WEST BERNE — Stephen Torok, who worked for the county highway department and later as a railroad construction inspector, died at Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. He was 84.

Artist Tim Jackson’s satiric pen and ink work has evolved into art that still contains an undercurrent of humor as he creates with his less dominant arm after a stroke.

Kathleen Putzig will teach schoolchildren about their history and has plans for celebrating the town's bicentennial.

Berne-Knox-Westerlo plans to use its added state aid to fix one-time problems next year like resurfacing the track or abating asbestos in the elementary-school basement.

Dana Sherman values the camaraderie that comes with volunteering for the Knox company.

RENSSELAERVILLE — Deidre Lynn Andrus, a former deputy town clerk and a loving grandmother, died peacefully at her Rensselaerville home on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, with her son and daughter by her side. She was 53.

“She fought a very long and heroic battle with breast cancer,” her family wrote in a tribute.

BERNE — Randy Bashwinger, Berne’s highway superintendent, led a procession of 50 down the town’s main street under darkening skies Wednesday evening. On the march from the school to Town Hall they shouted, “Berne lives matter.”

When that chant petered out, they started calling “Crosier needs to go.”