small towns

We all know that we have beautiful small towns in and around the Capital Region. A new list is out from US News featuring the top 50 most beautiful small towns in America. There are three from our area that made the list including one that we would all agree on.

New Yorkers at times get a bad rep. I blame Manhattan for that. Delve a little deeper into the state and we are the best people in the country.

This may be somewhat of a curve ball for some, not the town that first comes to mind when you think of wealthy small towns.

You might be surprised to find out that there aren't very many Capital Region Towns on the list of New York's worst small towns from our friends at Roadsnacks.com!  Or, maybe you knew all along how great the tiny towns around our state's capital really are...

I want to write a song this week about a small town.  I mean a very small town.  Do you qualify?

This is a "part two" of sorts.  I had actually taken a shot at this town last year, but never included everything that I should have due to time constraints, so I put out the call for a second song parody about this great Capital Region town.  Here is the result below

I looked it up, and YES, I'm correct - I did write a song for Glens Falls last year. (There have been so many, I'm starting to have to jar my memory).  But I don't think I got all of the information in - I rarely do in a 2 minute song.  So let's try for round two, shall we?

I'm not exactly sure what the issue was here, but I'm told that you guys need some "love".  What better way to show you that than with the personalized song about your town?  Of course, I'm going to need some help!

OK, Latham.  I have to hand it to you.  You ruined my theory about writing these songs.  Let me explain, and then I'll play you what I have for Latham, NY.

It took me a few years to finish a song for this town.  I don't know what happened, but it was listener Amy Godfrey that brought this to light.  She shamed me into doing my job, I guess!  LOL  With that in mind, here's the completed song.

I gave this town a try a few years ago for Your Town Thursday. I never got enough information to do anything substantial.  It is my mission to finish what I started, but I need your information very very quickly.  We call the segment Your Town THURSDAY - any questions?

I come from a very small town in Eastern Long Island called Mattituck.  I  have lived up here for almost 35 years, but I'm haven't forgotten my little town.  Are you proud of yours?  Well, let's put a song together for it!