RENSSELAERVILLE — Robert Lawrence Bolte almost always wore work clothes. A former town councilman and electrician, he was perpetually ready to help someone in need.

The second hilltowns regional historical summit was held on Saturday to discuss and plan events that would promote history in the region, from Middleburgh to Duanesburg to New Scotland. At the meeting, it was decided to pursue setting up events and exhibits centering around local industry, alcohol production, and the Prohibition Era.

Rensselaerville Stage Creations will be performing “The Vagina Monologues” this weekend, as well as holding a silent auction to raise funds for the charity Equinox, which helps victims of domestic abuse.

Westerlo resident and former volunteer of the Hilltown Community Resource Center, based in Westerlo, Michael Sikule, will be joining the Board of Catholic Charities Tri-County Services, part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany.

And we thought January was a short month! After two snow days, one two-hour delay, one scheduled day off, and five days of winter vacation, February seemed to end almost as soon as it began!

Matrix, an insurance plan widely used by retired Berne-Knox-Westerlo school employees, is to be discontinued and replaced with a new plan.

The Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board discussed an Enterprise article that looked at the financial need in the school using reduced-price and free lunch rates as a measurement.