Every vote was unanimous at Monday’s Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board meeting as members basked in good news — ranging from success including special-need students in general-education classrooms to securing expected state aid for $20 million in capital improvements.
Staff Sergeant Ronald Swenson from East Berne has re-enlisted to continue service with the Headquarters and Support Company, 42nd Infantry Division of the New York Army National Guard.
Berne-Knox-Westerlo Bulldogs boys took to the lanes and the court on Friday afternoon in critical Western Athletic Conference games early in the season. The basketball team played Middleburgh in a packed gym at home and battled in the second half to hold onto a 63-to-58 win.
From 2005 to 2011, the water district’s finances were kept track of with Post-it notes in a checkbook, according to water board Chairman William Bichteman, who is asking the town board to approve funding for an audit of the district’s finances.