GROUP BUYS HOME FOR TEEN SHELTER.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer

A six-bedroom home on Route 9 has been purchased to serve as a temporary shelter for runaway and homeless teenagers, the Citizens Committee for a Youth Shelter announced Tuesday.

The committee said it has reached agreement with the Woodworth family to purchase 2118 Route 9, which is on a 5.8-acre parcel in the Malta Ridge neighborhood, for $190,000.

``We've been working on this project for eight years,'' said Bill Casey, the shelter board president and president of CAPTAIN, the Clifton Park-based community group that works on youth issues. ``It's an absolute find. It gives us the ability to open the shelter …