Opinion

The empty chair

Five days after Gary’s death, I still, without thinking, put the sports section at his place when I bring in the morning paper. I get out his tea mug when I turn on the kettle. And so the day goes.

ALTAMONT — Gary Spencer was a man of few words but the words he spoke or wrote mattered. He chose them carefully. He read widely, collecting first editions of books he loved even when he could ill afford them.

Sports

Photos: Runners Compete In Competitive Burnt Hills Invy

On Saturday, Oct. 11, Berne-Knox-Westerlo, Bethlehem, Guilderland, and Voorheesville cross-country teams competed in the Burnt Hills Invitational at Saratoga State Park. BKW boys finished 13th, Bethlehem boys 10th, and Bethlehem girls second.

Regional

State launches burn ban as drought continues

“An unusually dry period” combined with the danger of fallen leaves accumulating led to the ban, according to a proclamation signed by the governor. The ban prohibits outdoor fires for disposal of brush or debris as well as all uncontained fires, including campfires, and open fires used for cooking.

New Scotland

Peter Ten Eyck, innovative farmer, mourned

Peter was one in a long line of Ten Eyck stewards of Indian Ladder Farms, which runs along the base of the Helderberg escarpment on both sides of the Altamont-Voorheesville Road for nearly a mile, and has become a mecca for the Capital Region, where city dwellers and suburbanites alike can connect with the country.