To the Editor:

Wow! Let us just start out by saying one big wow. We, the Helderberg American Legion Riders Post 977 in Altamont, held our third annual Poker Run this past Saturday to raise money to support area veterans programs, and the event was a tremendous success thanks to all of those involved.           

_{John A. Meineker, Summerfield, Florida}

_{Mary E. Toscano, Guilderland}

About 15 residents gave impassioned speeches, all of them opposed to the plan for a larger lot for the gas station and convenience store.

Democrat Rosemary Centi; Republican Lee Carman; and Conservative Michele Coons — who is running on the Republican ballot — are all officially endorsed by the Conservative Party as town board candidates.

He grew up in Guilderland and worked as an accountant auditor in the state’s Department of Labor for 34 years.

The county needs to bring services into communities where suburban and rural poverty is prevalent she said.

KEENE — Barbara Jane Messer Hale — born in the roaring Twenties, raised in the Great Depression, matured in World War II, and contributed to the post-war Baby Boom — died on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, at 90.