KNOX — Despite protest from some residents and a local land conservancy, the Knox Town Board voted unanimously on Tuesday to remove a piece of the town’s property from a land conservation district. 

SCHOHARIE — For the second year in a row, the culinary arts team at the Capital Region Career & Technical School in Schoharie is the best in the state.

Proposed for BKW tax levy increase



BERNE — As school officials and a committee work to design a budget for the 2008-09 school year, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board was divided this week over setting goals for the plan.

KNOX — Delia "Barney" Palombo sat in the Township Tavern in Knox last Thursday, remembering when she and her husband ran the restaurant that has been a longtime fixture in the community.

Recalled meat dumped at BKW



BERNE — While some local media reported that no questionable beef had been distributed to area schools, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District had 32 cases of recalled hamburger.

WESTERLO — As Westerlo’s planning board works on a plan for the town’s future, farmers came to Town Hall last Thursday to hear from an expert on farmland protection.

Group sues to protect farmland



RENSSELAERVILLE — Rensselaerville Farmland Protection, a small group of residents, has sued the town over its new zoning ordinance.

Ousted workers gripe

WESTERLO — As St. Peter’s Hospital is slated to close its Hilltown charity clinic tomorrow, a citizens’ group is cautiously optimistic about acquiring a new doctor.