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The New Scotland Historical Association will soon begin working on a way to preserve the town’s past.

A group of local Model T enthusiasts tries to make its cars as historically accurate as possible.

SEPTEMBER 12 IS REGISTRATION DAY

A headstone was found behind a beauty salon in Guilderland. It took half a dozen people to return it to the Westerlo cemetery where it had been missing for decades.

GUILDERLAND — Ancestors of several members of the Dutch Settlers Society acted as interpreters, in the 17th Century, between Dutch traders or missionaries and Native Americans.

Many decades ago, peals of bells housed in cupolas atop local schoolhouses signaled dawdling children that classes were about to begin.

GUILDERLAND CENTER — Banners depicting the history of Guilderland Center now hang from utility poles in the hamlet.

The banners will hang year-round, with a group selected for spring and summer, and another for fall and winter.

John Gordon traveled the region to research Colonial-era America for his book, in the hopes to educate others.

Thomas Capuano likened it to a miracle.

We share his joy and wonder at the turn of events that may save the Doctor Crounse House.

We commend Capuano and the small band of citizens that read on these pages the long-neglected historic house was to be demolished, and dug in to lobby for its salvation.

“It was like a miracle,” Thomas Capuano told The Enterprise of enlisting Jay C. White Cloud to restore the Crounse House. “He has a love of history and the technical skills we need.”

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