Alice Begley

The following incidents were recorded in the village of Altamont's Enterprise after the New Year 100 years ago.  A column "From Our Files," captured by newsman Shorty Vroman in the late 1970s tells

With the beginning of the New Year 2015 in the thriving town of Guilderland, it is appropriate to look back on the early years of the town's history for new residents and students.  Long before Gui

It always surprises this historian when youngsters come to the Guilderland  Town Hall, usually with a parent, and they have no idea what goes on there, what its purpose is, or how it affects their

Old, old historic papers, legal and otherwise, reached out to me this week.  I'd like to share a few with Enterprise readers.

This historian has filled columns with information on the Schoolcraft House and the congressman that built it, John L. Schoolcraft.

ALTAMONT — An enriching evening spent in the Altamont Community Room on Monday, June 23, presented Everett Rau, a long-time Altamont resident, billed as “An American Farmer, Rich in Spirit.” He was

Thoughts of the changing times, changing landscapes, changing ways of life coincide in several articles uncovered by this historian.

A pharmacy, now called a “drugstore,” is an integral part of life in a small village.  Altamont residents have had a pharmacy, off and on, since 1885.

Continuing with Marvin “Shorty” Vrooman’s newspaper clippings from the Knowersville Enterprise “From Our Files” column dated July 4th, 1885:

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