There will be a public hearing on the budget on May 7 before district residents vote on May 21. They will also vote for the lone school board candidate, incumbent Lisa Joslin. 

HILLTOWNS — Berne-Knox-Westerlo has not seen a contested school board election since 2019, and this year is no exception, with incumbent Lisa Joslin seeking another term after first joining the board in 2021.

A Spectrum employee was killed in Berne in what the company’s regional vice president of communications called a “tragic accident” while the employee was working on a line early in the morning. 

According to a 2022 study conducted by researchers at Albany Medical Center, crisis pregnancy centers in New York State — which attempt to steer people away from abortion, and often have religious affiliations — rely heavily on misinformation and obfuscation to further their mission.

Determining the median income of the Rensselaerville water district will potentially make the district eligible for more funding for district improvement projects, since it’s believed that the water district may have a lower median income than the town overall.

Former Berne Town Board member Joel Willsey, who has long scrutinized that town’s highway practices, has discovered that the state’s official document-retention schedule is at odds with state law, allowing towns to discard notices after just one year instead of the five required by law. 

Veterinarians are being asked to submit samples from potentially affected cows to Cornell’s Animal Health Diagnostic Center, which is sequencing the virus to determine how it spreads and ways to prevent it. 

The Rensselaerville Post Office is expected to move to another location within the 12147 ZIP code, according to a United States Postal Service flier, and the public is invited to submit comments on the proposal by mail. 

Anthony Esposito, who lost his house along State Route 145 in Rensselaerville when an SUV crashed into it, setting it on fire, said he had made several requests for guide rails because he had long been concerned about cars coming off the road. The New York State Department of Transportation said that it has no record of any requests.

David Ague was arrested by the Albany County Sheriff’s Office for unlawful surveillance after a staff member at Voorheesville Elementary School discovered a cellphone on April 9 that Ague allegedly planted in a staff bathroom in order to record people.