While many retailers were allowed to reopen as part of Phase 2, businesses in large malls without their own exterior entrances were excluded.

Judy Seery, Director, Altamont Community Food Pantry

Andrew Pevzner, Laced Up, Crossgates Mall

Brandon Gutierrez, Sneaker City

Laura Spanbauer, Proud mother of Twin 2020 graduates

Cassandra Passinault-Caputo, Guilderland

Nicholas Fahrenkopf, Altamont

Harvey Vlahos, Altamont

The Enterprise forum would not be valuable if I printed only the letters I liked. One of the reasons I believe our nation has become so polarized is that many Americans listen only to views that agree with theirs. My profound hope is that people with varied views can meet on the newspaper’s opinion pages. They can come to understand another’s viewpoint. That is the way our democracy moves forward.

COVID-19 claims another annual tradition, as the Altamont Fair recently announced it won’t be held this August.