How do you help a tree to grow? To be healthier? To live longer? 

The answer lies in human history as it’s captured by Rensselaerville author and arborist William Logan in his 2019 book, “Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gift of Trees,” which has just been awarded the John Burroughs Medal. 

Superintendent Timothy Mundell handed out just under 50 diplomas to Berne-Knox-Westerlo graduates at Tawasentha Park, in Guilderland, as part of ceremony that highlighted the conviction and resilience of a graduating class that, like the one before it, had many of its senior-year rituals thwarted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Berne Town Board members Joel Willsey and Bonnie Conklin solicited advice last week from the New York State Department of Transportation on steps to take to address dangerous guardrails, narrow shoulders, and fast drivers along state routes 85 and 443.

Welcome to the heat of summer. The ambulance squad has been busy.

Dianne Sefcik, Westerlo

Helene G. Goldberger, Berne

Timothy Lippert, who was endorsed by the Berne Democratic Committee, got 66 percent of the votes over Anita Clayton, a Democrat endorsed by the Conservative Party, in the Democratic primary race for a vacant town council seat, according to unofficial election results. 

WESTERLO — James K. Morrison died on his 51st wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 12, 2021, while his beloved wife was holding his hand. He was 83.

A well-known clinical psychologist in the Capital District, he was also well-respected internationally.

The laws are “based on the themes” of Westerlo’s new but not-yet-adopted comprehensive plan, said Westerlo Town Board member Matthew Kryzak at a public hearing this week.