Hilltowns

The state budget left the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District with an additional $97,000 to spend, said the superintendent.

It is Tuesday again — funny how fast the days come around as the OFs get older and older.

SCHENECTADY — Richard Donald Zink, of Schenectady, formerly of Rensselaerville, was a man who made family the most important thing and enjoyed tinkering, hunting, and fishing. He died on Sunday, April 1, 2018, with his family beside him. He was 78.

Marla Briggs, a former Knox Conservation Advisory Council member and experienced environmental planner, was appointed to the CAC in March after another appointee angrily turned down the post.

Now that we have entered spring (we hope), we are all anxious to get out and about! So, with that being said, we have three trips open to our members and also to non-members.

Syrup lovers came out last weekend for the second part of the maple festival weekend in Knox. A pancake breakfast and tours were held over the weekend.

The parks office has used the remote, 30-acre site since 2008, several years after a juvenile detention center called Camp Cass closed down in 2004.

The Berne Fire District helped with a landing-zone road closure so that Berne-Knox-Westerlo students could see a LifeNet helicopter.

The owners of a recently approved snack bar in Knox hope to make use of the influx of visitors at John Boyd Thacher State Park.

Discovery Workshops were presented at Town Hall by the Knox Youth Council and the Knox Town Board this past weekend.

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