HILLTOWNS — Children race through the sun-dappled forest, hiding behind bushes, peeking out from tree trunks. They are looking at Chad Jemison.

Westerlo plans $2.5M budget for 2011

WESTERLO — Without releasing its full budget to the public, the Westerlo Town Board voted last week to accept its tentative budget as preliminary, with few changes to the $2.5 million budget it adopted last year.

By Zach Simeone

KNOX — The town supervisor proposes a $2.06-million budget for next year, cutting about $60,000 from this year’s budget, and he said this week that he expects revenue from county sales tax to begin increasing in the near future.

R’ville board mulls $2.2M budget proposal for next year

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — Kenneth Bunzey, a Democrat who has served as a Berne town judge for 18 years, is running unopposed on Nov. 2.

Berne plans to spend $2M

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — Berne’s supervisor plans to spend $2.05 million next year, almost a quarter-million dollars less than this year, due mostly to the recent completion of the Kaehler Lane Bridge replacement.

RENSSELAERVILLE — If Dale Dorner wants her first term on the town board to last longer than a year, she will have to defeat challenger Robert Bolte in the polls next month.

County comptroller tells Rensselaerville: “You need an accounting system”

RENSSELAERVILLE — County Comptroller Michael Conners said Tuesday that the town has inadequate internal controls.

BERNE — The Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District’s $12.7-million building project, now three years in the making, is gaining momentum.