Becky Waldenmair, Berne

JoAnne Brady, East Berne

Rensselaerville’s plans to administer grant money to 16 different local organizations from its Kuhar Endowment Fund — an $860,000 pot of money left to the town by the late Jeffrey Bogue — have been put on hold as they await state approval. 

Vince Virano, Albany

BERNE — A Berne man was arrested by state police on Sept. 11 for two felonies: one for promoting and the other for possessing sexual performance by a child.

Wayne D. Miller, 24, was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree menacing after he had allegedly threatened a person with a handgun in a dispute. 

Nancy Frueh, East Berne

KNOX — Stephen Browne was a big man with a long reach — both in his work as a wildlife biologist and in his community as a father figure. He had thick hands that he used for heavy work and for gentle comforting. And, he had a deep, resonant voice, which he used to speak out for his beliefs.

State police concluded after an investigation that Anthony Moretti, a 35-year-old Albany man found dead in a wooded area in Knox, had died of cardiac arrhythmia caused by fentanyl and methamphetamine.

Authored by a newly-formed Farmland Protection Committee, the plan will identify threats to the town’s farms and farmers, as well as lay out possible solutions.