ALTAMONT — Barbara A. Costin — who was “mainly a mom,” her daughter said — died peacefully on Sunday, June 12, 2016, in Fairfax, Virginia surrounded by her family. She was 75.

Barbara Ann Lazzo was born and raised in Troy, New York and married Paul G. Costin in 1962.

A cadre of kids preached to the choir Tuesday night as they read essays on the dangers of smoking in village parks.

ALTAMONT — Emmanuel Joseph Donato Sr. of Altamont, who generously shared his home-grown vegetables as well as his expertise in fixing engines, died at his home on Saturday, June 4, after a courageous battle. He was 63.

GUILDERLAND — The Phillips family would like to reinvent the corner of routes 146 and 158, building a huge complex that would include a 50,400-square-foot indoor sports facility, a gas station with a drive-through restaurant, apartments, corporate offices, and an expanded hardware store.  

Hitmans Towing had been selling off equipment, thinking that a run-in with Knox zoning was going to end the towing business, when it was offered a chance to move to Altamont.

ALTAMONT— A local business has taken on what many larger companies have yet to do: clean a house and be good to the environment.

ALTAMONT — Village flags were at half-staff on Saturday because Trustee Christine Marshall had died.

Marijo Dougherty, curator, Archives and Collections, Village of Altamont

James Gaughan is the mayor of the village of Altamont.

Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center said that the Altamont group was "inactive" in 2015.