Members of the Knox Conservative Party can cast their ballots on Primary Day — June 24 — or during the early-voting period from June 14 through June 22. 

The town received a grant from the New York State Department of Transportation in 2024 to replace a culvert on Wemple Road that carries a tributary to the Vloman Kill. 

The Bethlehem Town Board last month approved funding for its Delaware Avenue Complete Streets project — moving forward with a project that once was controversial but, after some revisions following a permissive referendum defeat, now has the backing of business leaders. 

The Bethlehem Democratic Committee has put up a slate of incumbents for three town board positions, including supervisor, as well as town clerk, highway superintendent, and one justice seat. Republicans are challenging them for all but the justice seat. 

Better and more affordable broadband options are needed in each of the four Hilltowns and, while some governments there have made giant steps toward getting them, the process is long and difficult, even in the best-case scenarios. 

Developer WAWEB LLC is proposing a 90-unit senior facility at 152 Rockefeller Road in Bethlehem, with a number of updates revealed in its May appearance before the planning board. 

The Rensselaerville Town Board recently cleared out all the red tape blocking the Kuhar Endowment Fund from being administered to local not-for-profits, but the delays and a lack of adequate publicity resulted in at least one organization not knowing it had to apply again. 

ALBANY COUNTY — In the lead-up to Memorial Day, Albany County has awarded $15,000 each to 10 different veterans’ service organizations as an annual token of appreciation.

Berne-Knox-Westerlo’s $24.7 million budget, with a 3.3 percent tax increase, passed with 70-percent approval from voters, who also re-elected incumbents Matthew Tedeschi and Rebecca Miller to the board of education. 

The Bethlehem Central School District’s $116.6 million budget for the 2025-26 school year passed by a 76-percent margin. It will raise taxes 1.1 percent.