BERNE ¾ As his first order of business, George Gebe, Berne’s new supervisor, wished a happy New Year to those who watched him take the oath of office at the town board’s 2010 re-organizational meeting on Jan. 1.
GUILDERLAND The school board voted unanimously Tuesday night to appoint Charles Dedrick, the district superintendent for the Capital Region BOCES, as a search consultant for finding a new leader for the Guilderland schools.
NEW SCOTLAND A neighbor of the future Kensington Woods housing development is suing the town after the zoning and planning boards permitted plans for a 100-foot water tower to advance.
ALTAMONT Paula Dunnells, a supervisor for the Altamont Rescue Squad, has been arrested for falsifying business records on payroll slips, and for grand and petit larceny.
RENSSELAERVILLE Dale Dorner, the town’s newest councilwoman, is an attorney who has a law firm in Medusa with her son. She grew up on Staten Island, and lived in Coxsackie before moving to Rensselaerville in 1976.
GUILDERLAND Lucky, the Pomeranian mix, lives up to his name he survived a Route 20 accident that killed his owner; now, witnesses of the fatal crash are eager to adopt him.