In the lead-up to Memorial Day, Albany County has awarded $15,000 each to 10 different veterans’ service organizations as an annual token of appreciation.

Howard Irving Brown of St. Albans, Vermont, formerly of Knox, died peacefully on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Franklin County Rehab Center, surrounded by family. He was 84.

Editor’s note: This is the oath that town board members take: “I, name, do solemnly swear that I will defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New York and ...

Barber said only a half-dozen or so tax certiorari cases remain carried over from Guilderland’s townwide revaluation six or seven years ago. “If the board approves them,” said Barber before the two ...

Guilderland Town Board meeting, Robyn Gray, who chairs the Guilderland Coalition for Responsible Growth, raised concerns she’d heard about police training at the Woodlawn Sportsmen’s Club on East ...

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Steven W. Rapp, known to many as Steve, died on Monday, May 5, 2025, just shy of his 68th birthday in Carlsbad, California. Born on May 20, 1957, in Catskill, New York, he was the beloved son of the ...

Thomas Perras, who had a career at Knolls Atomic Power Lab, enjoyed outdoor activities and rooted for the Mets. He died suddenly on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at his River Road home in Melrose, ...

John Williams, our Scribe Emeritus, gave me a few hints a while after I started writing this column. On one occasion he said to me, “Along with writing the column for The Altamont Enterprise, you also ...

The library is the source of books and movies, community activities, books and bake sales, and more besides. I feel libraries are vital to the community.

Many thanks also to veteran Scott Leslie of the Albany County Veterans Service Bureau for taking the time to attend the presentation of the box to Westerlo.

We are looking forward to this opportunity for the community to come together in gratitude for the freedoms we enjoy, thanks to the sacrifices of the heroes we will be honoring.