In a town of 3,400, 500 voters turned out Sept. 1 and overwhelmingly voted down a proposal to repair and replace town buildings.

_{George Langdon III, Kevin Flensted, Amie Burnside, Westerlo}

Richard Rapp, Westerlo supervisor; Keith Wright, Westerlo superintendent of highways

_{Donna Gwin, president, Friends of the Town of Berne Library}

_{Josh VonHaugg, Knox}

BERNE — Jean Elizabeth Rocker, a former Berne resident, died on Wednesday, June 3, 2015, in St. Petersberg Florida. She was 64.

Ms. Rocker was born on Dec. 19, 1951, to Betty P. Rocker and the late Frank C. Rocker.

RENSSELAERVILLE — Arthur M. Johnsen III, a wildlife biologist, died on Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, at Licking Memorial Hospital in Ohio. He was 69.

Mr. Johnsen was born on Sept. 3, 1945, in Newton, New Jersey, to Arthur M. Johnsen and the late Janice (née Larson) Johnsen.

Its founders call their approach “project-based interdisciplinary learning.”

The $1.01 million project was completed in two phases over two summers to accommodate school-year traffic.