Archive » November 2014 » Letters to the Editor

Keep your lawn debris off the village streets

To the Editor:

Every year, our village offers the wonderful service of picking up residents’ leaves, grass clippings, and brush.

Bring your teddy bear for tea with Mrs. Claus

To the Editor:

The New Salem Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary is having its Seventh Annual Teddy Bear Tea with Mrs. Claus for boys and girls on Sunday, Dec. 14, with seating at 1 p.m. at the New Salem Fire Station, 694 New Salem Road in New Scotland.

Our family is committed to whatever it takes for policy reform in the jail

To The Editor:

Thank you for reporting the most recent details on the story about my son, Adam Rappaport.  We have been looking, and waiting, for answers about his final days, and appreciate that you were able to offer some clarity about his time "in reception" at the Albany County jail.

Power does strange things to a person

To the Editor:

I’m upset and angry and so are other people about the Game Farm Road property purchase.

Kevin, I’ve lost faith in you. The people elected you. The people voted you into office. Couldn’t you have included the people before buying the Game Farm Road property?

Going green can save us all some green!

To the Editor:

Multi-million-dollar stream-repair project draws conjecture and a visit

by John R. Williams

Tuesday, Nov. 4, was a busy day for this scribe. The Old Men of the Mountain met at the Middleburgh Diner in Middleburgh, and the OFs had a guest who interviewed some of them as part of her college assignment. Who knows what stories were related and the guest, for the most part, was like the proverbial fly on the wall.

High school sports are an arena for learning

To the Editor:

On behalf of the Voorheesville Blackbirds Football program and their families, I would like to thank everyone for their support of the team this year.  Time and time again our community has come forward with donations, cheers, kind words, and enthusiasm.

2014 has been busy and productive for the town of Berne

To the Editor: 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the voters of Berne for their support in the election last Tuesday. One thing campaigning affords a candidate is the opportunity to walk up to people's homes and talk with them, answer their questions, and listen to their concerns.

Thanks for sharing love, memories, laughter, and tears

To the Editor:

Our most sincere thanks to the Altamont Veterans of Foreign Wars Post for hosting the memorial and arranging the military honor guard held in honor of our beloved husband, father, uncle, grandfather Edward Paul Cowley. 

Town officials think money grows on trees

To the Editor:

Sitting in my college dorm, 250 miles from home, I am astonished (then again, not really) to see our little town of Knox is (yet again) raising the already high taxes, a whopping 3.14 percent, on its citizens.

Students can learn firsthand about county government as interns

To the Editor:

Thanks for making our dinner a success

To the Editor:

The members of the Boyd Hilton Ladies’ Auxiliary would like to say thank-you to all who, once again, make our Chicken ’n’ Biscuit Dinner a success.

We’re donating our whopping $56 tax rebate to Save Guilderland Schools

To the Editor:

Last week, all of the property owners in the Guilderland School District received their tax-freeze rebate checks.  Ours was a big whopping $56 and was a “reward” for the school board staying under the 2-percent tax cap.  But it got us thinking, what is the cost of this check?

See a Christmas classic, help a good cause

To the Editor:

Volunteer now for the feeling of Thanksgiving throughout the year

To the Editor:

This November, many families in Albany area are thankful for something special: the gift of their friendship with a New York City child.

Pages