Preparing old glory to go up the flagpole on Sunday, July 28, veteran Joe Golden, Marines, right, works with Robert Dietz, Army. Congressman Paul Tonko provided the new flag.
Flying in the mountain air: Military veterans, from left, Robert Dietz, Joe Golden, Milton Hart, Clyde Willsey, and Warren Willsey stand around Berne's new flag as it flies at half staff on Sunday afternoon at the Town Park.
A flag-raising ceremony was held on July 28 in the Berne Town Park, attended by 10 veterans and a score of supporters. Stacey Wright played Taps at the event.
The Westerlo Town Board voted unanimously to ask Albany County to install a traffic light at the intersection of county routes 401 and 404, following a fatal car accident there late last month.
Berne transfer-station employee Shawn Duncan says he was placed on a 30-day suspension by Highway Superintendent Randy Bashwinger on July 23, one day after Duncan spoke with The Enterprise about concerns he had about Bashwinger.
Jim Gardner’s first impulse on hearing his wife scream at the sight of a big black bear in their yard was to shoot it — with his camera.
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