Hilltowns

Family Fun Day sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Albany County. This year’s event was at CN Tommell Cattle Company in Berne on Sunday

Hearing concerns about light pollution, Berne’s planning board further discussed a proposed Dollar General store.

The Schoharie County company MidTel is looking to expand further into the Hilltowns.

On Tuesday, a couple days after the launch of the “Flying Eagle,” the Old Men of the Mountain met at the Middleburgh Diner in Middleburgh.

A headstone was found behind a beauty salon in Guilderland. It took half a dozen people to return it to the Westerlo cemetery where it had been missing for decades.

Alice A. Fisher

NORTH GREENBUSH — Alice A. Fisher — a brilliant teacher and a devout woman of faith — died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. She was 61.

Born in Albany, she was the daughter of the late John and Jane Doughney. Her beloved husband of 32 years, Robert (Bob) Fisher, died before her.

The driver, who was surrounded by both full and empty beer cans at the crash site, was charged with driving while intoxicated. Police are pursuing further criminal charges while investigating the crash that killed a Berne woman.

Members of the South Westerlo Business Association met with Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy last Thursday.

Restaurants, antique shops, and yoga studios call the hamlet of South Westerlo home. While the glory days when resorts were packed with tourists are gone, a newly formed business association hopes to stay strong.

BERNE — Organizers of the Switzkill Farm Harvestfest are seeking local vendors.

The festival will be held at Switzkill Farm in Berne on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. If it rains on saturday, the festival will be held instead the next day, Sunday, Oct. 14.

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