By Zach Simeone

KNOX — A car accident on Oct. 1 resulted in Ryan Slingerland’s death, leaving his two friends injured. A lull has washed over the Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School, where Slingerland was a sophomore, but things are moving slowly back to normal.

Williams sculpts self and family, Bernardi reads wood, Leclair recreates nature

ALTAMONT — Three local artists use wood as their medium on journeys of exploration that take them down very different paths.

ALBANY COUNTY — Several of the landowners who were recently approached by Shell WindEnergy to lease their property for wind farms on the crest of the Helderbergs will be represented by local attorney Cynthia LaFave.

GUILDERLAND — Ulli T. Neuwirth wrote a letter to his infant daughter after police arrested him for assaulting her.

On Sept. 29, Neuwirth’s wife had taken his brother to the airport when their four-month-old baby began to choke, Neuwirth told police.

By Jordan J. Michael

VOORHEESVILLE –– The Ladybirds’ soccer team suffered a 6-0 loss to Ravena the first time around. They had a re-match on Monday.

“This game is to see where we are at as the season winds down,” said Coach Joe Santos.

It’s no revelation: The physical spaces that surround us affect our minds, and where we grow up will shape how we come to view both the world and ourselves.

Farmers beat tractor giant in court

NEW SCOTLAND — Four North American farmers, including one from New York, won a legal battle last week against John Deere manufacturer Deere & Company, due largely to local attorney David P. Miranda.

By Zach Simeone

NEW SCOTLAND — Elizabeth Kormos, backed by a grassroots group she helped found, says she will not resign from the committee appointed to recommend commercial zoning for the old Bender melon farm.