July 9, 2004

Neighbors of Rigas family in Couderport, Pa, express disbelief at guilty verdicts against John J Rigas, founder of Adelphia Communications, and his son Timothy; many people there still see Rigases as modest men who never lost sight of their small-town roots and who gave community luxuries it would otherwise not have; Judge Leonard B Sands will give jurors additional instructions to try to break deadlock on remaining counts; photo (M)

Article in series (Making Summer Happen) on rise in number of camp counselors coming from overseas; American Camping Assn reports that international counselors now number 25,000 and make up 20 percent of all camp counselors; scene at Caribou, boys' sports camp in Maine, described; photos (M)

Bureau of Labor Statistics reports latest figures on average salaries for 22 occupational groups and 770 jobs in New York metropolitian region, and they yield some fascinating insights into New Yorkers' passions, priorities and foibles; average hourly wage for region, which takes in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam Counties as well as city, is $23.10, 32 percent higher than anywhere else in nation; people doing almost any job made more doing it in region than they would anywhere else, with exception of production jobs; photos; graphs (M)

Alessandra Stanley reviews new USA network sci-fi series The 4400; photos (M)

THIS summer's high gasoline prices have had an impact beyond the S.U.V. in the driveway. It is costing more to run a lawn mower and more for lawn services to travel to their jobs. So, homeowners are paying more for the work. Page 4.