Berne Town Board members Al Thiem, Leo Vane Jr., and Joe Martin have each resigned from the board, with complaints about Supervisor Dennis Palow as their reason.

A Rensselaerville resident asked the town board what can be done about the poor cell-phone service in the town, a perennial concern that has nevertheless been overshadowed by conversations about broadband; the response was, essentially, “not much.” 

The bond authorization, passed unanimously, will allow the Knox Town Board to borrow up to $800,000 for its transfer station overhaul, though Supervisor Russ Pokorny says that the town expects to need less. 

As fair season ramps up, New York State Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard Ball spoke with The Enterprise about bird flu, which has been infecting dairy herds in other parts of the country, and has led to testing requirements for animals shown at fairs and other measures that are helping New York ward off danger. 

KNOX — New York State Police believe they know the identity of a dead person found in Knox late last month, but are awaiting DNA results to confirm before releasing the information.

Tom Galvin, who has spent his life and career at Berne-Knox-Westerlo, is being honored for his achievements as the girls’ basketball coach. Galvin is also the athletic director and dean of students. 

The Knox Planning Board, which has so far relied on fairly skeletal solar ordinances to guide its project determinations, will be holding a public hearing for a more robust, 15-page law at its next meeting on Aug. 8 at 7:30 p.m, at the town hall.

Represented by attorney Andrew Brick, former Westerlo planning board members Angela Carkner, Richard Kurylo, and Gerry Boone have sued the town board and the newly designated planning/zoning board, claiming that the abolishment of the planning board, passed with a simple 3-to-2 majority of the town board, required a supermajority to approve.

The Rensselaerville Town Board is hoping to get a number of properties in the town cleaned and up to standards, but won’t be receiving help for the most problematic one, on Sayre Road in Medusa, after the state Department of Environmental Conservation assessed the property and decided not to take action. 

Westerlo’s Zoning Board of Appeals Chairman George Spahmer said that the quasi-controversial application was approved 4-to-0 with one member abstaining.