said resident Nancy Neff, who' 20. also spoke at the June 22 public hearing. The residents, who spoke individually 'The moratorium has until October; we 'during the meeting's second public have until next week:" comment section, said, if anything, the A continuation of a public hearing continuation should have been moved requires 48 hours of notice to residents, back. Director of Economic Supervisor Theresa Egan said, also Development n'oting announce- and Planning .ments that were in George Leveille, "T'h. the July 13 edition who in part has ' I IS is affecting US tor years to of The-Spotlight. takenthereinsin come. The moratorium has until "' don't con- the process, Octobe",· we have until next sider it a rush," announced sev- Egan told resident eraI staft -recom- week. " Linda .Jasinski, mended adjust- Nancy Neff who criticized the ments to the ________________ board for moving draft zoning up the hearing. code at a June 22 public hearing. She also cautioned the board that the The revised draft was put up on the summary Leveille gave to the board, town's Web site and also made available about a 20-minute presentation, was not to the public in otherformats on July 11. listed on the agenda for the meeting, Town board members defended their whJch Egan said was an "oversight" . positions, citing, first, state environ- '" still think it's a very short time for mental quality review timelines that the public to read the laws it has to abide necessitated the date change and said by," Jasinski said. that the process has been open all along, Board member Thomas Marcelle with residents getting each draft of the said each resident can add a unique family dynamics new regulations. perspective to the process. Leveille announced additional '" know the speakers tonight care factor into complex trend changes and language at Wednesday's very deeply about this zoning law. I've right yellow squash, huge green heads ofiettuce, and scallions the length board meeting, which would be put into of arms are amassed on tables under big white tents. Farmers or their D PLAN/page16 helpers -frequently attired in T-shirts and sometimes aprons - watch ~ over the bounty as package-laden shoppers exclaim about freshness, ask questions about price or inquire about whether a specific vegetable is grown Delmar's designation as top organically. 0000000000000 It's the Farmers Market, an increasingly . common si~ht around the nation, state, local 1?y Mgry 1~DDe>D place to live brings smiles towns and Villages. Just this season in the Capital District, markets 0000000000000 By JAMES CUOZZO Chamber of Commerce. The ranking is based on statistics have opened in Chatham, Ballston and at Stuyvesant Plaza in Guilderland. Clean air, low crime, a good education, such as household income, education, They are part of a national trend that has seen the number of officially easy work commutes and excellent home air quality, arts and culture, golf courses, registe~ed markets double from 1,755 in 1994 to 3,706 in 2004. The largest. prices are just' some of the reasons that museums and libraries. 'n comparison increases - about 500 each - occurred between 1994 and 1996 and 2002 to 2004, makes Delmar one of the top places in to the incomes of the best places to live, according to statistics from the U.S. the country to live, according to Delmar's household income of $70,932 Department of Agriculture. State information released by Money was higher than the $68,160 median statistics from a 2000 survey tell !' Magazine. household income. There may be a few similar story with the number of farmers selling directly to consumers Delmar is ranked No. 22 of the top 100 less colleges around Delmar than in other best places to live communities, in 2000 at 6,667, up by 542 from the towns and cities across America and No. 1987 figure of 6,125. 1 in New York state. but the average student-ta-teacher ratio of15.80:1 is near the top of the list Many Changes in rules of trade, shifts in The news is spreading fast in coffee who live in the town of Bethlehem tout domestic policy, shifting global shops, restaurants and other locations the Bethlehem Central school system as markets and new technology have around town. one of the reasons they moved here. continually changed farming and '" first heard the news from my Personal and property crime in contributed to the rise of fanners daughter in Albuquerque, N .M. who sent Delmar is much lower than most best markets, according to a USDA press me an e-mail and was so excited to hear places to live, and even though it feels release . about the recognition," said Marty mighty muggy some days in the EARTH/page 39 DeLaney, president of the Bethlehem summer and crispy cold many nights in tI the winter, the average precipitation and ;!!h"". :Wf/Yo. TMl•• oft•• s p't.!O' p.o temperature in Delmar is close to the squ.h .t the ~ch.".rudy Fm"ors 'M2rke~ . best compared to other top communities L.ft: ;f\!"".odr, Lus,k ~f Tr~Y hnys fresh IIIIIII across the land. pr~dtlc. froPl J.oo W"d ~f eJur F'fPl in 6 Another Bethlehem Town official f..sJ;oo, W,shiogt@ C<Juoty.• t tho Troy . THE SPOTLlGHT$.75 W,l;er\root F'fPlors 'M;rk.t rocoolly U TOP/page14 .- : ~! • .-.;t ;'''' ". 'U i~ "H--:lC.i '.'F! ,"i, 0 '" rf ' ~ .f> r"·;;' ".~~ it.i~ "'<!'l'-f ·f..J .. I - ,"'. : r • 1... ~.~J ......... _'-'.:'- ~ ;'"._.. ~ "-:a -- 4 PAGE 2 - July 20, 2005 ' ~ 00 THE SPOTLIGH DA: Guilty plea gets career drug dealer off streets Patrol nets 26 on OWl charges called Jackson a career criminal. 1h By LIBBY SCHIRMER arrested after a period of of their March 23 arrest In the 46 Albany Count ~~=--- surveillance on their 21 The Sometime on or around March cri';;~a~nc~!~ck~ons:~~i~t~~~~ driving while intoxicated blank A Schenectady man who was Concourse home, 24, an informant phoned Jackson distributor of crack cocaine in the patrol, held this past weeken arrested in March for attempting The charge Jackson. 28. and ordered a kilo-and-a-half of Capital District." said Soares, who between 7 p,m, Friday night an to sell 500 grams of crack pleaded guilty to was a cocaine, Officers then set up a made Rockefeller Drug Law 4 a,m, Saturday, July 15 and 1 cocaine for $30,000 in downgrade from the A-I felony surveillance location in· reform the major issue in his 656 traffic stops were made, Bethlehem pleaded guilty last charge he faced of criminal sale. Bethlehem, to which Jackson campaign for district attorney, A total of 26 DWI arrests wa week, marking his second drug of a controlled substance and arrived later, around 5:30 p.m" made, Police report one drun offense conviction, third-degree criminal sale of a with the cocaine to sell it for Jackson was on federal driving-related crash over th Clarence]ackson, who is also controlled substance, a B felony, $30,000. at which point he was probation for another conviction course of the patrol. known as Beano, faces seven when he was originally arrested. arrested, ~~~a~~~~a~~o;~~~;~~~~~Zb~~~ Albany County Stop-DW years in state prison for first­ The back-to-back arrests of ''The two arrests were linked, County District Attorney's office, announced the patrol Thursda degree attempted criminal Jackson. of 1076 Baker Ave,. and Albany County Sheriff's deputies afternoon,perhapsaccountingfo possession of a controlled William and Aleftina Turner, got picked up Turner and flipped Sheriffs deputies, at the time the 71 designated drivers officer substance, a felony, when he is an estimated $150.000 worth of him." said DNs office spokesman ofthe arrest. said both operations throughout the count - " d h - ff Richard Arthur, ''Turner called were sophisticated and well- sentenced Sept. 7 by Judge cocame. marlJuana an erom 0 established, encountered, Stephen Herrick. Jackson could the streets, police said at the time, Jackson. told him to bring- over _---------..... Because of the patrol. polic also be subject to five years of The Turners allegedly had drug the stuff. and the deputies got also made three total arrests fo supervision after his release customers throughout Albany him," aggravated unlicensed operatio from prison. County, including Bethlehem, Jackson, for his part, was Got a ~ripe? including one that was alcoh Jackson's March 24 arrest Guilderland and Albany, Police sentenced to four years related. followed the arrest of a said they sold mostly heroin and determinate, which, according to Sixty-one police officers issue Bethlehem couple that Albany cocaine.