ALTAMONT — Avlon (Christine) Eldred — a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother — died peacefully in her sleep on Friday, May 20, 2016, with family by her side.

 She was an active member of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion posts.

As the town works to define “abandoned” in its law, three properties ravaged by fire remain vacant — a mansion reduced to rubble, a motel that still stands, and the shell of a home.

ALTAMONT — Businesses evolve with the times as favorite gathering places in the village have new life.

The protest on May 14 against oil trains looked very different from the point of view of the women who rappelled from a train trestle and the first responders charged with getting them down. 

School and library budgets along with a bus proposition all passed by wide margins on Tuesday.

One of her goals is to run in a Disney marathon. "I love Disney," Taylor Tommell said.