To the Editor:

I’m writing in defense of carpenter bees (Xylocopa), important pollinators and friends!

Last month’s article about killing them was like a punch in a sore spot for me. Twenty dead carpenter bee friends! Please don’t kill them next year. Here’s why.

To the Editor:

To the Editor:

Plans are in place for the Second Annual Berne Summerfest, and we want your readers to know we have a day filled with something for everyone.

To the Editor:

The quilts of Knox have been displayed, scrutinized, exclaimed over, and admired, and are now safely returned to their owners. The quilt show Sunday, on Aug. 3, sponsored by the Knox Historical Society and the Helderberg Quilt Barn Trail, drew 125 visitors from nearby and out of state.

To the Editor:

Jim Gillis felt like his soccer coaching at Berne-Knox-Westerlo was under the microscope of four sets of parents, so he decided to leave his post after 22 years. 

Going undefeated is hard to do, and the BKW Little League softball team did it.

Introducing "The church ladies of Knox": business-minded, talented, and dedicated women. Visualizing the enormous impact they had on their community is inspirational.

To the Editor:

Bargains, bargains, bargains. The Town-Wide Garage Sale in Knox will be on Saturday, Aug. 9.

Maps will be available the day of the sale at the Knox firehouse.

Applications for the town-wide sale are still available. Please call me at 872-9400  or Maryann at 872- 0385.