Christmas is over. On Thursday, Dec. 26 I wrote my news and took it to Altamont. It had to be in early as the holiday falls in the middle of the week.

I picked up some Chinese food and ate with my daughter, Marcia Pangburn and Kyra and we watched family DVDs. 

Our calendars will have turned to 2014 by the time you read this.  This means the 2013 holiday activities at the Knox Nursery School are but a memory.

On Monday, Dec. 16, my daughter, Marcia Pangburn, came and had breakfast with me. 

On Monday, my daughter, Marcia Pangburn came over and we enjoyed breakfast together and visiting for a couple of hours.

Then I went and picked up the gifts I ordered which I’ll reveal after Christmas.

The roads were still very slippery especially the driveway to the Reformed Church in Berne.

To the Editor:

As the year 2013 is drawing to a close, we of the Women's Auxiliary to the Knox Volunteer Fire Department would like to thank everyone who generously supported us in our community projects.

We want to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

To the Editor:

I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to all of those who braved the weather on Saturday and came to the reception at the Berne Town Hall to wish me well on my upcoming retirement from my position of Berne town clerk.

The Berne-Knox-Westerlo girls' basketball team has less experience this year, but battled hard enough to win a tense overtime game by a single point on the road.

Carlene Willsie, the daughter of Ross and Kathryn Willsie of East Berne, and Ethan Searl, the son of Duncan and Laurel Searl of West Berne were married on Sept. 19, 2013.

The ceremony was held at Mercury Hall in Austin, Texas and was officiated by Meghan McGonagle, a close friend of the couple.

To the Editor:

Berne Town Clerk Patricia Favreau is retiring after 34 years of dedicated service.

An open house will be held on Dec. 14, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. at the Berne Town Hall for all the residents who wish to stop in to wish Pat well and thank her for all she has contributed to the town of Berne.

KNOX — Willard “Skip” B. Hellwig, a man of few words who loved woodworking and electricity, died on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, at Albany Medical Center, following a sudden illness. He was 70.

Mr. Hellwig was born on Nov. 24, 1943, in Albany, the son of Willard B. and Ella Marjorie (née Kelley) Hellwig, Sr.