BERNE — The Berne Republican Committee is hosting a Music in the Park event on Wednesday, Aug. 23, from 5 to 9 p.m. as a benefit for the party.

The event, at the Berne town park, is billed as “Two Great Bands — One Great Evening: Friends, Neighbors and Fun.” The two bands are The Henchmen and Thick As thieves.

WESTERLO —  Bonnie Ruth Reister Duchow, a retired educator, died on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, in Dallas, Texas, where she had lived with her son and family for the last two years. She was 86.

BERNE — Lee Ann Conners of Berne, whose life centered around children, died on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017 at St. Peter’s Hospice Inn in Albany. She was 82.

In Knox, the town board struggled to approve minutes in a sometimes heated debate of when quotes were appropriate or not. Quotes from Supervisor Vasilios Lefkaditis and Councilwoman Amy Pokorny, who are running against one another for supervisor in the fall, were especially debated.

KNOX — Albany County Sheriff’s Investigator Amy Kowalski, who serves as a Community Liaison Officer, spoke alongside Catholic Charities representative Ed Fox at Tuesday’s town board meeting about bringing more awar

Tanja Morse is being represented by the same law firm as a Berne woman also arrested for animal abuse this summer.