“There was considerable enthusiasm shown,” The Enterprise reported the day after the charter meeting, “and the boys all enjoyed the excellent talks given by” a group of local dignitaries. “Considerable enthusiasm” is expected once again as Helderberg Post 977 is due to celebrate its centennial with a formal dinner on Nov. 3. 

“Even the hardest days,” Wiles told The Enterprise this week, “have the priceless payoff of knowing you’re playing a part in changing the trajectory of lives. In a district this size, that’s close to 5,000 lives. I just feel it is honorable, rewarding, good work to do.”

People should be able to use their land as they see fit.

People should be able to feel safe in their own homes.

Most of us would agree both of these statements are true.

A problem arises, though, when one person uses his land in a way that infringes on the health or safety of other property owners.

Christine Duffy, Guilderland

The Altamont Fair will have a holiday lights show put on by Magic of Lights, a private company that produces light shows around the country. Plans to have the event organized by the Police Athletic League, which had put on a holiday lights show for more than two decades and uses the money for charity, fell through.  

Mark Grimm, Guilderland

Ted Danz, with the Republican and Conservative lines, is facing off against Patricia Fahy, with the Democratic and Working Families lines, to fill the seat that Neil Breslin will vacate at year’s end.