Also  at the June meeting, Sheriff Craig Apple presented a roadside sign promoting awareness of bicyclists and walkers who share the road with cars.

Although the Berne highway superintendent said Sunday’s flooding in Berne was worse than that caused by Tropical Storm Irene, federal funds are unlikely.

A county medical examiner said the cause of Carl Baranishyn Jr.'s death was suicide by police.

Kevin Crosier, town supervisor, Wayne Emory, Joseph Golden, Dawn G. Jordan, Karen Schimmer

Mary Kinnaird, president, Zenie Gladieux, committee chairwoman, Kiwanis Club of the Helderbergs

Maureen Abbott, East Berne

BERNE — The town’s highway superintendent — a Republican in a town governed by a council of all Democrats — left on a planned trip to Maine at 2 p.m. last Friday afternoon. That evening, he heard from two of his six full-time highway workers: They had been fired by the town supervisor.

The new owner of Berne's Fox Creek Market grew up in the restaurant business and has his family to help him prepare both fine cuisine from northern Italy and pizza to go.

BERNE — Institutions continued their ascent in this rural rectangle, putting a spotlight on its central orientation in the Hilltowns.