Often, truth isn’t handed down from public officials but comes from listening to other voices. Once a week, you can hear a wide variety of views from people who shape our corner of the world in New York’s Capital Region. The Altamont Enterprise is the weekly newspaper of record for Albany County, New York. We’ve talked with a Buddhist who provided therapy for Gilda Radner and then helped set up Gilda’s Club after she died; with a Muslim woman who is trying to educate people about her religion as…
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One of her goals in writing the book, Linda Bakst said, is for people who are not Jewish to read it. “People may have a picture, a fairly stereotypical picture of what a Jewish person is,” she said, “and there’s a whole range of the way it’s expressed.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gerard Wallace, who grew up in Brooklyn, suffered as a child and so devoted his career to ending childhood suffering. Retired now, he lives in the rural Helderbergs and believes some of the worst suffering happens in rural areas. Wallace, a lawyer who advocated for kinship family rights, had a hand in creating a dozen laws in New York state that gives grandmothers and other kin rights in caring…
The Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center is being reimagined so that kids will be able to crawl into a giant honeycomb or tree to learn about meadows and forests or “dig” for fossils to learn about the Devonian sea. The Friends of Thacher State Park are helping to fund the transformation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bob Flynn has written a book — titled “Tork’s Hill & Mead’s Pond” — about two Voorheesville men who used their private property to create what he terms “winter wonderlands” where he and his friends could gather. Flynn’s book captures an earlier time when kids played outside — even in cold winters — and when there was a sense of community, a sense of place, and a sense of trust. Read more at…
Each box includes a note she wrote. Sharath read one to The Enterprise: “Even in difficult times, hope can be a light in darkness. Know that you are deserving of support, compassion, and a better tomorrow. Stay safe, take care of yourself, and never forget that you matter.” Read more at altamontenterprise.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Anna Judge and Louisa Matthew realize they live in an ageist and sexist society — but, with generous spirits, they are paddling against the current. The mother-daughter duo together coach a crew of dragon boat paddlers. Matthew, the mother, is an art professor at Union College. Judge, her daughter, is a certified personal trainer who led her mother into the sport. “A dragon boat is a 40-foot long,…
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