Come Jan. 1, Berne will have a bipartisan town board while Republicans will hold the offices of highway superintendent, clerk, and tax collector.

RENSSELAERVILLE — “Close to Home,” an exhibit featuring the recent encaustic landscapes of Leslie Yolen, will be on view from Dec. 3 through 27, in the gallery at the Kuhar Family Farm Café.

Later in the day, Albany County Sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene, Barcomb said, and then a town crew reappeared on Monday afternoon, this time to remove the debris that had been dumped that morning.

Willsey, a former town board member, had raised concerns about this year’s budget process and about the suspension and firing of Shawn Duncan, who had worked at the town’s transfer station for six years.

In a letter to the Enterprise editor this week, Knox resident Catherine Klatt and, separately, members of the Knox Broadband Committee write that the paper’s recent article headlined “$3.2M to bring broadband to last of unserved in Albany County,” wasn’t accurate. 

Marymichael D’Ark was the top vote-getter with just over 47 percent.

Hall, who has worked as a small-business owner and farmer, told The Enterprise, “The primary issue in Westerlo is the lack of open discussion and transparency from the board. Each member of the board should be making independent decisions in front of the public. Decisions seem to be made in advance and the majority always votes together.”

Delaney, currently the town clerk, will be Knox’s first female supervisor after three women previously failed to win the post.

Democrats will dominate on the board after several years of Republican rule that brought government to a halt last year when three GOP-backed councilmen abruptly quit.

The increase, Giebelhaus says, is to eliminate an average deficit spending of 30 percent from 2021 to 2023.