Civil discourse requires humbleness and an appreciation for another’s viewpoints and experiences. It avoids excessive persuasion and direct antagonism. It eschews hostility.

A vote on a proposed zoning change in Knox, which would require at least four of the five board members’ approval, is expected to take place at the town board’s September meeting.

Berne Highway Superintendent Randy Bashwinger said that the highway department followed the proper protocol when closing the section of Bridge Road where a vehicle recently upended itself, but Councilman Joel Willsey has written in a letter to the Enterprise editor this week that flaggers or barriers should have been in place to prevent an accident like this.

BERNE — Roslyn Moser, a long-time resident of Berne, was a beloved school nurse who helped start a program to inspire Hilltown children to care about books before starting school. She died on Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, at Ellis Hospital after being stricken at home. She was 83.

Martin hopes to have her medical practice open by December, and is also working to have the surrounding area designated as medically underserved.

Suzannah Lessard gave a reading Saturday, Aug. 10, at the Rensselaerville Library. “Once the world was wide,” she read. “Now we live in collapsed space: the chip in our pocket.” Lessard wrote much of her book in her Rensselaerville cottage and considers the meaning of its landscape and how that sense of place has changed.

RENSSELAERVILLE — On Sunday, Aug. 18, Rensselaerville ride will be part of the  Hilltowns Alive agritourism event series put on by the Carey Institute for Global Good’s Sustainable Communities Program and Helderberg Brewery in collaboration with the New York Bicycling Coalition.

“I’ve been privileged to do a lot of things,” said Pauline Williman. “This is paying back … the Lord told us to feed his people. I’ve had many blessings; I’ll try to feed people in return.”