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      Agreement. Pursuant to separate guaranty dated September 30, 2005 (the
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UNITED
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SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C., 20549
Form
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Current
      Report
Pursuant
      to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
      Of
      Report (Date Of Earliest Event Reported): January 31, 2006
THE
      ALPINE GROUP, INC.
(Exact
      Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Commission
      File Number: 000-02249
Delaware
22-1620387
(State
                  or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
                    or Organization)
(I.R.S.
                  Employer Identification No.)
One
        Meadowlands Plaza
East
      Rutherford, New Jersey 07073
(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
(201)
      549-4400
(Registrant's
      Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former
      name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item
      2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
On
      January 31, 2006, Essex Electric
      Inc. ("Essex Electric"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Alpine Group, Inc.
      (the "Company") completed the previously announced sale of substantially all of
      the assets constituting its building wire manufacturing business to Southwire
      Company ("Southwire"). The transaction was provided for and consummated pursuant
      to an asset purchase agreement (the "Asset Purchase Agreement") between Essex
      Electric, as seller and Southwire, as buyer, dated September 30, 2005. The
      purchase price of $ 55.6 million was paid in cash by Southwire, and is subject
      to customary post-closing review and adjustment by the parties in accordance
      with certain agreed upon procedures provided for under the Asset Purchase
      Agreement. Pursuant to separate guaranty dated September 30, 2005 (the
"Guaranty"), the Company guaranteed to Southwire that Essex Electric would
      maintain cash and cash equivalent assets of not less than $3.5 million for
      the
      eighteen-month period through July 2007.
In
      connection with the consummation of the sale, Essex Electric repaid in full
      and
      terminated the Loan and Security Agreement dated December 11, 2002, as amended,
      by and among Alpine Holdco Inc. and Essex Electric as borrowers, and Wells
      Fargo
      Foothill, Inc. as a lender and agent for the lenders from time to time
      thereunder.
A
      copy of
      the Asset Purchase Agreement and the Guaranty are attached, respectively, as
      Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to Current Report on Form
8-K
      of
      the Company dated October 6, 2005 as filed with the United Stated Securities
      and
      Exchange Commission. Both are incorporated herein by
reference.
      A copy of the press release of the Company issued on February 1, 2006 in
      connection with the subject sale transaction is attached hereto as
Exhibit
      10.1.
EXHIBIT
      INDEX
Exhibit
                No.
Exhibit
10.1
Press
                Release of The Alpine Group, Inc. dated February 1, 2006.
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 thereunto duly
      authorized.
THE
                  ALPINE GROUP, INC.
Date:
February
                6, 2006
By:
/s/
Stewart
                H. Wahrsager
Senior
                Vice-President, General
Counsel
                  and Corporate
                  Secretary