HILLTOWNS — Ashlyn Anne Hanley, who graduated in June from Berne-Knox-Westerlo, has put the life stories of nine Hilltown elders into a book she hopes kids at her school will read and learn from.

WESTERLO — Starting on Monday, July 25, Sunset Hill Road (County Route 405) will be closed between routes 401 and 32.

The Albany County Department of Public Works is working on a bridge there, starting at 7 a.m. on Monday. That section of Route 405 will be closed until further notice.

A Freedom of Information Law request for the Hilltown not-for-profit’s registration and annual financial documents could not be completed by the New York State Office of the Attorney General because no such forms were ever filed — but they are not required, according to state law.

A host community agreement is essentially financial padding on top of a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement, both of which are meant to incentivize municipalities to allow renewable energy companies to build projects despite the tax exemption programs put forth by New York State as part of its move away from non-sustainable energy sources.

The Basic Creek has been eroding the bank where it runs through the town park, eating up some of the parkland. Westerlo Supervisor Matthew Kryzak says there’s more that will need to be done, but the grant is a step in the right direction.

Carmella Kapper, East Berne

Donna Gwin,  Friends of the Berne Library

Kenneth Guarino, Berne

WESTERLO — “The Pilgrim’s Progress” is the theme for this summer’s Vacation Bible School at the First Baptist Church of Westerlo.
The school runs each day from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. from Aug. 15 to 19.

The church is located at 618 Route 143 in Westerlo.

The fire company will use the money to construct a new station on Helderberg Trail, where it already owns property.