On Monday, Feb. 3, a Berne highway truck ran into a ditch on Peasley Road as the driver was trying to make room for an ambulance, Highway Superintendent Randy Bashwinger told The Enterprise this week. Bashwinger said the $300,000 International took “no damage at all.”
Berne-Knox-Westerlo chemistry teacher Brian McCoy resigned from the district following an investigation that involved the Albany County Sheriff’s Office.
The Berne Town Board will hold its annual reorganizational meeting on March 5, followed by a regular town board meeting on March 12. These are the first meetings the town board will have had since July.
Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Superintendent Bonnie Kane filled the board of education in on various state proposals — from the retention of “hold-harmless” state aid to a possible ban on phones in schools — to lay out the work that will need to be done in the coming months, during the state and district budget cycles.