Opinion

Find and define the invisible women who shaped our culture and history

We are now at a point in our nation’s history where the federal government is purposefully erasing the struggles and triumphs of minorities and of women.

ALTAMONT — Gary Spencer was a man of few words but the words he spoke or wrote mattered. He chose them carefully. He read widely, collecting first editions of books he loved even when he could ill afford them.

Sports

Photos: Beagles Pounce On Short Bench Lady Bills

Last Wednesday, Oct. 1, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo-Duanesburg girls’ soccer squad hosted the Johnstown Lady Bills at Duanesburg Elementary. The Beagles netted the first but then stretched their lead in the second half when the Lady Bills played with 10 on the pitch. The Beagles won 4-0.

Regional

State launches burn ban as drought continues

“An unusually dry period” combined with the danger of fallen leaves accumulating led to the ban, according to a proclamation signed by the governor. The ban prohibits outdoor fires for disposal of brush or debris as well as all uncontained fires, including campfires, and open fires used for cooking.

New Scotland

Peter Ten Eyck, innovative farmer, mourned

Peter was one in a long line of Ten Eyck stewards of Indian Ladder Farms, which runs along the base of the Helderberg escarpment on both sides of the Altamont-Voorheesville Road for nearly a mile, and has become a mecca for the Capital Region, where city dwellers and suburbanites alike can connect with the country.