Hilltowns

RENSSELAERVILLE — Over 300 people came to see the R’ville Stage Creations production of Shaekespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on July 11 to 13.

Leaning Evergreen LLC, which owns a trailer park that sits across both Westerlo and Berne, is attempting to reduce its assessed property value by around 84 percent in Westerlo and 55 percent in Berne. 

Joel Willsey, East Berne

The Westerlo Town Board voted unanimously to ask Albany County to install a traffic light at the intersection of county routes 401 and 404, following a fatal car accident there late last month. 

Jim Gardner’s first impulse on hearing his wife scream at the sight of a big black bear in their yard was to shoot it — with his camera.

BERNE — A Berne resident called 9-1-1 Wednesday morning after seeing an upside-down plane in a field behind his house on the Berne-Altamont Road, according to State Police who determined the plane’s pilot, its only occupant, was unharmed.

On Aug. 23, the My Way Tavern in Knox will feature live music from the band Tangled Web to celebrate its one-year anniversary. The restaurant is a spiritual successor to the Township Tavern, where owner Erin Thorpe had worked prior to opening her own restaurant. 

A leak in the low-level outlet in the Myosotis Lake Dam in Rensselaerville has gotten worse recently, prompting the town to partner with the Huyck Preserve, which owns the dam, to pursue a short-term solution. 

A vehicle ran a stop sign and was hit by a tractor trailer at the intersection of county routes 401 and 404 in Westerlo, an intersection that locals say is unsafe. 

The Berne-Knox-Westerlo Class of 2025 celebrated its graduation on June 26 at The Egg, in Albany. 

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