Lisa DeGroff, Member, Westerlo Hometown Heroes Committee

JoAnne Brady, Board Vice President Woodlawn Cemetery, Berne

The law will make it easier for residents to build accessory-dwelling units that are up to 1,500 square feet of living space, in what is at least partly an effort to keep senior citizens in the town. 

An internal investigation into Westerlo Town Clerk Karla Weaver found she had bullied and intimidated other town employees, falsified documents, and orchestrated a Freedom of Information Law campaign designed to bog down the town supervisor’s office. 

Chairman Jim Kaufman, Peggy Christman, Kelly Martin, Jeff Marden, Berne Democratic Committee

Elizabeth Nicosia-Britton, Rensselaerville

Helen Marie Lounsbury Galicki, Member, Hilltown Senior Citizens

The Rensselaerville Water and Sewer Advisory Committee is holding a community meeting on Thursday, May 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Hilltown Commons Guggenheim Theater to get input on preferred well sites for a new public water system. 

Berne Councilwoman Melanie laCour voiced her concerns at the board’s May meeting about the fact that the town’s ambulance expense was left out of the 2025 budget, making it unclear how the town will pay for a $225,000 expense at the end of the year when all revenue is already attached to other expenses and there’s little left in savings.