KNOX — Robert Francis Delaney worked in construction but built with more than boards and bricks; he built with trust and care as he led both Boy Scouts and volunteer firefighters.

_{Betty Filkins, vice president, and Steve Peck, Fundraising Committee of the Westerlo Rural Cemetery}

_{Michelle Fusco, Kenneth's Army}

_{Karen Schimmer, Berne Town Board}

The special election comes just a few months before a large general election but several years after stalled plans to fix a leaking roof and a weathered highway garage.

EAST BERNE — Mary Claire Bolton Liszanckie, a nurse and a mother of six, grandmother of 13, and great-grandmother of 17, died on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015. She was 90.

She “went home to be with the Lord,” her family wrote in a tribute. “She was ‘Mom’ and ‘Mrs. L’ to many over the years,” they also wrote. 

BERNE — Fred C. Wukits, a veteran who worked as a manufacturing engineer, was a deeply religious man who enjoyed flying and woodworking.

Formerly of Berne, he died peacefully in his home in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015, after a long illness. He was 83.

KNOX — For the second consecutive race, Democratic Supervisor Michael Hammond is being opposed by a resident saying he has been in the post too long.

BERNE — Move over, American Pharaoh. Local runners are now racing for their own triple crown.