GUILDERLAND — By the end of the year, Watervliet Mayor Michael Manning hopes to have started work on doubling the size of his city’s reservoir.

By Zach Simeone

WESTERLO — A fire in town destroyed the home of a family and its tenant last week.

The blaze began at about 2 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 144 Slade Hill Road, under a trailer owned by the Ferguson family.

NEW SCOTLAND — Jake Moon cast about two generations ago, but his likeness now graces an old diner in Clarksville.

He was “sort of a Rip Van Winkle type,” Moon’s great-grandson said of him.

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — E. Stewart Jones, who has represented former Supreme Court Justice Thomas Spargo during the better part of his decade-long legal battle, is fighting a conflict-of-interest charge that could take him off the case.

NEW SCOTLAND — Official discussion started Tuesday on a controversial law that would cap the size of new retail buildings in town at 50,000 square feet and new shopping centers at 100,000 square feet.

GUILDERLAND — Joe’s Service Station fell silent last week.

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — The Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board plans to cut close to $850,000 from next year’s budget. The board is currently aiming for a $19.6-million budget, down from this year’s $20.5-million budget. A 3-percent tax levy hike is projected.

GUILDERLAND — When Peanut Corporation of America expanded its initial recall of peanut butter, Price Chopper Supermarkets voluntarily recalled some food.

By Jordan J. Michael

VOORHEESVILLE –– The Guilderville boys’ swimming coach, Vaclav Sotola, always has something hanging over his head when the team faces the swimmers from Canajoharie.

GUILDERLAND — Plans are underway for the renovation of the pistol range here that is used to train National Guard members, reservists, and police officers.