_{Nancy Frueh, East Berne}

BERNE — The bridge carrying Route 443 over the Fox Creek in Berne closed on Monday, June 29, and is scheduled to re-open on Aug. 31 as part of an ongoing rehabilitation project.

Thomas Fisher said he found vast opportunities at Berne-Knox-Westerlo, where he took advanced classes and bonded with teachers.

Andrew Bub, BKW's salutatorian this year, works well under pressure.

KNOX — The town board wants to set a town-wide speed limit of 35 miles per hour, a move Supervisor Michael Hammond said is predicated on safety and has been studied for years.

The change would only apply to town roads that aren’t otherwise posted with a speed limit.

The Class of 2015 had a large percentage of its graduates this year who plan to enter the military.

WESTERLO — Kathryne Ryan Aragona, an avid crocheter and parent figure with a sweet tooth, died on Thursday, June 25, 2015. She was 70.

GUILDERLAND CENTER — Jean Bryson McCracken sewed not just to clothe her family but to engender in her daughters a creative spirit.

She died on Monday, June 22, 2015, twenty years after the death of her beloved husband. She was 86.

KNOX — Boy Scout Earl Barcomb recently completed his Eagle Project — a one-half mile long trail at the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy’s Winn Preserve on Street Road in Knox.