In Keir Aspin’s Farnsworth Middle School classroom, the old game of spinning a globe, placing your finger on a random spot when it stops, and then dreaming of traveling there has been replaced by a feature on Google Earth.
National Grid workers, working on their own gas line, accidentally hit a village water line, causing it to crack and forcing the library to close early on Tuesday, Nov. 21.
Two women who were accused of abusing their animals this summer have had their cases resolved. A Berne resident who had been arrested for eight counts of abuse pleaded to one count. A dog breeder from Westerlo, who been charged with three counts of animal abuse, had her charges adjourned in contemplation of dismissal. The lawyer who represented both women said they never intended to harm animals.
Three applications for solar arrays in varying steps of the application process were reviewed at Westerlo’s planning board meeting Tuesday night, including one community solar project and two larger commercial projects.
A decision by the Albany County Supreme court was made to count two absentee ballots in the election in Berne, leading to a win by Democratic candidate Joel Willsey by one vote.
A court hearing held on Monday will determine whether two absentee ballots will be counted in the election in Berne, possibly determining whether there will be a Democratic or Republican majority on the town board. A decision is set to be made in the next 24 hours.
Anthony Gentile, 57, told Judge Gary L. Sharpe of the United States District Court on Monday that he was “of course terrified of prison,” prior to being sentenced to five years on child pornography charges.
On Thanksgiving eve, just after darkness fell, 74-year-old William S. Kelsey of Berne was navigating the steep “Upper Letter S” curves on the edge of the Helderberg escarpment when he hit a deer, police say.
Two companies have proposed establishing solar arrays in Westerlo; one off of Route 405 parallel to a homeowner concerned about glare, and another at the former resort Shepard Farm, on Route 32.
A proposed JROTC program at Berne-Knox-Westerlo Secondary School would depend on the feedback of the parents and students, as 10 percent of students must participate for federal funding.
The Board of Education needs to decide whether the 200-year-old original Cobblestone Schoolhouse that was the district’s first school building is worth keeping — and spending $50,000 to repair — if it does not have a pressing practical purpose.
The Voorheesville School Board accepted the resignation of its girls’ varsity basketball coach, Robert Baron, at a special meeting called just before Thanksgiving break.
