“We’re calling ourselves a creative campus,” said Doug Parvis. His goal is to regularly fill the campus’s 50 rooms — with a total of 80 beds — by hosting “practical educational workshops.”

WESTERLO — Richard H. Rapp, who worked for Westerlo for more than half a century — serving as supervisor for 41 years — died on Monday, Sept. 1, 2025.

Volunteers constructed 72 timber box steps that wrap around and descend into the steep sinkhole of Knox Cave, near the hamlet of Knox. 

They replace a dilapidated series of steps made from railroad ties, pipe, and rebar in 1979.

The resolutions stemmed from an investigation of complaints centered on Town Clerk Karla Weaver that was conducted earlier this year by William J. Keniry of the law firm Tabner, Ryan, & Keniry.

Hours after The Enterprise spoke to county spokeswoman Mary Rozak on Aug. 22, Pokorny received a text from Knox’s lawyer saying the county lawyer wants to schedule a meeting for next Wednesday or Thursday morning to work out a plan to share the salt shed.

“We want them to take care of their health rather than worry about the bill,” added Bonnie-Jean Johnson, acting director of GEMS operations.

Asked why the men had the same charges if one was shooting and the other driving, Sheriff Craig Apple said, “It doesn’t matter. They both took part.” The hope is that “sooner or later” one of them will be forthcoming about the specifics in which case the charges would change.

RENSSELAERVILLE — The Rensselaerville Ramble will return this September.

HILLTOWNS — Two Hilltown men have been charged with attempted murder following an early morning drive-by shooting on Sunday that wounded a woman, police say.

The policy, created by the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District but required under law by New York State, would have students keep their smartphones and other internet-capable devices in their lockers during the school day, eschewing the more complicated systems developed by other districts.