ALTAMONT — Jeanette Beatrice Orsini lived by the Golden Rule.

One Thanksgiving, she invited a homeless man to her family’s dinner. She wanted her three sons to learn, even if they didn’t have a lot, they could still give to others, her son John Orsini said.

Guilderland school district residents vote at the elementary school that serves their area. For the May 2022 budget vote, those in the Altamont area had the highest turnout at just 26 percent of eligible voters, followed by Pine Bush at 20 percent, Lynnwood at 19 percent, Guilderland at 17 percent, and Westmere at 14 percent.

The Altamont Zoning Board of Appeals at its Jan. 24 meeting touched on issues related to first-responder access, on-site water, and general site access. 

GUILDERLAND — By a vote of 8 to 1, the school board here decided on Tuesday to call the federal holiday that falls on Oct. 9 this year solely by the name Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

GUILDERLAND — Joan Mckeon had an awakening as she mowed her lawn — a job she hated.

“It smelled bad, it was noisy, and the little creatures would run for their lives,” she says in this week’s Enterprise podcast.

Ronnie D’Alauro, Grant Committee Altamont Community Tradition

GUILDERLAND — A man has been charged with predatory sexual assault against a child and four counts of first-degree sexual abuse.

GUILDERLAND — No students were injured on Friday morning when a school bus, Route 11, on a run to Farnsworth Middle School was in an accident.