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ALTAMONT — Citing a lack of support from the village of Altamont as well as time constraints, the citizens’ group Historic Altamont Inc. on Monday said that it would no longer seek a state grant that may have covered the entire cost of restoring the historic — and dilapidated — Dr.

Susan E. Leath, Bethlehem’s town historian since 2007, is featured in this week’s podcast. In those 12 years, she has informed residents of their town’s past — starting with the ancient Mohicans and Mohawks — which she feels is essential for its future.

Crounse house

Dormant and deteriorating for decades, the Crounse House was, again, close to be demolished before a group of citizens stepped in to ask for one more shot to save the house

ALTAMONT MUST HUSTLE FOR QUOTA.

VICTORY LOAN MEETING MAY 5

Meeting Made Necessary Because of Non-Arrival of Whippet Tank, Which Became Stuck in Mud at Sharon

Wayne Crounse plans to pass along an inherited tome listing his ancestors — with the corners of the embossed leather cover so worn, they were reinforced with metal — to his son, who will pass it in turn to his grandson.

The Ballet Barn, for many years the home of a thriving dance-education program run by local doctor Jane DeRook, is now bounded on two sides by senior projects

John Hamlin Gordon II

Getting history straight and sharing it with others is important to John Hamlin gordon.

A Women's History Month exhibit honoring New York State female trailblazers and public servants runs through the end of March.

Daniel Barker, Altamont’s new historian, would like to scan historic documents and make local oral history available on the village’s website.

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