Vickie Snyder, Corresponding Secretary, Berne Volunteer Fire Company Inc.

The Berne Town Board voted, with the needed majority of 3, to formalize the town’s planning board, which Councilman Mathew Harris said in May was illegitimate. 

Rensselaerville resident Sarah Gordon is calling on local businesses to take a stand against racism by pledging — on a public, digital spreadsheet — to call out racist behavior that occurs on professional property and to denounce the slogan “all lives matter,” which exists to diminish the anti-racist “Black lives matter” slogan. 

RENSSELAERVILLE — The Rensselaerville Historical Society is hosting an art show, starting this weekend, at the Grist Mill on the hamlet’s Main Street.

Twenty-five artists will have their works on display. 

Knox and Berne have each signed an agreement that allows Berne’s dog-control officer, Jody Jansen, to shelter dogs in Knox’s kennel while Berne renovates its own Switzkill Farm kennel. 

ALBANY — “A beautiful, caring soul was able to finally walk home after dying peacefully of natural causes, following a decade-long struggle with a spinal cord disability,” wrote the family of Lorraine Carroll in a tribute.

Bozenkill Road, which connects the town of Knox to the village of Altamont, will reopen at the end of July upon the completion of a million-dollar bridge repair, said Mary Roazak, spokeswoman for the Albany County executive.

Joel Willsey, Berne Town Board

Richard W. Umholtz, Westerlo

Richard Filkins, Amie Burnside, Members, Westerlo Town Board