KNOX — The town of Knox and the Knox Historical Society will dedicate the new Plank Road Toll Gate 3 historic marker on Sunday, Aug. 9.  The event will begin at 2 p.m. in the Knox Town Hall on Route 156 with a brief review of all 14 historic markers in the town, and related historic documentation.

WESTERLO — The quaint white carriage house at the corner of routes 401 and 405 in southern Albany County has been transformed into “A New Place for Art.”

_{Bob Motschmann, Berne}

RENSSELAERVILLE — After spending the summer as an Odum intern at the Huyck Preserve in the Helderbergs, Jamaine Hunt is heading home to West Virginia this week feeling raw.

Robert Delaney, who for decades has battled blazes as a volunteer firefighter, is now battling cancer.

Trapshooting is for any age, according to Berne Conservation Club member Michael Vincent. Youth who can handle a shotgun are welcome, if accompanied by a guardian, he said.

_{Ray Hand, Knox}