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                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
  
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                                      FORM 8-K
  
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                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  
                                    MAY 31, 2002
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                  Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
  
  
  
  
                               THE ALPINE GROUP, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
         Delaware                     1-9078                      22-1620387
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  (State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number)        (I.R.S. Employer
      of incorporation)                                     Identification Number)
  
  
  
              ONE MEADOWLANDS PLAZA, EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY 07073
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                 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
  
  
  
          Registrant's telephone number, including area code (201) 549-4400
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            Former name or former address, if changed since last report
  
  
  
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  ITEM 4.    CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT.
  
           On May 31, 2002, The Alpine Group,  Inc. (the "Company"),  based on the
  recommendation  of the Audit  Committee  of the  Company's  Board of  Directors,
  appointed  Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the  Company's  independent  public
  accountants for the year ending December 31, 2002.
  
           During the  Company's two most recent fiscal years and through the date
  of this Form 8-K, the Company did not consult Deloitte & Touche LLP with respect
  to the application of accounting principles to a specified  transaction,  either
  completed  or proposed,  or the type of audit  opinion that might be rendered on
  the  Company's  consolidated  financial  statements,  or any  other  matters  or
  reportable events listed in Items 304(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of Regulation S-K.
  
  
  
  
  ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
  
           The following exhibit is filed herewith:
  
           Exhibit 99 -- Press  release,  dated May 31, 2002, of The Alpine Group,
  Inc.
  
  
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                                     SIGNATURES
  
           Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
  the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                             THE ALPINE GROUP, INC.
  
  
  
  Date:    June 3, 2002                      By /s/ David S. Aldridge
                                                   Name:  David S. Aldridge
                                                   Title:  Chief Financial Officer
  
  
  
  
  
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                                    EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit
  Number            Description
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     99             Press release, dated May 31, 2002, of The Alpine Group, Inc.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                            ----------------------------
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                            -----------------------------
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
                                    MAY 31, 2002
                           -----------------------------
                  Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
  
                               THE ALPINE GROUP, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
         Delaware                     1-9078                      22-1620387
  ---------------------------- ------------------------     ----------------------
  (State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number)        (I.R.S. Employer
      of incorporation)                                     Identification Number)
  
              ONE MEADOWLANDS PLAZA, EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY 07073
          -----------------------------------------------------------------
                 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
  
          Registrant's telephone number, including area code (201) 549-4400
          -----------------------------------------------------------------
  
          -----------------------------------------------------------------
            Former name or former address, if changed since last report
  
  ================================================================================
  ITEM 4.    CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT.
  
           On May 31, 2002, The Alpine Group,  Inc. (the "Company"),  based on the
  recommendation  of the Audit  Committee  of the  Company's  Board of  Directors,
  appointed  Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the  Company's  independent  public
  accountants for the year ending December 31, 2002.
  
           During the  Company's two most recent fiscal years and through the date
  of this Form 8-K, the Company did not consult Deloitte & Touche LLP with respect
  to the application of accounting principles to a specified  transaction,  either
  completed  or proposed,  or the type of audit  opinion that might be rendered on
  the  Company's  consolidated  financial  statements,  or any  other  matters  or
  reportable events listed in Items 304(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of Regulation S-K.
  
  ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
  
           The following exhibit is filed herewith:
  
           Exhibit 99 -- Press  release,  dated May 31, 2002, of The Alpine Group,
  Inc.
  
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  SIGNATURES
  
           Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
  the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                             THE ALPINE GROUP, INC.
  
  Date:    June 3, 2002                      By /s/ David S. Aldridge
                                                   Name:  David S. Aldridge
                                                   Title:  Chief Financial Officer
  
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit
  Number            Description
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     99             Press release, dated May 31, 2002, of The Alpine Group, Inc.
  
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