To help get itself in place for state funding as it attempts to fix severe problems with its water system, the Rensselaerville Water and Sewer Advisory Committee has selected the engineering company C.T. Male to carry out an inspection of the system to reveal the full scope of the work that needs to be done. 

Kevin Crosier filed a legal complaint this week against the town of Berne over his forced removal from a public hearing earlier this year, alleging that they denied him his right to free speech through the federal and state constitutions. 

Pharmacist Zarina Jalal had filed ethics complaints regarding Albany County’s contract with Genoa Healthcare, which operates a pharmacy at the Department of Mental Health building in the city of Albany, alleging that the county did not follow its own requests-for-proposal process, and helped a former county official’s daughter get the head pharmacist job at the location.

Nearly a month after Election Night, the Rensselaerville justice race votes have been finalized, securing incumbent Gregory Bischoff as the winner by a margin of just nine votes over his opponent, Republican Richard Tollner. 

The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, in partnership with the Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corporation, has awarded grant money to 26 different meat-processing projects across the state in an effort that’s expected to expand processing capacity by 4.8 million pounds annually. 

Patrick Corbett is accused of stealing “an ATV, a keyboard, night vision binoculars, hunting equipment with apparel, two safes that contained a total of 6 guns, over 3,000 rounds of ammunition, and several other items,” according to Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple. 

Sandy Gordon had initially filed a lawsuit against Joshua Rockwood and his wife over their failure to pay him for farming equipment he had sold to them. Rockwood now alleges that Gordon “slandered” him in The Enterprise and had harassed him, among other alleged incidents.

Steep drop-offs on either side of where Gifford Hollow Road meets Switzkill Road in Berne threatens the traveling public, Berne resident and former New York State Department of Transportation employee Joel Willsey warned the town in a letter, since no guardrails or signs are in place to prevent someone from driving in. 

Incumbent Rensselaerville Justice Gregory Bischoff won re-election by only nine votes, trailed by his Republican opponent, Richard Tollner. Although the Albany County Board of Election has released its official general election results, some ballots have been sent back to voters to be cured of any defects, and the final total for the Rensselaerville justice race won’t be known until the end of the month. 

Berne officials will be meeting with Ardi Cecunjanin, the owner of 1628 Helderberg Trail, to discuss the building’s future after the town board had voted last month to have it demolished. The rear of the building is falling into the Fox Creek.