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Jul 3, 2022 · ALTAMONT — Harold J. “Hal” Hughes Jr. of Altamont, who was devoted to the law, died peacefully at Albany Medical Center on Thursday, June 30, 2022. He was 92. Born in Albany to Harold Sr. and Mildred Vunk Hughes, Mr. Hughes attended Christian Brothers Academy, Union College, and Albany Law School, where he graduated valedictorian.
Mary Rickard Hughes. ALTAMONT — Mary Rickard Hughes, of Altamont, had a lifelong passion for sports and always helped her neighbors. She died peacefully, following a brief illness, at Kingsway Manor, in Schenectady, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. She was 94. “Born in 1928 to Helen Weidman and Charles P. Rickard, both of Schoharie, Mary spent ...
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Among Guilderland’s large buildings of that day were hotels. Very well known and heavily patronized was Sloans’ Hotel on the Western Turnpike (approximately opposite the Schoolcraft House) in the hamlet of Guilderland. Around 1 a.m. on March 14, 1900, the owner awoke to the crackling sound of a rapidly spreading fire, forcing him, his wife, and dau...
McKownville and Guilderland Center each established their own fire companies in 1918, commencing fundraising to purchase equipment. The year before the Witbeck Hotel, originally the McKown Tavern, had burned, motivating McKownville to establish its fire department. In 1924, Guilderland Center had the foresight to acquire the Village Queen, a pumper...
The old Hayes Mill in Altamont, which had narrowly escaped destruction in 1909, was now operated by Fort Orange Feed Stores Inc. One evening in December 1927, a fire, possibly originating in the boiler room and spreading rapidly, had already made much headway by the time a bypassing resident noticed it. In spite of quickly responding and aiming thr...
LaSalette Seminary, originally erected as the Kushaqua Hotel on the escarpment above Altamont, caught fire early on the morning of Oct. 25, 1946. Smelling smoke while at breakfast, the priests and seminarians, after discovering fire burning in the attic and third floor, quickly exited the building. A combination of old wood, a shortage of water to ...
A drought in the summer and fall of 1947 had left fields and hedgerows in the area tinder dry. Late one October morning, it was most likely a lighted cigarette butt tossed from a car window by a careless smoker along Route 146 east of Altamont that ignited a fast burning fire that came close to destroying Guilderland Center. A furious west wind pus...
The Voorheesville Holding and Reconsignment Point, then informally called the Army Depot (now the site of the Northeastern Industrial Park), has been the scene of three major fires. The late Ella Van Eck, a World War II depot employee, remembered a huge fire in Warehouse No. 3, which burned a large supply of cots packed in flammable excelsior. With...
After the huge 1927 fire at Altamont’s Fort Orange Mill, the site was rebuilt as a feed mill by W.G. Ackerman. The Ackerman Mill operated as one of the village’s prosperous businesses until Aug. 17, 1961, when in the midst of Fair Week, fire was discovered. Believed to have started in the grain elevator, flames then raced through the office and fee...
Jul 5, 2022 · Hughes, Harold J. Jr. ALTAMONT Harold J. Hughes Jr., "Hal," 92 of Altamont, passed away peacefully at Albany Medical Center on June 30, 2022. Beloved by his family, he is survived by his wife of 69 ye
May 23 update: 2024-25 budget approved; culture and climate survey; no school Friday, May 24 ... Altamont, NY 12009-0648 Phone: 518-861-8528 Fax: 518-861-5189
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CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. District Office 8 School Road, P.O. Box 18 Guilderland Center, NY 12085-0018 Phone: 518-456-6200 Fax: 518-456-1152 Hours: 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Marie Wiles 518-456-6200, ext. 0102 wilesm@guilderlandschools.net
