1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS K. Mitchell Posner I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) ¨ (b) ¨
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS* Not applicable
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) ¨
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER 1,144,468
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER 0
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 1,278,585
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 1,278,585
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ¨
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 10.21%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN

Item 1. Security and Issuer.

This Statement on Schedule 13D (this “ Statement ”) relates to the common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “Common Stock”), of The Alpine Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Alpine”). The principal executive offices of Alpine are located at One Meadowlands Plaza, East Rutherford, New Jersey 07073.

Item 2. Identity and Background.

	(a)	Name

	(b)	Residence or business address

	(c)	Present principal occupation or employment

		K. Mitchell Posner (the “ Reporting Person”) c/o The Alpine Group, Inc. One Meadowlands Plaza East Rutherford, New Jersey 07073 The Reporting Person is Executive Vice President of Alpine, an industrial holding company.

(d) and (e) During the last five years, the Reporting Person has not been (i) convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

	(f)		Citizenship

			United States

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

Item 3 is replaced in its entirety by the following:

On April 19, 2006, the Reporting Person, in his capacity as Executive Vice President, received a compensation-related grant of 20,833 shares of restricted Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s 2006 compensation plan for its senior executives. This restricted stock grant will vest in three equal annual installments commencing on April 19, 2007.

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.

Item 4 is replaced in its entirety by the following:

The Reporting Person holds his shares for investment purposes and currently has no plans to acquire additional shares, other than pursuant to existing compensatory arrangements with Alpine. The Reporting Person may from time to time acquire additional shares with an intent to increase his equity ownership in Alpine generally.

On April 19, 2006, the Reporting Person tendered 133,333 shares of Common Stock in response to Alpine’s offer to purchase up to 6,500,000 shares of Common Stock set forth in Schedule TO-I filed with the SEC on March 1, 2006, as amended. The Reporting Person currently has no plans or proposals of the type set forth in paragraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

Item 5 is replaced in its entirety by the following:

(a) The Reporting Person may be deemed to beneficially own an aggregate of 1,278,585 shares of Common Stock (approximately 10.21% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (including 977,801 shares issuable upon conversion of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock) as of April 19, 2006).

(b) Number of shares of Common Stock as to which the Reporting Person holds:

(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote of 1,144,468 shares of Common Stock. This includes 977,801 shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote their shares on an as-converted basis together with holders of the Common Stock, and accordingly such shares are included herein. This amount does not include 134,117 shares of Common Stock that have been credited to the Reporting Person’s account under Alpine’s Deferred Stock Account Plan, which provides that such shares shall be voted by Steven S. Elbaum, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Alpine.

(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote of 0 shares of Common Stock.

(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of 1,278,585 shares of Common Stock. This includes 977,801 shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote their shares on an as-converted basis together with holders of the Common Stock, and accordingly such shares are included herein.

(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of 0 shares of Common Stock.

(c) Except as noted above, the Reporting Person did not effect any transactions in the Common Stock during the past 60 days.

(d) Not applicable.

(e) Not applicable.

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

Item 6 is to be replaced in its entirety by the following:

Other than as described in Item 5 above, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) between the Reporting Person and any person with respect to any securities of Alpine of the type required to be disclosed in this Item 6.

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

Not applicable.

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.




Date: May 1, 2006		By: /s/ K. Mitchell Posner
		K. Mitchell Posner