Ahead of the Rensselaerville Historical Society’s annual Attic Treasures fundraiser, where the $10 admission covers one free appraisal with a small fee for any beyond that, The Enterprise spoke with one of the featured appraisers, Russ Carlsen, of the Carlsen Gallery auction house in Freehold, about valuing and selling antique objects.

The Knox Conservation Advisory Council is restoring the wetlands boardwalk in town, making improvements along the way. It’s calling on community volunteers to help complete the project before the group reaches the December deadline for the grant money it received.

Coeymans and Bethlehem were also named in suits filed by the Albany Water Board that claim that the water board’s properties in those towns are overvalued and should be tax-exempt. 

Michael Dickershaid had been previously incarcerated for the attempted rape of a 15-year-old in the town of Westerlo, and was on parole at the time of this latest incident.

Drew Joslin, a Life Scout and junior firefighter from Westerlo, renovated a trail loop at Veterans Memorial Park in the town by clearing paths, installing benches, and adding a supply of crisis-intervention information for visitors. 

Helene G. Goldberger, Berne

The 12 students beat out seven other teams in the New York State High School Clay Target League’s spring season conference. 

Dennis Houlihan, East Berne

Helderberg Lake Association President Tom McQuade told The Enterprise this week that there have been discussions about using the herbicide ProcellaCOR — which was recently at the center of a legal battle between Lake George residents and the Adirondack Park Agency — to control weeds in Helderberg Lake, but that repairing the high-hazard dam is still the association’s only priority.

Karen Haseley, Rensselaerville