Hilltowns

Cancer bill hits Westerlo FD

The fire company is hoping that $11,000 set aside for building costs can be used to to cover costs for a newly required insurance program.

Leah C. Swint

BERNE —  Leah C. Swint, “a homemaker who enjoyed helping others working as a home health aid,” her family wrote, “entered eternal life on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018.” She was 87.

Westerlo water filtration stalled

WESTERLO — The public raised concerns about contamination of the the town’s water with bromomethane at Westerlo’s town board meeting last Tuesday.

Hilltowns Senior News for Thursday, September 13, 2018

On Saturday, Sept. 8, the Hilltown Seniors gathered for another meeting where we all enjoyed the fall decorations the kitchen committee had displayed on the tables.

by Alyce Gibbs
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The scribe’s guide to a healthy sleep: Don’t make up your bed

by John R. Williams

On Tuesday, Sept. 4, the Old Men of the Mountain gathered at Mrs. K’s Restaurant in Middleburgh.

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Photos: 2nd Annual Family Farm Day

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

Berne planners stress landscape of proposed Dollar General

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

With Phase III expansion, MidTel seeks out the Hilltowns

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

We don’t just sit around, doctors are our social life

by John R. Williams

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.

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Tracking a headstone’s origins from Guilderland to Westerlo

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.

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