Editing Malta, New York (section)

==Notable people==
Residents of Malta are known as "Maltese".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rinald|first1=Ray|title=BY ANY OTHER NAME, A SCHENECTADIAN WOULD BE...CONFUSED|url=http://alb.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5588045|access-date=September 17, 2016|publisher=timesunion.com|date=January 14, 1991}}</ref>
*Perhaps the most illustrious native of Malta was [[Elmer Ellsworth]], born in Malta in 1837, who was reputed to be the first casualty of the [[American Civil War]].  
*The Cook family, including [[Ransom Cook|Ransom]], an inventor, and his brother [[Nelson Cook|Nelson]], a  [[portrait]]ist, lived in East Line.
*[[George Crum]], the purported inventor of the [[potato chip]] was a lifelong Malta resident, and operated a restaurant ''Crum's Place'' near Saratoga Lake.
* [[James M. Marvin|James M.]] and Thomas J. Marvin were born in East Line.