The Berne-Knox-Westerlo Board of Education needs more than 60 percent of district residents to vote “yes” for a tax-cap piercing budget on June 18, or else will have to move to a contingency budget that could result in cuts to after-school and athletic programs, among others. 

Two town board members are already in opposition, with one, Josh Beers, saying he feels the savings is too minor and that it could be motivated by political vendettas. Supervisor Matthew Kryzak, who made the proposal and said there had been conversations about this as far back as 2021, denies this. A public hearing is scheduled for June 18 at 6 p.m.

Lauren Murphy, BKW student

Henry Ferguson, BKW freshman

Henry Gumpper, BKW eighth-grader

Brynn Ferguson, BKW seventh-grader

Paisley Bunt, BKW student

Joel Willsey, East Berne

WESTERLO — Alice Mary Spinelli, who devoted her life to caring for family and friends, died on Friday, May 17, 2024, after a brief illness. She was 79.

She was born on May 3, 1945 to a large family of nine children in Albany and grew up in Voorheesville.

RENSSELAERVILLE — Jakob Greenwood is the first seasonal ranger at the 2,000-acre Huyck Preserve in Rensselaerville.

He recently graduated from the University at Albany with a bachelor of science degree in environmental sciences and minors in biology emergency preparedness, and criminal justice.