WESTERLO— Fifteen years after disbanding Westerlo’s planning board, the town board voted unanimously Tuesday to appoint a new one and to begin interviewing candidates.

WESTERLO — After recurring acts of vandalism and abuse of its facilities, Westerlo Town Park will soon be changing. Fees will be charged, and playground equipment will be added.

BERNE — The Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District is gearing up for a full vote on renovating its secondary school with plans that could cost taxpayers anywhere from $2.3 million to $3.7 million.

RENSSELAERVILLE — In the midst of widespread resentment toward a juvenile detention center in town, Cass Residential’s future remains uncertain.

WESTERLO — The town board voted unanimously last week to support a grant application for low-income housing in Westerlo.

However, the board raised concerns about zoning and water for the project.

BERNE—As Supervisor Kevin Crosier updated residents last week about the town’s highway department sharing services with the county’s department of public works, Councilman James Hamilton questioned him throughout.

BERNE — The Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board reconsidered foreign language studies for its elementary students last week, after the chair of the After-School Foreign Language program told the board that the program has outgrown itself.

Despite complaints
Cass re-opens

‘A real tragedy’
Rape survivor speaks out



RENSSELAERVILLE — At the emotional heart of residents’ fears over a juvenile detention center in this rural Hilltown is a rape and kidknapping that occurred there just over two years ago.