A Berne teenager accused of choking his girlfriend as his mother was driving is charged with a reduced offense of criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, in addition to two other misdemeanors.

Members of Helderberg Valley Football reported to police that the group's treasurer, Susan Sprung, had withdrawn $1,400 from the group's account.

BERNE — A trader in commodities with a wide range of interests, John Robert Dover was a perfectionist.

“Everything he did, he did really well,” said his daughter, Laurie Searl, of Berne.

The town's database doesn't correspond to locations in the records room, as it is intended, Town Clerk Kimberly Swain said during questions from the town's planning board secretary during the Dec. 10 board meeting.

Berne's receptionist and all-around resource spent her last town board meeting in characteristic fashion: writing notes in her yellow legal pad and correcting the town board in its process.

If an elderly Knox farmer can't sell enough Christmas trees to meet the $10,000 mark for a tax reduction, she could lose her farm. The law should be changed to let aging farmers keep working their land.

These local students have recently distinguished themselves:

We’ve all seen them, two elderly people sitting silently across each other in the restaurant or diner, staring past each other in a dull deadening silence.

How long have they been married? A long time.

Was it always like this? No.

To the Editor:

To the Editor:

I want to express how grateful I am for all the hard work done by the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy, the Friends of the Rail Trail, Scenic Hudson, Albany County, New York State Parks, the towns of  New Scotland and Bethlehem, the village of Voorheesville, involved elected officials, contributing businesses, and persistent individuals.