Editorials

Vaccine protection is a grave matter

One of the lessons we learned during the pandemic was about the collective good.

In the same way that factories in, say, Ohio can cause acid rain that kills fish in the Adirondacks, we learned that infection does not follow state lines or national borders.

COVID-19 spread around the world. And each person’s willingness to follow public-health guidance was crucial to saving others from illness and perhaps death.

We also learned the value of scientific research. Science is not perfect. Hypotheses rise and fall as inquiry persists.

Letters to the Editor

Celebrate the Altamont Community Kiosk with us

Dave Bourque, President, Historic Altamont Inc.

Come to the annual Hawk Watch at the Thacher Park Overlook

Peter Farquharson, Thacher State Park

Bringing a new spirit to Guilderland’s historical marker program

John B. Haluska, Vice President, Guilderland Historical Society

 

Join us in celebrating Constitution Day

Sybillyn Jennings, Helderberg Indivisible

Altamont Fair memories strike a chord

John Meineker, Wildwood, Florida

VFW hosts chicken barbecue

Jeff Orsini, Commander, VFW Post 7062, Altamont

Help us clothe over 700 newborns in need

Shirley Unser, Christ Child Society of Albany

Strip away the labels and most of us want the same things

Emily Vincent, RN, BSN, PHN, Shepherd, Berne

Church tag sale has something for everyone

Jane Norris, Presbyterian Church New Scotland

‘Sunset at Thacher Park’: An artist’s view

by John R. Williams

This painting — a 12-by-36-inch acrylic on canvas — was painted from photographs, actual sketches at the park, and from a feeling in the mind of the park. Where we used to live, on a good day I could walk from our home to the park and the old welcome center and back home in about four hours.

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