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On Nov. 7, New York voters will have a once-in-a-generation decision to make: Should there be a constitutional convention to revise or amend the state’s government document?

BERNE — A driver of a truck that crashed in Berne this June pleaded guilty last Friday to one count of aggravated vehicular assault, a felony, in Albany County Court, according to a release from the Albany County District Attorn

In the last month, Guilderland Police have twice turned over foreign-born men to federal immigration officials — once following a routine traffic stop in which no tickets appear to have been issued. Lawlor said that it is up to an officer’s discretion, whether or not to contact immigration officials to examine someone’s documentation.

The largest-ever cyber-disaster— the hacking of private information from nearly half the residents of the United States in this year’s data breach of credit-card reporting agency Equifax — got New York State Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy thinking about what could be done to better protect online privacy, she said last week.

In Knox, a review of the proposed 2018 budget led to a discussion of how much of a pay increase its transfer-station and highway-department workers should receive.

The New Scotland Town Board settled months of back-and-forth among the various boards as to what constitutes a flashing sign.

BERNE — In the town of Berne, all seats are contested in the upcoming November elections, from the town supervisor to the tax collector, giving the town a total of 20 candidates for residents to choose among.