— Matt Cook

BERNE—The town has finally approved bids for the reconstruction of its transfer station.

— Matt Cook

BERNE—The Berne-Knox-Westerlo school budget was voted down by district residents Tuesday by a margin of only 17. Westerlo residents, angry about the closing of their elementary school, may have been the deciding factor in the vote.

— Maggie Gordon

KNOX — The warm weather is here, and just like clockwork, the bears are back in town.

— Matt Cook

RENSSELAERVILLE — The town board made two appointments to replace outgoing town officials at its meeting last Thursday.

— Melissa Hale-Spencer

DORMANSVILLE — More people turned out to celebrate Frances Swart’s birthday than she had candles on her cake. Swart is 95; close to 100 well-wishers celebrated her life on Sunday.

RENSSELAERVILLE—Dianne Schanz has worked her way up the ladder. When she be-came a rural postal carrier in Berne in 1979, she thought the postal service was a good career move, she said. She turned out to be right.

KNOX—At least one Knox resident is bothered by the intrusion of the Altamont Police into Knox.

WESTERLO — A Westerlo woman agreed May 4 to plead guilty in federal court to charges of trafficking stolen goods.