Nurse practitioner Jill Martin’s medical practice, Hilltown Healthcare, has officially moved down the street, to 1705 Helderberg Trail, from its original location directly next to the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District campus. 

Albany County will receive $35,000 from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to put toward a $70,000 climate plan that will build on data collected from an ongoing greenhouse emissions study. 

The Berne Town Board is soliciting bids from loggers who hope to source timber from the 350-acre Switzkill Farm property. Though the term logging can invoke images of industrialist destruction, it can be as beneficial for forests as it is for people when it’s done responsibly.  

A study conducted by researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Cornell University has found that climate change is leading to warmer lakes, which in turn are losing oxygen and undergoing further chemical changes that are harmful for fish and other wildlife while exacerbating climate change. 

Standardized test scores released by New York State this month show that students at Berne-Knox-Westerlo are performing the same or better in math and English language arts as they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, which impacted students globally, and are also participating at higher rates. 

The restaurant will be takeout-only while the owners, Joe Conklin and his wife, Nadia Raza, await their liquor license.  

The bill would have prevented retired public workers — who are obligated to enroll in Medicare once they’re 65 — from losing the skilled-nursing-care benefit when they make the switch. Governor Kathy Hochul rejected it, saying it was too expensive for governments and school districts. 

The Coalition for Open Government, a watchdog on government transparency issues in New York State, is starting a Capital Region chapter made up of citizens who include Robyn Gray, who chairs the steering committee for the Guilderland Coalition for Responsible Growth. 

A Dec. 15 fire at a Smith Lane garage in Berne killed a cat and a number of chickens, and afflicted the main residence with smoke and water damage. Two people — both adults — are receiving financial assistance from the Red Cross as a result. 

The Albany County Redistricting Commission’s original submission was rejected by the county legislature in October due to what legislatures described as a possible dilution of the county’s majority-minority districts.