After its first appointee declined the position because he could not attend the required office hours, Westerlo has appointed Garth Slocum to replace Peter Hotaling as sole assessor.

The Rensselaerville Library’s new director, Heidemarie Carle, describes the opportunity to serve the Hilltowns community with the experience she’s built up over decades with non-profit and government organizations as “providential.”

Peter Hotaling, who was Westerlo’s assessor for over 19 years before the town offered the position to others, has been hired as Rensselaerville’s sole assessor. 

A panel of experts gathered together last Friday to discuss the emergence of artificial intelligence and automation, and how we should react to it.

Westerlo’s tax levy for 2020 is $1,351,230 —a mere hundred dollars beneath the tax-levy limit of $1,351,336.22

Thanks to more focused revenue projections and a dip into the fund balance, Berne’s 2020 budget promises less spending and lower tax levies.

Harley A. Kelly, who killed her friend in a drunken car crash in Rensselaerville last June, was sentenced to 3 to 9 years in prison for manslaughter. 

RENSSELAERVILLE — At their Nov. 14 town board meeting, the councilmembers of Rensselaerville adopted Supervisor John Dolce’s first budget by a vote of 4-1. Marion Cooke was the sole dissenter.

Knox’s adopted 2020 budget will have less spending and level taxes compared to 2019.

ACCESS Hilltowns will soon house a caseworker who will be able to support residents who have been victimized by a crime.