Berne building inspector Jonathan Heigel is not qualified to issue building permits for construction projects without the approval of a code-enforcement officer, but granted some to the town and Berne Town Board member Albert Thiem anyway.

Dr. Gary Kolanchick, Kittery, Maine

Donna Gwin, Amy Lauterbach Pokorny, Amy Anderson Knox

Donna Gwin, President Friends of the Berne Library

Maryellen Gillis, Helderberg Family and Community Organization

Robert Marriott, Berne

VOORHEESVILLE — Walter J. Fisher Sr. of Voorheesville, a veteran who loved his grandchildren, died suddenly on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at St. Peter’s Hospital. He was 92.

Sarah Gordon, Rensselaerville

Diana M. Hinchcliff, Rensselaerville

Assemblyman Chris Tague, of District 102, wants New York schools to offer whole and 2-percent milk to students to, essentially, ensure that they drink milk at all. Higher-fat milks are currently restricted by federal law because milk fats have been linked to higher levels of so-called “bad” cholesterol, which in turn is linked to heart disease.