EAST BERNE — After opening in October, business at Destination Perfection, a new salon in the hamlet, is picking up, said Melanie Stempel, who owns the salon with her sister, Heather Schwenk.

BERNE — The art of gift-wrapping — complete with ribbon flowers — is blossoming in Berne.

A handful of women gathered on Saturday to prepare for an upcoming fund-raiser for the Berne library.

HILLTOWNS — An annual Christmas program serving Hilltown families in need is celebrating its 17th year.

Closing its doors



WESTERLO — As St. Peter’s Hospital announced last Thursday that it will close the Perkins Center in February, residents speculate about their future health care.

WESTERLO — A group of citizens is fighting to keep the Perkins Clinic in Westerlo open.

KNOX — After being narrowly defeated in the November election, Deborah Liddle, Democratic candidate for Knox town clerk, says the letter she circulated during her campaign was "not of a malicious nature."

KNOX — Robert Briggs Whipple — a farmer devoted to his land, his family, and his town — died on Friday, Nov. 23, 2007, at Albany Medical Center of complications following surgery. He was 77.

Election results from absentee ballots

HILLTOWNS — Election results are in for Knox and Rensselaerville after absentee ballots were counted last week.

Hilltowns Players still a ‘strong-headed, creative, opinionated lot’ after 25 years as family

BERNE — After 25 years, the Hilltowns Players is still going strong.