The $830,000 entrusted to the town of Rensselaerville two years ago has been tied up in red tape ever since, but an attorney for the town recently announced that the town has been granted a cy prés to move the funds to another trustee, which he said was the “major hurdle” in the ordeal.  

WESTERLO – Carmella “Camille” Reno, who loved traveling and being with her family, died peacefully on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, at her home, surrounded by her family.

She was born on June 28, 1936 in Brooklyn, the daughter of Peter and Mary Puelo Cavalcante.

Maryellen Gillis, President, Helderberg Family and Community Organization

First responders arrived at 1545 Thompsons Lake Road in Knox early Tuesday morning to find the home there completely engulfed in flames. Two bodies were recovered. 

Berne Supervisor Dennis Palow told The Enterprise that the town will pay $200,000 to Albany County for its emergency medical service, using a roughly-$320,000 revenue check he says will come in January. 

Newly released testing data from New York state shows Berne-Knox-Westerlo making strong headway in its core subjects, outranking the district’s neighboring “chase schools” in most categories. 

WESTERLO — A home caught fire on Thanksgiving evening on County Route 408 in Westerlo.

The Red Cross is helping five people displaced by the fire, according to a release from the Northeastern New York Chapter.

R’ville Stage Creations is closing out its 2024 season with Joe Landry’s imaginative adaptation of the  holiday classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

The show, styled as a 1940s radio broadcast, runs from Dec. 13 to 15 at Hilltown Commons in Rensselaerville.

Alex Giebitz, of East Berne, is a certified Kobelco mechanic for Robert H. Finke and Sons and was invited to participate in Kobelco’s international technical service contest as part of the North American team last month. 

Westerlo town employees have begun the process of unionizing, a move that Supervisor Matt Kryzak says can be good for the town, so long as the negotiation process takes into account the town’s own limits.