BERNE — Giles and Karen Swint of Berne are pleased to announce the engagement of their  daughter Lindsey M. Swint to Justin L. Zimmer, the son of Howard and Kristine Zimmer of Knox.

The couple currently lives in Albany and has planned a November 2013 wedding at the New York State Museum.

EAST BERNE — Emily E. (née Haluska) Chase, a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. She was 82.

Born on Feb. 18, 1931 in Berne, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Haluska.

EAST BERNE — Starting as an operator for the New York Telephone Company, Carolyn Marcy rose through the ranks of an industry for three decades as it underwent major technological changes.

“She broke some ground in that regard as a woman in the ’50s and ’60s on the management side,” said her grandson, Edward Marcy.

“We’re going to make BKW a wildly exciting and successful place for all of us,” said Audrey Roettgers, appointed at the end of July.

Talk about having a good week, last week was terrific. My grandson, Brandon Clark and I picked up his children, Samson and Nichole, for an entire week with their dad.

Their first wish was to swim in Warner’s Lake with Jenn Smith and her son, Iain. I was invited to come and almost backed out but was glad I went.

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