ALTAMONT — A gaggle of 4-H kids tend to their goats early Tuesday morning. The gates have not officially opened for the first day of the Altamont Fair, and a steady rain falls outside, making the muddied roadways even slicker.

A bathroom vendor with the gift of gab doesn’t take rejection personally.

Farm animals and pageant participants weren’t the only ones taking home first prizes at the Altamont Fair on Tuesday.

ALTAMONT — Several games of old-fashioned fun for kids at the fair are free, or close to it.

GUILDERLAND — Kelly Stang of Guilderland, the New York State Department of Conservation wildlife biologist who launched and ran a state program introducing thousands of women and girls over the years to outdoor adventures, was promoted last month to oversee the DEC’s hunter-education program.