A Freedom of Information Law request for the Hilltown not-for-profit’s registration and annual financial documents could not be completed by the New York State Office of the Attorney General because no such forms were ever filed — but they are not required, according to state law.

A host community agreement is essentially financial padding on top of a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement, both of which are meant to incentivize municipalities to allow renewable energy companies to build projects despite the tax exemption programs put forth by New York State as part of its move away from non-sustainable energy sources.

The Basic Creek has been eroding the bank where it runs through the town park, eating up some of the parkland. Westerlo Supervisor Matthew Kryzak says there’s more that will need to be done, but the grant is a step in the right direction.

Altamont beekeeper Stephen Wilson, who has spent significant time advocating for pollinator research and had been chairman of the state Commissioner of Agriculture’s Apiary Industry Advisory Committee for 12 years, lays out some of the biggest issues facing pollinators today: varroa mite infestations, insecticide use, and elimination of forage areas

Paul Larrabee will attend Clarkson University and hopes to be a mechanical engineer.

Kimberly Howland is attending Rochester Institute of Technology to study video game design, and then hopes to find a job in game development in the Capital Region. 

The menu offerings at Indian Ladder Farms are a collaborative and creative effort between Executive Chef Luca Brunelle; his sous-chef, Laur Faljean; and their team; and reflect the two chefs’ different backgrounds in the culinary arts.

United States Postal Service representative Mark Lawrence said that a work order has been submitted and is expected to be complete by the end of July. 

The Berne-Knox-Westerlo 2022 graduation ceremony was held on June 25 at the Egg, in Albany — a return to pre-pandemic tradition. 

The Knox Conservation Advisory Council was reconstituted in January this year, after a previous version of the council had petered out around 2018 due to lack of interest.