WESTERLO—The big job of the Westerlo Town Board in 2005 was setting up a water district in the hamlet of Westerlo. The largest portion of town board meetings was taken up by discussions of the details of the project.

KNOX—Things went much more smoothly in Knox this election year than the last.

BERNE—Another contentious year in Berne was capped by the reelection of the town supervisor.

WESTERLO — While a developer is seeking to subdivide Westerlo farmland for 14 new homes, a town board member has proposed changes to local laws to prepare for development in the future.

KNOX—One of the Hilltowns’ original plots of land may be preserved from development forever.

ALBANY — The drunk driver being sentenced and the family of the slain man both cried in an Albany County courtroom Tuesday morning.

A Knox man is going to prison for killing a Binghamton professor.

RENSSELAERVILLE — Winter is when the "appetite for comfort rises," writes best-selling cook-book author Molly O’Neill. Friday, she’ll help kids decorate Christmas cookes at the library in Rensselaerville, where she has a second home.

BERNE — The town of Berne and the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District are close to collaborating on waste disposal and snow removal.

CLARKSVILLE — Anthony Hill was known among his friends as Superman, and not just for his love of the comic book character.

BERNE—The Berne Fire District will pay a resident’s court fees for a lawsuit he brought against the district a year ago.