ALTAMONT — A judge has granted a hearing to a former Altamont Police officer who claims he’s entitled to back pay and reinstatement, dismissing the village’s argument that the officer, Marc Dorsey, got the job fraudulently.

BERNE — The Berne Food Store’s doors have barely been closed a few weeks and already new owners have taken over and opened for business.

BERNE — Thanks to a state aid figure that’s higher than it’s been in years, the increase in taxes for the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District’s proposed budget is lower than it’s been in years.

GUILDERLAND — After a few years of lugging a bag of other authors’ children’s books around New York City, Ralph Fletcher decided he’d like to carry some books of his own.

By Michelle O’Riley

WESTERLO — On Tuesday evening, the town board heard a request to revise current policy for overtime pay for town employees.

Music Man:
"Something Special" in the Hilltowns

BERNE — The Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School is putting on a classic and much-loved musical this weekend.

BERNE — When Gerald Cross makes a stop with the Helderberg Ambulance Squad, he said, nine times out of ten, he knows the person he’s picking up.

BERNE — Thomas Spargo, a state Supreme Court judge and Berne resident, should be removed from the bench, said the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct last week.

ALTAMONT — The village has reached a settlement in a lawsuit with Guilderland landowners who questioned the validity of contract they had signed to sell five acres to Altamont for a new well for the water system.