KNOX — Catherine D. White liked to cross stitch.

“She could see that details well done are how you make something,” said her husband of almost 35 years, Eric White. “She wasn’t about getting the big applause. She could see success is a function of lots of details well done.”

Tensions rose but manners prevailed as the Berne Planning Board submitted a letter to its newly appointed chairman, Thomas Spargo, announcing its desire to see a member reinstated who was effectively fired in the middle of her term to make room for Spargo. The planning board cited a recently-filed lawsuit against the town and Spargo as one aspect of the fallout Berne is experiencing after the controversial decision.

Joel Willsey​, Berne Town Board

Nexamp has opened up applications for Hilltown residents, promising them discounts of up to 10 percent on their electricity costs for using energy generated by the controversial solar farms located on the old Shepard Farm resort property in Westerlo. 

WESTERLO — Katherine Helen (née Salisbury) Loetterle was a charismatic woman who put her energies into tasks as diverse as feeding her farm family, directing airport travelers, and modeling clothes for senior fashion shows.

She died on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. She was 95.

The CSEA, which represents non-instructional workers at the Berne-Knox-Westerlo Central School District, won raises for its members with a 3-percent increase for the 2019-20 school year and a total increase of 18-percent by 2023. Workers who have been with the district for 15 years or longer get additional compensation. 

Peter Hotaling, who was Westerlo’s assessor for 19 years before the town replaced him with Garth Slocum, has filed an Article 78 proceeding against the town, requesting that he be reinstated with back pay and that the town reimburse him for medical costs he accrued after losing his insurance.