A memorial placed on Robert Furnia’s lawn in Delanson Saturday is a customary symbol in military ceremony. Dog tags hung from a hard rubber training rifle that balanced a helmet on top and stood between a pair of military boots.

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

The Altamont Fair makes agriculture real for city kids and country kids alike.

A county-owned bridge on Tan Hollow Road in Westerlo will be fully demolished and replaced as it is deteriorating and at the end of its life

Renaissance Festival last weekend, directed by Kendall Hudson, was a first for the Capital District and included a jousting area and three stages with all manner of song and dance as well as demonstrations of traditional Renaissance arts like leatherworking, pottery, and chainmail.

A student in Schoolhouse No. 5 returned last week, nearly eight decades hence, to tell Berne-Knox-Westerlo second-graders about her early education.

A program to combat military stress was opened last Saturday at a facility in Guilderland that also offers equine therapy for children with disabilities.

Students at Guilderland High school amuse and inform visitors each year as they assume the roles of characters from history in a living museum.

After a brightly colored parade, residents gathered to hear solemn speeches in the hamlet of Knox on Memorial Day. “We’re here to honor the dead,” Don Champion, an Army veteran and member of the Knox Volunteer Fire Company, said in his introductory remarks during the ceremony.  

The Memorial Day parade through the hamlet of Berne was a loud and vibrant gathering in the street, but quickly turned to the quiet respect of hanging heads and flag raising.