With two new board members, the town's governing council was deliberative in its work, while the rest of the town celebrated its community institutions and a stunning murder case was closed.

2013 was a milestone year for the town's development, with a new, spacious library and a wastewater treatment system for the Berne hamlet.

Throughout the year, the town's close supervisor race was run amid designs to zone areas in the town for businesses and a long wait for postal services to return to the hamlet.

On Monday, my daughter, Marcia Pangburn came over and we enjoyed breakfast together and visiting for a couple of hours.

Then I went and picked up the gifts I ordered which I’ll reveal after Christmas.

The roads were still very slippery especially the driveway to the Reformed Church in Berne.

Pastor Wendy Cook has a simple desire to see Berne residents express themselves for a public installation of art in the rural town.

Berne-Knox-Westerlo students from Spain, Colombia, and Brazil all come from Catholic countries but have various holiday traditions.

The proposed abandonment would start a quarter-mile from the road's intersection with County Route 353 in Rensselaerville and maintain the public easement.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens has announced that, beginning Thursday, Dec. 26, the public will not be able to purchase hunting, fishing, or trapping licenses, or secure a recreational marine fishing registration or report game that has been killed.