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Photos: Thrills & Skills

For many, The Altamont Fair offers a chance to appreciate gravity. Fairgoers are testing their stomachs and their skills this week, in the participatory side of the annual attraction.

Photos: Beauty & Grace

Girls who ranged in age from 6 to 20 were crowned Tuesday at the Altamont fair pageant. They'll reign all week at the fair, and the winners and their alternates will do community-service projects and make appearances throughout the year.

Luck is on the side of the OFs, even with missteps and lost keys

by John R. Williams

On Aug. 5, the Old Men of the Mountain met at the Country Café in Schoharie. This scribe has to tell a tale of a whopping mistake he made.

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Learn a lifetime sport, crew

To the Editor:

Everyone works together well at Altamont Elementary

To the Editor:

Beverly Simmons

EAST BERNE — Beverly Simmons liked to think of herself as a “tough broad,” her family said, and, in her last years, she needed to be.

Following a long illness, Beverly (née Kelsch) Simmons died peacefully on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. She was 60.

Former human champ now raises canine world champs

The owner of Disc-connected K9s, which performs tricks with dogs at the fair, was once an Ultimate Frisbee world champion. 

Photos: Fantasies fueled on the midway

Kids are captivated by a variety of challenges among the bright lights and stuffed animals at the fair.

Commentary: Do glory and gumballs await?

Last year? Forget it. The year before? Uh-uh. This week, with 12 hours to spare before the final deadline, my girls and I managed to enter our exhibits for the Altamont Fair using the online registration forms. Thank goodness for a fair rooted, by a router, in the 21st Century!

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