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Podcast: Other Voices
Episode: Jeff Perlee — Every house has a story
Description: Jeff Perlee hopes that everyone in Altamont and its environs will research the history of their house.“This is an activity about community,” says Perlee, a lawyer and Albany County legislator who describes himself as an amateur historian.He has joined forces with Joe Burke, director of the Altamont Free Library, and Dan Barker, curator of the Altamont Archives, to help village residents delve into learning about their homes — regardless of the building’s age.“The activity itself can help build community,” said Perlee, who worries that the decline of civic participation is bad for the...