Tom Wolfe, Chairman Knox Planning Board

Joel Willsey, Berne Town Board

Barb Russell, Westerlo

Willard Martin, Esperance

Dennis Houlihan, East Berne

An easement, negotiated with the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy, a not-for-profit organization that stewards natural lands in the Capital District, is designed to restrict development on the Carey Institute’s 100-acre campus, which is up for sale, but a local grassroots movement is seeking stricter terms.

Katherine Dieckmann, Westerlo

Dennis Cyr, The Town of Knox Hometown Hero Committee

Robert Conklin, Brian Crawford, Kevin Crosier, Kelly Martin, Jerry O’Malley, Karen Schimmer, Berne Democratic Committee

Richard W. Umholtz, et. al.