September 26, 1984 T Vol XXVIII. No. 39 . The weekly newspaper T serving the towns of Bethlehem and New Scotland ··- Planners reverse, Bypass gets its opening By Theresa Bobear west end of the Bypass. But, as the board had apparently re­ Dyke Rd. by Seigal, possible if the town can present a logical The Bethlehem Planning Board Chairman Charles Redmond sponded to strong neighborhood installation of a limited access plan the state could be persuaded last week reversed itself and approved explained, the project is far from opposition to the PRD zoning. road through an 80-acre parcel of to participate in ·the other sections. PRD zoning for David and Robin final approvaL The town board But last week the Bypass was lan,d planned for development by Supervisor Tom Corrigan said Seigal's proposed Juniper Fields must still hold a public hearing paramount. Howard Nolan and Norris McFar­ Friday he discussed the town's subdivision off Elm Ave., clearing and then hold its own vote, setting "The corridor exists now," land to connect Orchard St. and need for a corridor through the the way for an extension of the the number of dwelling units to be Building Inspector John Flanigan Delaware Ave. and, finally, in­ Nolan-McFarland property with Delmar Bypass. allowed. If Planned Residence said. "We have a chance to plan stallation of a road connecting the the owners last week. "They said District status is granted, the they would definitely look at it," In bowing to the town board's for that corridor now, we may not Byp'tss at Van Dyke Rd. to project goes back to the planning wishes for a '"limited access later." Delaware Ave. and the rebuilding he said. board for consideration of details extension" the planners returned or rerouting of Fisher Blvd. Flanigan called the 1,700 foot and conditions and another public Flanigan outlined a long range to Siegal's original plan calling for plan by which the town could Town officials are hoping that extension of the Bypass by Seigal hearing· for building project 282 townhouses in clusters and eventually connect the bypass the Siegal and Nolan-McFarland a start. '"We're supposed to be approval, Redmond said. eight single-family houses in the with Rt. 85. The plan includes sections can be accomplished by 58. 7-acre parcel situated at the In its first vote on the project, ~xtension of the Bypass to Van the developers, and speculate that (Turn to Paxe 9) Bridging the Normanski/1, again The new Normanskill Bridge - actually two design with slanted legs secured with concrete parallel structures fastened by a '"flush median" - footings embedded in the gorge walls. will be supported by an unusual "grasshopper" DOT drawing Work starts on new Route 9W bridge One state Department of Transportation official of construction the disruption will be minimal, he called it "perhaps the most widely publicized bridge said,~ in the Capital District," but Thursday's ground- The 68-year-old bridge is being replaced by two breaking ceremony for the new Normanskill Bridge parallel 470-foot-long structures connected by a on Rt. 9W was as much a means of promoting the "flush median." The first two-lane span will be states massive "Rebuild New York" program as to · constructed to the west of the current bridge, which alert the public to this particular project. will remain in place until it is finished. Then the old Construction of the $6.6 million bridge, which will bridge will be torn down to make way for the second take about two years, will inevitablY cause some span. inconvenience, noted Donald Geoffrey, director of About 15,000 vehicles a day cross the bridge, The present bridge carrying Delaware Ave. over the Normanskill DOTs Region One (and coiner of the "most pub- which serves as a major link between Bethlehem and was built in 1928, superceding the concrete structure that is still in use l,tc1zed bridge" epithet). But because of the method (Turn to Page 3) immediately below the Delaware Ave. bridge. That bridge, built in 1911-12, replaced an iron bridge erected by the town after the turnpike company gave up the toll road. 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""t PAGE 2- September 26, 1984- The Spotlight Challenge group Fin_ally- a book about REAL kids picked; no .names Why is it -'- you've asked yourself in frustra­ hear about the starving people in China" arid tion a thousand times- that YOUR child never "they don't say grace.'"' Real Kids do play with needs to use the bathroom at a rest stop but has their food, talk with their mouths full, and By Caroline Terezini objecting to the decision to to go moments after you've pulled back onto the swallow without chewing." A nine-member Challenge Re­ include iwo teachers and a prin­ highway? And why does he or she insist on Restaurants have an. uncanny sense for view Committee, chosen last cipal as members of the review wearing the same E. T. T -shirt day after day spotting "Real Kids.~· When you take a "Real Wednesday by the seven-member committee, suggested the evalu­ despite a drawedull of designer shirts? Kid'' out to eat, .. the momeitt you arrive, you are Bethlehem Central school board, tors would be evaluating them­ A humorous new book entitled Real Kids transported at breathtaking speed into the has its work.cut out for it. selves and asked board members Don't Say Please, .Stein and Day, Briarcliffe darkest·reaches of the restaurant." how "serious" they were "in trying ·Manor, N.Y., provides the an.swer: you have a "Real Kids are also easy to spot at school. Both board President Sheila to get a fair evaluation" of the "Real Kid." The book, written by Delmar They're the ones, say the Levys, who "don' Fuller and district Superintendent program. Board member Velma - residents April and Dan Levy, is the perfect volunteer," ""don't do extra credit," ""don't win Lawrence Zinn declined. last week Cousins responded that input to announce the names of those antidote for parents tired of fretting over how spelling bees," and do try to trade the healthful from teachers was important, chosen in executive (nonpublic) they or their children never seem to quite sandwiches their mothers packed for them for both because the program affects measure up to the ideal. session, citing the fact that the board them and because they are fami­ Ring Dings. "A Real Kid is mortified if his had not taken an official vote, in liar with the children. "Real Kids are what you always think other . teacher reads his A-composition to the class or public session, on the list of people's kids are, and what you try to convince tells some chronic behavior problem to behave names. This official vote was Mrs. Fuller asked Superinten­ yourself yours aren't," says the book· at the more like he does." dent Zion if staff members would delayed until the board's next outset and it proceeds to chronicle the endearing "Real \(ids never finish anything in arts and regular meeting Oct.