BERNE — The Helderberg Christian School is going to be back for another year at the Westerlo school building.

BERNE — For the first time in three years, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District budget passed on the first vote.

BERNE — A one-car crash on Saturday on Beaver Dam Road landed the driver in jail and her three passengers in the hospital.

BERNE — Four candidates are seeking one seat on the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board, a rarity for the district. Three of them have never held an elected public post.

In split vote
R’ville board adopts moratorium



RENSSELAERVILLE — The town board last week narrowly passed a one-year moratorium on new major subdivisions in the town.

WESTERLO — Sam the cat led a long life plagued by health problems and capped by a mysterious death that resulted in the suspension of his vet by the New York State Department of Education.

By Michelle O’Riley

Nurse honored
Meyers overcomes her own fears to help others in need

By Michelle O’Riley

WESTERLO — Connie Myers, a psychiatric nurse, has kept a patient from jumping off a ledge with a 10-foot drop.

RENSSELAERVILLE — The highway superintendent, often criticized in Rensselaerville, is under fire again. The town’s attorney said G. Jon Chase broke state law by loading salt and sand from the town’s supply into a private citizen’s truck.