The $3 million tentative budget hits its 2-percent tax levy limit, but that won’t apply to all residents in the town since the important increases occur within three of the town’s special districts. 

Laurie Searl, Berne

On Friday, Sept. 30, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo Athletic Department will induct the 2022 Hall of Fame Class:

— Supporters: John and Natalie Drahzal;

— Team: 1988 Softball;

— Male Athletes: Rick Flagler, Giles “John” Swint, and Donald Dewey; and

When Jan Van Etten’s daughter submitted her mother’s obituary last week, she told me, “It is the end of an era and she was truly one of a kind.”

Both of these things are true.

RIC Energy has tentatively agreed to the Knox Town Board’s request for $30,000 annually as a payment in lieu of taxes. Construction of the company’s 5-megawatt solar farm will begin once the agreement is formalized. Meanwhile, Supervisor Russell Pokorny says he hopes another array — an 80 kilowatt array being built by the town with grant money, on Street Road — will be finished later this year. 

KNOX — Citizens Financial Group has contributed $20,000 to the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York to support the operation of the Patroon Land Farm.

Becky Waldenmaier, Berne

Ralph Miller, Berne

Helene Goldberger, Esq., Berne

Following a June inspection, Nolan Engineering determined that the Knox transfer station is in poor condition and cannot be renovated, meaning the town has to figure out whether it will build a new transfer station or figure out some alternative.