To the Editor:

Kudos to The Enterprise and reporter Tyler Murphy on the engaging story about the Battle of Iwo Jima and interview with local resident Marine Second Lieutenant Sandy Berkman. 

SLINGERLANDS — The Bethlehem Children’s School, teaching children aged 3 through 8 in a test-free multi-age environment, still has openings available for the 2013-14 school year.

Founded in 1995, the school is located on a wooded, four-acre property at 12 Fisher Blvd. in Slingerlands.

The 24-year-old was arrested in April, when state police believed he had robbed homes in Greene, Albany, and Schoharie counties.

We’ve long loved John Boyd Thacher State Park and are pleased the state has drafted a master plan for its future.

Following the flood, the author saw leaders and teamwork while mucking out basements and sorting clothes.

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission is catching birds in mist nets so they can be banded, released, and tracked.

COLONIE — Lorraine Ferris, a loving mother, was active in the Capital Region, where she spent most of her life, with a career in banking and as a homemaker.

Lorraine Miggael Ferris died on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Rensselaerville. She was 83.

The honor provides system-wide recognition, across 64 campuses, for consistently superior professional achievement and encourages the ongoing pursuit of excellence.