Hilltowns

On early Saturday morning, fishermen started ice fishing on Thomson's Lake Campground in Berne for the annual Ice Fishing contest.

After hearing a number of questions in a public hearing on a drafted solar law, the Westerlo Town Board tabled the issue, with the likelihood of at least another public hearing on the law. 

A town board meeting in Berne last week saw the resignation — and appointment — of a board member.

A town board meeting in Berne last week saw notifications of seasonal road closings and an arranged fee schedule for Switzkill Farm.

On Tuesday, Feb. 7, the Old Men of the Mountain met at the Middleburgh Diner in Middleburgh.

Most dogs in Knox are not licensed, according to the town’s dog-control officer.

On the last day of January 2017, the Old Men of the Mountain met at Kim’s West Winds Diner in Preston Hollow.

Shepard Farm, Westerlo, New York

A former resort and relic of the 1940s and ’50s has been bought with the intention to restore it and possibly rent it to local businesses in the town of Westerlo.

The Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy and the Eldridge family of Rensselaerville closed on an agreed conservation easement last month.

There is a word in Yiddish for complaining and generally giving someone a hard time when you are displeased. That word is “kvetch,” which is a letter combination that you may need to practice.

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