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BERNE — As Berne-Knox-Westerlo’s high school principal, Mary Petrilli, is on medical leave, the school’s superintendent is now acting as interim principal.




RENSSELAERVILLE — At its first board meeting of the year, Rensselaerville’s town clerk looked up the definition of "nepotism" in a dictionary and read it to a large crowd at Town Hall.

Drawing and dinner to raise funds for scholarship



BERNE — An annual fund-raiser for a scholarship honoring a deceased student will be held at the Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School next week.





KNOX — As the town board considers two sites for a cellular tower, residents and officials voiced concerns and asked questions Tuesday at an informational meeting.

Business is elementary for Mr. Holmes





ALBANY COUNTY — Jonathan P. Francis, a lawyer who waged a standoff in May with police after threatening suicide, was disbarred last week since he pleaded guilty to a felony charge.





KNOX — After writing poetry for many years, H. Steven Soehnel believes he doesn’t have anything others don’t have, and he doesn’t measure his success or happiness by publications or prizes.





RENSSELAERVILLE — After the town board voted unanimously last month for new zoning laws, it was harshly criticized last week by two members of a farmland protection group.

Cigarette thieves collared, broke into Westerlo store

WESTERLO — Two Greene County residents were arrested this week for stealing over $1,000 worth of cigarettes from M & B’s Stop ’n’ Shop in Westerlo.


Controversy as board disagrees on issues, land-use planning
...Cass closed, former supers arrested

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