June Springer, Puckerstreet Fair, Knox

The Berne Planning Board held one workshop last month, and will host another on June 16 at 7 p.m. 

EAST BERNE — Sylvia Filkins (née Van Aller) of East Berne, a mother and grandmother who loved people, died peacefully on Monday, March 7, 2022. She was 81.

Born in Middleburgh on Jan. 9, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Lee and Ellen Van Aller.

Kenneth’s Army could continue its work against child abuse under a different name as Kenneth’s young sisters have requested since they say use of his name and picture hurts them. They’ve been hurt enough.

Before riders took off, the not-for-profit Kenneth’s Army dedicated a memorial bench at the Berne Town Park to Kenneth White, a 5-year-old who was killed by domestic violence in 2014, and named the park’s access road “Kenneth’s Way” in his honor. 

Christine, Cheyanne and Linda Dunn, Clermont, Florida

Nurse Practitioner Jill Martin’s medical clinic currently operates out of a building on Helderberg Trail, right next to the Berne-Knox-Westerlo school district, which recently purchased the building. The clinic’s new office will also be on Helderberg Trail.

SCHOHARIE — The Schoharie Valley Singers are honored to partner with the Schoharie Reformed Church for a concert benefiting Ukrainian refugees in Poland. The concert will be presented on Saturday, June 4, at 7:30 p.m. and will take place at the Schoharie Reformed Church in Schoharie.