The Altamont Enterprise & Albany County Post

10/01/2026

When the National Endowment for the Humanities abruptly and without explanation withdrew a grant it had approved for the Underground Railroad Education Center, Paul and Mary Liz Stewart, the center’s founders, challenged the decision in court. Their lawsuit garnered national attention. This afternoon, Oct. 1, they received an email from the NEH saying that the grant will be reinstated. Read the full article at https://altamontenterprise.com/10012026/stewarts-prevail-against-trumps-anti-dei-directive

09/26/2026

Lucy, a bronze statue sculpted by Craig Campbell, was unveiled in Altamont today at the northern end of the Long Path. Kumi Redpath, who broke the record for completing the 358-mile trail, told the crowd of about 100 that gathered in the rain the Long Path had taught her, “We are stronger when we move together.”

09/13/2026

Drawing on his background as a teacher and historian, Don Teator said he wants people to learn something from the 2027 calendars on Greenville area barns. “Every time I pass a barn, these barns either whisper or speak or shout something about their lives and the lives of the people who live there,” he said. “It’s a reflection of the culture and the society that they have thrived in.”

Teator will give a presentation on the 2027 calendar, “Barns of the Greenville Area,” on Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Greenville Library, located at 11177 Route 32. The presentation is free and open to the public.

Read more at https://altamontenterprise.com/09122026/don-teator-produces-nostalgic-educational-calendar-greenville-area-barns

09/11/2026

A bell was rung at Altamont's Village Hall Friday morning in remembrance of those who died on September 11, 2001. McKownville and Altamont fire departments held ceremonies observing 25 years since the attacks. “Our mandate is to remember this day,” said Tony Cortese, a past chief of the McKownville fire department and a deacon at Christ the King Church. He prayed with a small gathering on Friday morning at McKownville Reservoir Park.

(Photo and video by Sean Mulkerrin and Michael Koff)

09/11/2026

At 90, Anne Mulderry takes a long view of life. Her son was killed in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, and since then she has focused on living a life that faces grief while holding onto joy.

She would like to see the terrorists imprisoned for the rest of their lives, but she does not like to see the United States turn away from international law, toward torture and black sites. “I wish the United States hadn’t lost its lodestar, its integrity, after 9/11,” she said.

Read more at the link in the comments.

09/04/2026

On Sept. 3, the Town of Bethlehem issued an emergency order to vacate the Albany Center for Independent Living.

Located at 141 Rockefeller Road in Delmar, the facility was opened in 1998 by Good Samaritan, part of the Lutheran Care Network, as Kenwood Manor, and is now run by the Emerald Health Care Group, based in New Jersey.

Emerald representatives have said they want to “work cooperatively with the town to address the issues,” Mark Sweeney, Bethlehem’s deputy town attorney, told The Enterprise on Sept. 4.

The issues include structural, electrical, elevator, and mold problems in the two-story building with a floor area of about 31,000 square feet.

Emerald representatives have said they want to “work cooperatively with the town to address the issues,” Mark Sweeney, Bethlehem’s deputy town attorney, told The Enterprise on Sept. 4. The issues include structural, electrical, elevator, and mold problems in the two-story building with a floor...

08/30/2026

Glenn Pulito points to where the car landed Monday morning after being hit by a Berne town truck traveling on Route 156. His house, with shrubbery recently trimmed by the DOT, is in the background.

Read the article at https://altamontenterprise.com/08202026/after-mondays-crash-routes-156-and-252-knox-residents-raise-concerns-about-intersections

08/27/2026

Construction work and rain have pushed back the opening of Voorheesville Elementary School this fall. Read more at https://altamontenterprise.com/08172026/asbestos-and-rain-push-back-voorheesville-elementary-opening

08/25/2026

Scott Abraham has found a new home for a second farmers’ market after he announced on July 3 that his market at the Guilderland library, pictured, would not be opening.

Abraham is opening a market on Aug. 27, on the former College of Saint Rose campus. Abraham has run a market on Saturdays in Washington Park since 2019.

Read more at https://altamontenterprise.com/08252026/pine-hills-farmers-market-opens-thursday

08/24/2026

Looking at increasing costs for ambulance service, waste disposal, highway maintenance, and retirement payments, the Berne Town Board this month resolved to override the state-set levy limit for next year’s budget, which has yet to be developed. Read more at https://altamontenterprise.com/08142026/pains-me-greatly-berne-proposes-piercing-tax-cap