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An opinion issued March 15 by the Albany County Department of Civil Service states that the two transfer-station workers who worked for the town for over five years should have been protected by the state’s Civil Service Law.

Penny Shaw, along with her husband, Rich Bartley, is directing a new generation of Comedy Kids in a new version of Shaw’s play “Not Yer Av’rage Fairytale.”

An overflow from a sewage pump in Berne last summer was a “saturation” of water used for cleaning, rather than a sewage spill, said the town’s supervisor, Sean Lyons. Last June, Lyons had commended the town board because it had not “escalated into an Enterprise event and TBM [town board meeting] disruption.”

Rensselaerville residents gathered at the New York State Park Police training facility to submit their opinions and learn more about proposed projects at the facility that could include reopening a firing range that was closed by a citizens’ lawsuit.

Stewart’s is moving forward in its attempt to build a new store at its current site at 1001 Altamont Blvd. The company will be before the Altamont Zoning Board of Appeals on April 9, seeking variances to construct the new shop.

A Berne-Knox-Westerlo parent said that she is out of options to place her child in after-school childcare after he was removed from a YMCA program at BKW. She says that her son was mistreated by staff there, while the program officials say that the program could not provide the level of care he needed.