ALTAMONT — Tours of beautiful local homes, Santa’s arrival by train, and a live Nativity made the 10^th annual Victorian Holidays event last weekend a success, according to organizers.

The group Altamont Community Tradition put on the event.

ALTAMONT — The zoning board of appeals here denied a recent request to allow residents to park a trailer beside their home, as they had done for many years before new zoning regulations were enacted.

Board looks at retrofitting Village Hall

Old-fashioned holidays hold the bacon

Chocolate should never be served tainted with bacon. There, I said it and saved countless holiday parties and family gatherings.

GUILDERLAND — The planning board here approved a site plan last week for eight additional senior apartments at Serafini Village on Western Avenue.

Violence, ignored, hurts everyone

ALTAMONT — The Spinning Room Yarn Shop here celebrated the former owner of the small business and the shop’s new owner at a “coming and going” party last Friday.