The Albany County Legislature has authorized an increase of the hotel occupancy tax rate from 6 percent to 6.5 percent as a way to fund tourism initiatives, with all GOP members opposed to the measure. 

The $830,000 entrusted to the town of Rensselaerville two years ago has been tied up in red tape ever since, but an attorney for the town recently announced that the town has been granted a cy prés to move the funds to another trustee, which he said was the “major hurdle” in the ordeal.  

First responders arrived at 1545 Thompsons Lake Road in Knox early Tuesday morning to find the home there completely engulfed in flames. Two bodies were recovered. 

Berne Supervisor Dennis Palow told The Enterprise that the town will pay $200,000 to Albany County for its emergency medical service, using a roughly-$320,000 revenue check he says will come in January. 

Newly released testing data from New York state shows Berne-Knox-Westerlo making strong headway in its core subjects, outranking the district’s neighboring “chase schools” in most categories. 

Alex Giebitz, of East Berne, is a certified Kobelco mechanic for Robert H. Finke and Sons and was invited to participate in Kobelco’s international technical service contest as part of the North American team last month. 

Westerlo town employees have begun the process of unionizing, a move that Supervisor Matt Kryzak says can be good for the town, so long as the negotiation process takes into account the town’s own limits.

Berne’s final 2025 budget does not include any funding for emergency medical service through Albany County despite the fact that the town and county had both announced that a deal had been reached, with county officials suggesting that the town would have to cover at least some of the cost. 

Following a meeting he had with Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple, Berne Supervisor Dennis Palow told The Enterprise that the county will provide the same level of EMS as it had in years prior, but neither he nor the sheriff could be reached for more information on how the service will be funded. 

With cell-phone coverage spotty on the Hill, resident Nickie Gladieux wonders if a solution to the resulting emergency gaps can be found in a rapidly disappearing technology.