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 she feels increased hatred; with an African-American man who...
Wiles publishes a book on lessons in leadership learned from the Bard
33 mins; January 19, 2024
Kate Cohen says, to save the country, atheists should make themselves known
43 mins; October 05, 2023
Daughter and mother coach dragon-boat paddlers
31 mins; August 28, 2023
Lyon Greenberg: A doctor takes a long view of his farm and his life’s journey
27 mins; August 15, 2023
Sky Baestlein follows her passions with a purpose
33 mins; August 07, 2023
Arthur Y. Webb, consummate public servant
53 mins; July 30, 2023
Angelica Sofia Parker and Elca Hubbard prepare for a pageant while supporting each other
27 mins; July 24, 2023
Diane Luci learned empathy as a child and uses it to mend a rent society
37 mins; July 18, 2023
Emily Tice: Baking is more than filling; it's fulfilling
29 mins; July 09, 2023
Pastor Holly Cameron says we desire to be connected
34 mins; July 06, 2023
John Fritze says: Ham radios serve the public
30 mins; June 23, 2023
Market ‘a chance for all of Guilderland to come together,’ says Scott Abraham
34 mins; June 16, 2023
Chef Lateef Clark says good meals can make a difference in students’ lives
26 mins; June 04, 2023
Alan Kowlowitz, New Scotland's application for national historic districts
33 mins; May 29, 2023
Tara McCormick-Hostash tells stories in an intimate space
31 mins; May 29, 2023
Nicole Gladieux, ‘Be a part of the community coming together’
28 mins; May 29, 2023
Poet Leonard A. Slade Jr., ‘We need to celebrate love and get to know one another’
37 mins; May 15, 2023
Anthropologist Thomas Plummer: Who made the earliest tools?
41 mins; April 05, 2023
Anita Martin on a journey to ‘help the horse world’
29 mins; March 23, 2023
Megan and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
30 mins; March 17, 2023
Jill Rifkin says musical instruments can be instruments of change
31 mins; February 17, 2023
Legal Hand: ‘Our mission is to inform and empower’
31 mins; February 10, 2023
Joan Mckeon says, nurturing nature is something everyone can do
32 mins; February 03, 2023
Richard Umholtz: The Mountain Family wants to mentor
30 mins; January 30, 2023
Emily Vincent in Berne carries on a sheep legacy
32 mins; January 22, 2023
Julia Young, a presidential scholar nominee who likes being challenged
25 mins; January 16, 2023
Year in review — The Altamont Enterprise 2022
32 mins; January 16, 2023
Attorney Christine Galvin: Brave children fleeing terror have a friend
33 mins; January 16, 2023
Farmboy learns he can lead people as well as cows
44 mins; January 13, 2023
A fold or a twist or a coil is the stuff of dreams for Steinkamp
46 mins; December 23, 2022
Alexandra Fasulo writes of freelancing her way to freedom
27 mins; December 02, 2022
Peggy Warner: ‘Our country gives people the right to choose’
24 mins; November 25, 2022
Penny Shaw creates “Goosen, The Musical”
26 mins; November 17, 2022
David Rodney Miller, a life-time pacifist takes children seriously
40 mins; November 13, 2022
Sandra Dollard, leading Guilderland Chamber, creating connections
25 mins; November 04, 2022
Guilderland Food Pantry director says: ‘If you need us, we’re here’
35 mins; October 28, 2022
Wendy Dwyer holds on to hope as she fights for a better world
33 mins; October 27, 2022
Millie and Alan Zuk: Lifelong care for community
40 mins; October 07, 2022
Nadia Raza follows her passions — for fashion, food, and helping
25 mins; September 29, 2022
Indigenous ways of knowing are a totem for Sarah Walsh
38 mins; September 25, 2022
Bernard Melewski shares stories of lobbying to save the Adirondack Park
43 mins; September 19, 2022
Chris Howard is documenting ‘stories that the world needs to hear’
39 mins; September 12, 2022
Laura Barry plants hope along with native trees
32 mins; September 06, 2022
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church celebrates 150 years
32 mins; August 26, 2022
‘The Power of Plus’: Russo was healed by telling the stories of courageous women
32 mins; August 22, 2022
John Bielik’s show is about preserving an historic way of marbling paper
40 mins; August 19, 2022
Shreya Sharath: What happens when a girl loses herself in her artwork?
33 mins; August 05, 2022
Blanca Isabela Parker, ‘Never be afraid to make your own path’
37 mins; August 01, 2022
Janine Tessarzik, fighting patriarchy one throw and one post at a time
54 mins; July 29, 2022
Ashlyn Hanley learned from her Hilltown elders and wrote a book of their stories
27 mins; July 22, 2022
Historian Bruce Dearstyne urges, ‘Go back to the source’
68 hours 31 mins; July 18, 2022
Ryan Conley, cycling and organizing the Helderberg Cliffhanger
32 mins; July 12, 2022
Keegan Prue shares his struggles in starting a family
32 mins; June 24, 2022
Christopher Philippo uses a local lens to look at large historical issues
45 mins; June 19, 2022
Ellen Howie understands the consequences of care
33 mins; June 13, 2022
Emma Harbeck says, ‘Everyone is beautiful’
26 mins; June 06, 2022
Dr. Stephen Giordano says, “To be human is to be challenged”
40 mins; May 27, 2022
Jeff Perlee — Every house has a story
32 mins; May 22, 2022
Bonnie Kohl-Laub — a life of change, from Westerlo to France
36 mins; May 14, 2022
Neil Gifford — bringing butterflies back from the brink of extinction
30 mins; May 09, 2022
Christine Rem and Raymond Theiss — A home to women vets who need one
81 hours 23 mins; April 29, 2022
Jessica Serfilippi — research upends 'Hero Hamilton' narrative
37 mins; April 20, 2022
Robert Lawrence, a retired teacher on Adirondack place names
40 mins; April 19, 2022
John Rowen — Finding surprises after a lifetime of fishing
32 mins; April 12, 2022
Bill Batt says we’d have fairer taxes and a richer economy if we followed Henry George
34 mins; April 01, 2022
All American athletes have a deep love of their sport
32 mins; March 25, 2022
Trevor Burnside, military college student: ‘It’s your duty to serve your country in its time of need’
27 mins; March 18, 2022
Memoirist Patricia Bischof pieced together parents’ Holocaust past
32 mins; March 13, 2022
Historian Ryan Irwin notes that no empire has expanded forever
37 mins; March 03, 2022
Beth Davis — ‘Books can be your friend’
33 mins; February 27, 2022
Eric McCandless new manager of Bender Melon Farm Preserve
30 mins; February 18, 2022
John Haluska — Have brush, will emblazon history
41 mins; February 13, 2022
Jessica Barcomb’s first novel tells a story of healing and hope
28 mins; February 06, 2022
Terrice Bassler — looking for the "red thread" and healing trauma
45 mins; January 28, 2022
Cheryl Vallee — believe in the kindness of volunteers
35 mins; January 21, 2022
Jason Houck — Personal pain inspired fight for shared parenting
26 mins; January 14, 2022
Kathy Bentley — Chess on ice in Guilderland
31 mins; January 07, 2022
Reporters look back at important stories from 2021
29 mins; December 31, 2021
Jessyka and Keven Brunk build their air castles of gingerbread
30 mins; December 24, 2021
Pastor Kyle Delhagen — a poet in the pulpit
43 mins; December 18, 2021
Will Gibney, Dan Gibney, and Laura Assaf — A love story about a dog and his boy
31 mins; December 10, 2021
Kayleigh Reynolds-Flynn — FFA American degree, a BKW first
22 mins; December 03, 2021
Pastor Eric Reimer — Build relationships and spread love
34 mins; November 23, 2021
Gail Brown, a librarian drawing Voorheesville together
28 mins; November 19, 2021
Merton Simpson says America must come to grips with the legacy of racism
36 mins; November 11, 2021
Brian Farr — Traveling Route 20 to understand history
33 mins; November 06, 2021
Gary Kleppel — Knox farm as a laboratory and a refuge
34 mins; October 31, 2021
Katherine Hawkins — Reviving Black history in Schoharie County
38 mins; October 25, 2021
‘True Ghost Stories’ — on reality, life and death
30 mins; October 15, 2021
Michaela Kehrer — "agriculture is everywhere"
29 mins; October 09, 2021
Donald Hyman — prospector, panning for the gold of forgotten history
42 mins; October 03, 2021
Edna Litten — speaking out about plastic grass
33 mins; September 23, 2021
Kristopher Williams — invasive species and their huge effects
32 mins; September 17, 2021
Ellen Manning — Preserving a sense of place in McKownville
28 mins; September 10, 2021
Matthew Pinchinat, diversity, equity, and inclusion — ‘The community is larger than you’
30 mins; September 04, 2021
Alan Kowlowitz — ‘You can’t preserve what you don’t know’
40 mins; August 27, 2021
Brian Barr — a way to work toward peace and harmony in Albany
36 mins; August 20, 2021
Jennifer Black, chainsaw carver, “We are discovering what’s in this log together”
30 mins; August 13, 2021
Lisa O’Sullivan and Quetta Duran — Pairing kids with mentors