One change made to the contract recently includes a removal of requiring agency fees following a Supreme Court decision affecting districts across the country.

EAST BERNE — James W. Roemer Sr. was a charismatic man who could fix anything. He died on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, at his home near Warner’s Lake where he had lived for over four decades. He was 96.

“He was a very industrious person,” said his daughter, Jill Roemer. “He would help anybody.”

The man was driving across a field off of Knox Cave Road when he struck the end of a utility trailer.

As the youngest boy in a family of nine children, Robert Snyder devoted himself to keeping the farm running as his sisters left to marry and three of his brothers served in the military.
 

The rug — of Civil Service protections — was pulled out from under Knox workers on New Year’s Day.

MEDUSA — Robert E. Lane, a veteran who liked to spend time with his family, died on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, at the Community Hospice at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany. He was 89.

Supervisor Sean Lyons said he decided town board liaisons are not necessary, and that department heads can simply communicate directly with the board.

RENSSELAERVILLE — A $10,000 grant to the town of Rensselaerville and the not-for-profit Carey Institute for Global Good is to help connect the rural Hilltowns with surrounding cities.